explain SKILL.md skillA
explain from 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/explain@git:20261005.65b367fPins git:20261005.65b367f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods
- Path
skills/explain/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261005.65b367f, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 24, 2026
- Size
- 9,732 bytes
- Repository stars
- 68
- License
- MIT
Deep explanation of complex code, files, or concepts. Dispatches skill-preloaded agents, uses structural search, generates mermaid diagrams. Triggers on: explain, deep dive, how does X work, architecture, data flow.
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 - Deep Code Explanation
Get a comprehensive explanation of code, files, directories, or architectural concepts. Automatically dispatches a general-purpose agent preloaded with the most relevant `-ops` skill and uses modern CLI tools for analysis.
## Arguments
$ARGUMENTS
- `<target>` - File path, function name, class name, directory, or concept
- `--depth <shallow|normal|deep|trace>` - Level of detail (default: normal)
- `--focus <arch|flow|deps|api|perf>` - Specific focus area
## Architecture
```
/explain <target> [--depth] [--focus]
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+-> Step 1: Detect & Classify Target
| +- File exists? -> Read it
| +- Function/class? -> ast-grep to find definition
| +- Directory? -> tokei for overview
| +- Concept? -> rg search codebase
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+-> Step 2: Gather Context (parallel)
| +- structural-search skill -> find usages
| +- code-stats skill -> assess scope
| +- Find related: tests, types, docs
| +- Load: AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md conventions
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+-> Step 3: Route to Explainer (general-purpose + skill preload)
| +- .ts/.tsx -> general-purpose, preload typescript-ops or react-ops
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add 0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/explain@sha256:dd592dc852ee6b15The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.65b367f, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_qf5h3ojqgpd2os4a)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Mar 24, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 39 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261005.65b367f latest | 2026-10-05 | 65b367f | 9,732 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260610.14f65e6 | 2026-06-10 | 14f65e6 | 9,726 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260610.a25cf09 | 2026-06-10 | a25cf09 | 9,667 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260610.e29f196 | 2026-06-10 | e29f196 | 9,571 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260410.d221136 | 2026-04-10 | d221136 | 8,976 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260324.cb575e7 | 2026-03-24 | cb575e7 | 8,950 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 (9732 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
0xdarkmatter/claude-mods · 68 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qf5h3ojqgpd2os4a GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/explain GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dd592dc852ee6b158e1b16f7ef142509f3a5fccedddb602358fb6a69eab778ae
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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