decompile

/decompile

Analyzes source code to extract CLAUDE.md + DEVELOPERS.md.

Triggers

• /decompile
• extract docs from code
• document existing code

Arguments

Name	Required	Default	Description
path	No	.	Target path

Workflow

0. Initialization

CLI_PATH=$("${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/install-cli.sh")
TMP_DIR=".claude/tmp/${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID:+${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID}/}"
mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"

0.5. Check for ## Instructions existence and read document language

If the project root CLAUDE.md does not have a ## Instructions section:

⚠ Instructions section not configured. After decompile is complete, it is recommended to set it up with `/project-setup`.

Output the warning and continue with decompile. Creating Instructions is the role of /project-setup.

Read the ## Instructions section from project root CLAUDE.md and extract the Document language value. If not found, set document_language to empty (the agent will ask the user).

1. Directory tree parsing (inline)

Handle tree-parse via direct CLI invocation rather than as a separate skill:

$CLI_PATH parse-tree --root {path} --output .claude/extract-tree.json

2. Determine execution order

Sort the needs_claude_md array by depth DESC (leaf-first).

3. Create session files + run decompiler

For each directory in sorted order (leaf-first):

1. Generate child CLAUDE.md list (subdirectories that already have generated CLAUDE.md)
2. Read project conventions (if available)
3. Write session file → ${TMP_DIR}decompile-session-{dir-safe}.md:

# Decompile Task: {path}
type: decompile | target: {path}
document_language: {document_language or ""}

## Tree Info
source_file_count: {n}
subdir_count: {n}
depth: {n}

## Children CLAUDE.md
{List of already-generated child CLAUDE.md paths, or "None" if empty}

## Project Conventions
{project root Conventions or "None"}

4. Invoke Task(decompiler):

Session file: ${TMP_DIR}decompile-session-{dir-safe}.md
Target: {path}
Save results to ${TMP_DIR} and return only the path

Independent directories at the same depth can be executed in parallel (up to 3).

Check decompiler result status:

• success: proceed to next module
• failed_with_warnings: collect warnings, proceed to next module

4. Display changes

git diff --stat

5. Result

---decompile-result---
status: success | partial | failed
total: {n}
generated: {n}
failed: {n}
warnings: {Instructions not configured, etc. — omit if none}
---end-decompile-result---

DO / DON'T

DO:

• Follow leaf-first order
• Include child CLAUDE.md list in session files
• Delegate to decompiler agent via session files

DON'T:

• Modify code (this is an extraction task)
• Copy source code directly into generated CLAUDE.md
• Pass the entire raw tree.json to the decompiler agent (include only necessary info in session files)

Error Handling

Situation	Response
CLI build failure	install-cli.sh handles automatic build
Directory with no source files	skip
decompiler agent failure (single module)	warn, continue with the rest