You are building developer productivity tools using the Claude Agent SDK. The agent helps engineers explore…

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You are building developer productivity tools using the Claude Agent SDK. The agent helps engineers explore unfamiliar codebases, understand legacy systems, generate boilerplate code, and automate repetitive tasks. It uses the built-in tools (Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob) and integrates with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

An engineer who just joined the team asks the agent to help them understand the authentication and authorization architecture before making security improvements. The codebase has 800+ files across multiple services.

What exploration strategy will most effectively build understanding, given Claude built-in tools and context limits?

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B. Use Grep to find authentication entry points, read those files, then follow imports and function calls to map the auth flow incrementally.

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A. Read all files containing "auth", "login", "permission", or "token" in their content or filename.

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C. Launch parallel subagents to explore different services simultaneously, then synthesize their findings into an architectural overview.

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D. Read any CLAUDE.md and README files first, then ask the engineer to specify which 10-15 files are most important for understanding the auth system.

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