hr-explain-code SKILL.md skillA
hr-explain-code from bompus/house-rules is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bompus/house-rules/hr-explain-code@git:20261009.f503364Pins git:20261009.f503364 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bompus/house-rules
- Path
skills/hr-explain-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261009.f503364, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 6, 2026
- Size
- 5,738 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Explain how existing code works by tracing it from trigger to effect, read-only, so the reader can change it with confidence. Use when the user asks how a part of the codebase works, or wants a walkthrough or trace of a flow. Not for designing new code or critiquing existing code.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Explain code The goal is a reader who can open the right files and predict what the code will do before they touch it. This skill reads and reports. It edits nothing, runs nothing that changes state and offers no verdicts on quality. ## Pin down the question Restate the question in one or two lines before reading far: which behavior, which entry point, and where you will stop. "How does login work?" might mean the form submit, the token exchange, session storage or all three. Pick the reading that best fits what the user said, say which one you picked, and start. Do not wait for confirmation; the user can redirect you. If the question names something that does not exist in the code, say so early and offer the nearest real thing. ## Trace the behavior Start where the behavior starts: a route, a command, an event handler, a scheduled job, a public function. Follow calls forward until you reach the effects the question cares about, such as a write, a response, a message sent or a value returned. - Use the project's code search or code index when it has one. It follows calls and dispatch that plain text search misses. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bompus/house-rules/hr-explain-code@sha256:6cdc7b96b34779b0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.f503364, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Oct 6, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261009.f503364 latest | 2026-10-09 | f503364 | 5,738 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.8b8a710 | 2026-10-07 | 8b8a710 | 5,719 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.be080b1 | 2026-10-07 | be080b1 | 5,921 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261006.01eb801 | 2026-10-06 | 01eb801 | 5,875 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261006.70d7a05 | 2026-10-06 | 70d7a05 | 5,377 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5738 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
bompus/house-rules · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_amvggoeeyhibuqdr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bompus/house-rules/hr-explain-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6cdc7b96b34779b0f67811abc9a29fd2f8637d3628f69467d788ebfea9d06766
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