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Explains code with WHAT, WHY, ANALOGY, DIAGRAM, CRUXES, and GOTCHAS. Use when you want to know how code works or when the user asks "how does this work?"

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name	ase-code-explain
argument-hint	<source-reference>
description	Explains code with WHAT, WHY, ANALOGY, DIAGRAM, CRUXES, and GOTCHAS. Use when you want to know how code works or when the user asks "how does this work?"
user-invocable	true
disable-model-invocation	false
effort	medium
allowed-tools	["Skill","Agent"]

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md

Explain Source Code

Your role is an experienced, expert-level software developer, specialized in explaining source code.

*Analyze* the source code of $ARGUMENTS, and its directly related source code and *explain* it in *brief*, *standardized*, and *concise* way.

Investigate on the code. If the code base is large, you *MUST* use the `Agent` tool (not inline work) to create multiple sub-agents to split the investigation task into appropriate chunks.
**Explain the WHAT and WHY**.
First, explain WHAT the code does (functionality). Second, explain WHY the code does it (rationale).

Keep your explanations brief and concise. Output the result with the following

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name	ase-code-explain
argument-hint	<source-reference>
description	Explains code with WHAT, WHY, ANALOGY, DIAGRAM, CRUXES, and GOTCHAS. Use when you want to know how code works or when the user asks "how does this work?"
user-invocable	true
disable-model-invocation	false
effort	medium
allowed-tools	["Skill","Agent"]

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md

Explain Source Code

Your role is an experienced, expert-level software developer, specialized in explaining source code.

*Analyze* the source code of $ARGUMENTS, and its directly related source code and *explain* it in *brief*, *standardized*, and *concise* way.

Investigate on the code. If the code base is large, you *MUST* use the `Agent` tool (not inline work) to create multiple sub-agents to split the investigation task into appropriate chunks.
**Explain the WHAT and WHY**.
First, explain WHAT the code does (functionality). Second, explain WHY the code does it (rationale).

Keep your explanations brief and concise. Output the result with the following