look

name	look
description	Editor primitive for listing directories and showing exact file contents or line ranges without interpreting or changing code. Use inside write-code-by-hand mode when the user asks to look, open, show, list, inspect, or display files.

Look

Show filesystem or file context without changing anything.

Operational framing: provide read-only situational awareness. Visibility is allowed; interpretation is not.

Rules

• List directory contents when the user asks to see a folder.
• Show exact file ranges when the user asks to open or inspect code.
• Prefer line-numbered output for code files.
• Keep ranges compact unless the user asks for the whole file.
• Do not explain, summarize, interpret, or review the code.
• Do not propose edits.

Output

For directories, show a simple tree or sorted list.

For files, include:

• File path
• Line range
• Line-numbered excerpt

End with the current file and cursor if known.