Tell the agent to explain code with broader context and 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.
Scanned 9/6/2026
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---
name: codebase-explain
category: codebase-build
description: Tell the agent to explain code with broader context and 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.
disable-model-invocation: true
related-skills:
- codebase-plan-refactor
loop-eligible: false
compatibility: claude-code codex opencode
---
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.
> **Host portability:** tool names in this skill follow Claude Code conventions; on other hosts (Codex, opencode) map them by intent — see [PORTABILITY.md](../PORTABILITY.md).
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## Self-Evolve Loop
Journal: `~/.ink-and-agency/learnings/codebase-explain.md` (workspace-local
`.ink-and-agency/learnings/codebase-explain.md` where the sandbox confines writes). Read it
first, append what the run taught last — [SELF-EVOLVE.md](../SELF-EVOLVE.md).
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Ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts token usage ~75% by speaking like caveman while keeping full technical accuracy. Supports intensity levels: lite, full (default), ultra, wenyan-lite, wenyan-full, wenyan-ultra. Use when user says "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "use caveman", "less tokens", "be brief", or invokes /caveman. Also auto-triggers when token efficiency is requested.
