snek.explain

snek.explain is a command for coding agents from 4tyone/snek. It costs 6 tokens per session (178 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A code explainer for a chosen file location, line range, function, or struct. It describes what the code does, how data moves through it, and possible concerns.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to explain specific lines or named functions and structs, including their logic, techniques, and potential issues.
Why use it?
It helps you understand unfamiliar code without reading an entire file or guessing which parts matter.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/4tyone/snek/snek.explain
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/4tyone/snek

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Per session 6 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 178 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00006 $0.00178
Opus 5 $0.00003 $0.00089
Sonnet 5 $0.00001 $0.00036
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00018

Measured 4d ago against content hash 53e1d074240c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

snek.explain scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

templates/commands/snek.explain.md · 35 lines

What it actually says

Explain Code

Explain what a piece of code does.

Usage

User provides:

  • File path
  • Line number or line range (e.g., "10-25")
  • Or: function/struct name to find and explain

Steps

  1. If line range provided, read that section:

    • Read the file
    • Extract the specified lines
  2. If function/struct name provided:

    • Use outline script to find it:
    .snek/scripts/get-file-outline.sh "/path/to/file"
    
    • Read the relevant section
  3. Analyze and explain:

    • What the code does
    • Key logic and data flow
    • Important patterns or techniques used
    • Any potential issues or considerations
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 35 lines · 6 tokens per session scan A 53e1d074240c

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snek.explain is a command published in the GitHub repository 4tyone/snek (10 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 6 tokens to every session and 178 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.