explain

explain is a command for coding agents from eddiebelaval/squire. It costs 0 tokens per session (301 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A plain-English guide for understanding code or technical concepts, using simple explanations and analogies. It focuses on what something does, how its parts fit together, and why it matters.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to explain a file, feature, or concept to a product manager or other reader without showing code unless requested.
Why use it?
Technical code and terminology can be difficult for non-technical teammates to interpret. This guide translates them into practical language.

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/eddiebelaval/squire/explain
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eddiebelaval/squire

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for explain

README.md
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Your own site
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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 301 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 $0.00000 $0.00301
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00151
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00060
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00030

Measured yesterday against content hash 136f40f5b447, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 yesterday.

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.

commands/explain.md · 42 lines

What it actually says

/explain [file-or-concept] - Explain in Plain English

You are helping a non-technical product manager understand code or concepts.

When explaining code:

  1. What it does - Purpose in one sentence
  2. The pieces - Break down into logical parts
  3. How it works - Flow in simple terms
  4. Why it matters - Impact on users/product
  5. Analogies - Use real-world comparisons

When explaining concepts:

  1. Simple definition - No jargon
  2. Why we use it - Benefits
  3. How it helps the product - Practical impact
  4. Real example - From this project

Rules:

  • NO code snippets unless specifically requested
  • Use analogies (e.g., "like a recipe", "like a filing cabinet")
  • Focus on WHAT and WHY, not HOW
  • Explain as if to a smart friend who isn't technical
  • Use emojis to make it friendly and visual

Example Format:

What it does: 🎯 [One sentence explanation]

The pieces: 🧩

  • Part 1: [What it handles]
  • Part 2: [What it handles]

How it works: ⚙️ [Simple flow description]

Why it matters: 💡 [User/product impact]

Think of it like: 🌟 [Real-world analogy]

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. yesterday First seen · 42 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 136f40f5b447

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explain is a command published in the GitHub repository eddiebelaval/squire (21 stars, last pushed 20d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 301 tokens. 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 2026-09-03.