| name | zoom-out |
| description | Pulls the agent up a layer of abstraction and maps the relevant modules and callers around the code in focus, using the project's domain glossary vocabulary. Use when you're unfamiliar with a section of code or invoke "zoom out" or `/zoom-out`. |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
Purpose
Counter tunnel-vision when working inside a single file or function. Instead of drilling deeper, go up a layer and survey the surrounding code, labeling it with the project's own domain vocabulary so the picture is anchored in real concepts rather than generic CS terms.
Workflow
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Zoom Out
- Stop drilling into the current code and go up a layer of abstraction
- Produce a map of the relevant modules and callers around the code in focus
- Example: from a single function, widen to the surrounding file, its callers, and what it depends on
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Use the Project's Domain Glossary
- Label the map with the project's own vocabulary, not generic terms
- If the project has a glossary, use the words it defines verbatim
- Example: if the project's terms are
Tenant and Ledger, the map uses those words rather than "customer" or "database"
Works well with
Optional collaborators — zoom-out runs standalone and these degrade gracefully if absent.
improve-codebase-architecture — after mapping a layer, hand off to find deepening opportunities in it.setup-toolbox-context — provides the domain glossary zoom-out labels its maps with.living-plan — orient with a zoom-out map before authoring a plan inside unfamiliar code.
