Initialize and Explore a Codebase
You've inherited a Music Analytics API from a teammate who left the company. Before making any changes, you want to understand the existing architecture. Claude Code's explore-plan-code workflow will help you get oriented without breaking anything.
The project is already in your working directory at /home/repl/music-analytics-api/:
music-analytics-api/
├── app.py # Application entry point
├── config.py # Session settings
├── middleware.py # Request logging
├── models.py # Artist/Album data models
├── routes.py # API endpoints
└── analytics.py # Statistics functions
You can view the files on GitHub: music-analytics-api folder
This exercise is part of the course
Software Development with Claude Code
Exercise instructions
- Start Claude Code with
claude. - Initialize the project with
/initto create aCLAUDE.mdfile. - Ask Claude to explore the codebase: what's the architecture, and how do the components fit together?
- When done, type
/exitto exit Claude Code.
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