---
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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