explain-code

Writing

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Walk through a function or file line by line in plain language

Install

npx @claudeskill/cli install explain-code

What this skill does

Walks through a function, file, or pull request line by line in plain language. Calls out side effects, edge cases, and any non-obvious patterns. Useful for onboarding, code review, and writing better doc comments. Output can be saved as inline comments, a doc block, or a standalone markdown file.

Use cases

Onboarding a new engineer to an unfamiliar module
Adding doc comments to legacy code
Writing tutorial content from real source
Understanding a dependency before forking it

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