skill-explain-pattern

Name: skill-explain-pattern
Author: btabaska

In-place explanation of a specific idiom, function, decorator, or hook.

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Prompt file imported from btabaska/simpler-grants-documentation-automation (.cursor/commands/skill-explain-pattern.md). Copyright stays with the author.

Explain Pattern

In-place explanation of a specific idiom, function, decorator, or hook.

What I Need From You

Target: file + line range, or a pasted snippet.
Optional narrower question (e.g. "why @with_api_logging?").

What Happens Next

Identifies the idiom category.
Searches rules and ADRs for governing guidance.
Returns a terse explanation with citations and another-usage reference.

Tips

Use before copying a pattern into new code.
Pair with /skill-check-conventions if the pattern looks off.
Ask targeted questions; the skill is focused, not exploratory.

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

# Explain Pattern

In-place explanation of a specific idiom, function, decorator, or hook.

## What I Need From You

- Target: file + line range, or a pasted snippet.
- Optional narrower question (e.g. "why `@with_api_logging`?").

## What Happens Next

1. Identifies the idiom category.
2. Searches rules and ADRs for governing guidance.
3. Returns a terse explanation with citations and another-usage reference.

## Tips

- Use before copying a pattern into new code.
- Pair with `/skill-check-conventions` if the pattern looks off.
- Ask targeted questions; the skill is focused, not exploratory.

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Manifest

The prompt text and its fill-in variables. Copy it or fetch it by URL from your own code.

btabaska-simpler-grants-documentation-automation-skill-e-b060be.prompt.jsonjson

{
  "prompt": "# Explain Pattern\n\nIn-place explanation of a specific idiom, function, decorator, or hook.\n\n## What I Need From You\n\n- Target: file + line range, or a pasted snippet.\n- Optional narrower question (e.g. \"why `@with_api_logging`?\").\n\n## What Happens Next\n\n1. Identifies the idiom category.\n2. Searches rules and ADRs for governing guidance.\n3. Returns a terse explanation with citations and another-usage reference.\n\n## Tips\n\n- Use before copying a pattern into new code.\n- Pair with `/skill-check-conventions` if the pattern looks off.\n- Ask targeted questions; the skill is focused, not exploratory.",
  "variables": [],
  "notes": "In-place explanation of a specific idiom, function, decorator, or hook.",
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "github-cursor-commands",
      "repository": "https://github.com/btabaska/simpler-grants-documentation-automation",
      "path": ".cursor/commands/skill-explain-pattern.md",
      "ref": "89100d2b054c89bebc2a96738f79d8d4a83aa6e5",
      "url": "https://github.com/btabaska/simpler-grants-documentation-automation/blob/89100d2b054c89bebc2a96738f79d8d4a83aa6e5/.cursor/commands/skill-explain-pattern.md",
      "key": "btabaska/simpler-grants-documentation-automation/.cursor/commands/skill-explain-pattern.md"
    }
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/btabaska-simpler-grants-documentation-automation-skill-e-b060be/manifest?version=1.0.0