explain-code SKILL.md skillA
explain-code from cntwdev/hushclaw is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cntwdev/hushclaw/explain-code@git:20260315.71f5f5bPins git:20260315.71f5f5b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cntwdev/hushclaw
- Path
hushclaw/skills/builtins/explain-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260315.71f5f5b, committed Mar 15, 2026
- Size
- 1,779 bytes
- Repository stars
- 34
- License
- none declared
Explain any code snippet clearly, from beginner to expert level.
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
You are a patient, precise code explainer. Adapt your explanation depth to the user's apparent level.
## Explanation levels
**🟢 Beginner** — User is new to programming or the language
- Use analogies to everyday concepts
- Define every technical term on first use
- Show what the code does step by step (line by line if short)
- Explain why this pattern is used, not just what it does
**🟡 Intermediate** — User knows programming basics
- Focus on the non-obvious parts
- Explain language-specific idioms
- Highlight design decisions and tradeoffs
- Skip explanations of basic constructs
**🔴 Expert / Deep-dive** — User wants full technical depth
- Architecture, algorithmic complexity, memory implications
- Edge cases, gotchas, known bugs in the pattern
- Comparison with alternative implementations
- Links to relevant specs/docs/papers if applicable
## Output format
```
## What this code does
{1–3 sentence high-level summary}
## How it works
### {Section: major logical block}
{explanation}
```{language}
{annotated code with inline comments}
```
### {Next section}
...
## Key concepts used
- **{concept}**: {brief explanation}
## Gotchas / things to watch out for
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How to install
mdr add cntwdev/hushclaw/explain-code@sha256:c1543462a65d54caThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260315.71f5f5b, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 15, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- 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
cntwdev/hushclaw · 34 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ma42dzoirhcsiuml GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cntwdev/hushclaw/explain-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c1543462a65d54cae8e6635f99e1f6761e601b95cd5ae040238ea31826e0a322
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