Tell the agent to zoom out and give broader context or a higher-level perspective. Use when you're unfamiliar with a section of code or need to understand how it fits into the bigger picture.
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name: "zoom-out"
description: "Tell the agent to zoom out and give broader context or a higher-level perspective. Use when you're unfamiliar with a section of code or need to understand how it fits into the bigger picture."
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I don't know this area of code well. Go up a layer of abstraction. Give me a map of all the relevant modules and callers, using the project's domain glossary vocabulary.
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## Credits & Attribution
This skill is based on the excellent work by
**[Matt Pocock](https://github.com/mattpocock)**.
Original repository: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
**Copyright (c) Matt Pocock** - Agent skills for real engineering workflows (MIT License)
Special thanks to [Matt Pocock](https://github.com/mattpocock) for his generous open-source contributions, which helped shape this skill collection.
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