explain-code SKILL.md skillA
explain-code from chainlesschain/chainlesschain is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add chainlesschain/chainlesschain/explain-code@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- chainlesschain/chainlesschain
- Path
desktop-app-vue/src/main/ai-engine/cowork/skills/builtin/explain-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 3, 2026
- Size
- 2,042 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Explain code in plain language with examples.
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 Skill
Provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of code snippets or files.
## Usage
```
/explain-code [file_path or code snippet]
```
## Options
- `--level <level>` - Detail level: brief, normal, detailed (default: normal)
- `--focus <area>` - Focus on: logic, performance, security, all
## What Gets Explained
1. **Overall Purpose**
- What the code does
- Why it might be needed
2. **Key Components**
- Functions and their roles
- Important variables
- Data structures used
3. **Control Flow**
- How data moves through the code
- Conditional branches
- Loops and iterations
4. **External Dependencies**
- Libraries used
- APIs called
## Examples
Explain a file:
```
/explain-code src/utils/crypto.js
```
Explain with detailed level:
```
/explain-code --level detailed
async function fetchData(url) {
const response = await fetch(url);
return response.json();
}
```
## Output Format
```markdown
## Overview
This code implements a data fetching utility...
## Line-by-Line Breakdown
### Line 1: Function Declaration
`async function fetchData(url)`
- `async` allows the function to use await
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How to install
mdr add chainlesschain/chainlesschain/explain-code@sha256:3bc18ce220f53d04The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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 3 versions of this file, between Jun 3, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, about one every 43 days.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-28 | 44248c7 | 2,042 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-28 | c29953e | 2,025 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-06-03 | 3b0b2dc | 1,933 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- 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
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Source
chainlesschain/chainlesschain · 11 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
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