config-audit/commands/discover.md

---
name: config-audit:discover
description: Phase 1 - Initialize session, auto-detect scope, and discover config files
argument-hint: "[current|repo|home|full] [--delta]"
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Agent, AskUserQuestion, Bash
model: opus
---

# Config-Audit: Discover (Phase 1)

Initialize a new audit session and discover all Claude Code configuration files.

## Usage

```
/config-audit discover              # Auto-detect scope
/config-audit discover current      # Force current directory scope
/config-audit discover repo         # Force git repository scope
/config-audit discover home         # Force home/global scope
/config-audit discover full         # Force full machine scope
/config-audit discover --delta      # Incremental re-scan (changed files only)
```

## Implementation

### Step 1: Initialize session and greet

Generate session ID (`YYYYMMDD_HHmmss`), create directories:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.claude/config-audit/sessions/{session-id}/findings 2>/dev/null
```

### Step 2: Determine scope

If the user provided a scope argument, use it. Otherwise, auto-detect:
1. Run `git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null`
2. If inside a git repo → **repo** scope
3. If pwd is `$HOME` → **home** scope
4. Otherwise → **current** directory scope

Tell the user:

```
## Configuration Discovery

**Scope:** {Repository|Home|Current directory|Full machine} — `{path}`
Finding all Claude Code configuration files (CLAUDE.md, settings, hooks, rules, MCP servers)...
```

### Step 3: Resolve paths

| Scope | What gets scanned |
|-------|-------------------|
| `current` | Current directory + parent CLAUDE.md files up to root + `~/.claude/` |
| `repo` | Git repo root + `~/.claude/` |
| `home` | `~/.claude/` only |
| `full` | `~/.claude/` (depth 10), managed paths, all dev dirs under $HOME |

### Step 4: Delta mode (if --delta)

If `--delta` flag:
1. Find previous baseline from `~/.claude/config-audit/sessions/*/discovery.json`
2. If no previous: "No previous scan found. Running full discovery instead."
3. Compare file mtimes/sizes to classify as changed/new/deleted/unchanged
4. Only scan changed + new files

### Step 5: Run discovery

Run the scan orchestrator silently to discover and scan files. Default mode emits humanized JSON — each finding in `scan-results.json` carries `userImpactCategory`, `userActionLanguage`, and `relevanceContext` alongside the v5.0.0 fields. Pass `--raw` through if the user requested it (produces v5.0.0 verbatim envelope; humanizer fields absent).

```bash
RAW_FLAG=""
if echo "$ARGUMENTS" | grep -q -- "--raw"; then RAW_FLAG="--raw"; fi
# Set to the flag itself for full/home scope, otherwise leave empty. Never pass
# a placeholder wrapped in square brackets: it does not start with a dash, so
# the orchestrator's arg loop takes it as the SCAN TARGET and silently scans a
# path that does not exist.
SCOPE_FLAGS=""   # e.g. SCOPE_FLAGS="--full-machine" or SCOPE_FLAGS="--global"
node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scanners/scan-orchestrator.mjs "<target-path>" --output-file ~/.claude/config-audit/sessions/{session-id}/findings/scan-results.json $SCOPE_FLAGS $RAW_FLAG >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $?
```

Check exit code: 0/1/2 → normal. 3 → "Discovery encountered an error. Try a narrower scope."

### Step 6: Save scope and state

Write `scope.yaml` and `state.yaml` to session directory. Update state with all four fields `.claude/rules/state-management.md` requires: `current_phase: "discover"`, `completed_phases: [discover]`, `next_phase: "analyze"`, and `updated_at`. The last two are what make an interrupted run resumable.

### Step 7: Present summary

Read the scan results file using the Read tool. When you surface initial findings, group them by `userImpactCategory` and lead each line with `userActionLanguage` rather than raw severity prefiks — the humanizer already mapped severity to plain-language phrasing ("Fix this now", "Fix soon", "Fix when convenient", "Optional cleanup", "FYI") so the rest of the toolchain sees consistent wording.

**Full scan:**
```markdown
### Discovery Complete

**{scope_type}** scope — found {total_files} configuration files:

| Type | Count |
|------|-------|
| CLAUDE.md | {n} |
| Settings | {n} |
| MCP configs | {n} |
| Rules | {n} |
| Hooks | {n} |
| Other | {n} |

Initial scan found {finding_count} items to review (grouped by impact: {comma-separated counts per userImpactCategory}).

**Next:** Run `/config-audit analyze` to generate your analysis report.
```

**Delta scan:**
```markdown
### Delta Discovery Complete

Compared against baseline from {previous-session-id}:

| Status | Files |
|--------|-------|
| Changed | {n} |
| New | {n} |
| Deleted | {n} |
| Unchanged | {n} |

Only {changed+new} file(s) scanned (vs {total} full scan).

**Next:** Run `/config-audit analyze` to generate your analysis report.
```

## Config File Patterns

| Pattern | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `**/CLAUDE.md` | Project instructions |
| `**/CLAUDE.local.md` | Local overrides |
| `**/.claude/settings.json` | Project settings |
| `**/.mcp.json` | MCP servers |
| `**/.claude/rules/*.md` | Modular rules |

For global: `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`, `~/.claude/settings.json`, `~/.claude.json`, `~/.claude/agents/*.md`

## Error Handling

- If scanner fails, report to user in plain language and suggest narrower scope
- If path doesn't exist, tell user and suggest alternatives
- If git command fails for `repo` scope, silently fall back to `current`
- If no config files found, explain: "No Claude Code configuration files found. Start with `/config-audit feature-gap` to see what's recommended."