| name | codebase-explain |
| 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.
Self-Evolve Loop
This skill learns across invocations — the full contract is
SELF-EVOLVE.md. Start: read the learnings
journal — ~/.ink-and-agency/learnings/codebase-explain.md and/or the workspace-local
.ink-and-agency/learnings/codebase-explain.md — if present, and apply its guidance.
End: self-evaluate the results; optionally ask the user for feedback (never
block on it); append signal-bearing learnings to the journal (user-global when
the sandbox allows writing there, workspace-local otherwise); route
skill-improvement ideas per the contract's tiers — edit the canonical source
when one is present, never the plugin cache.
