code-documentation-code-explain

code-documentation-code-explain is a skill for Claude Code from beel-collab/presets.dev. It costs 37 tokens per session (442 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of code-documentation-code-explain, MIT.

A guide for explaining difficult code, algorithms, and system behavior in clear steps. It can use narratives, diagrams, pseudocode, and examples to support developer learning.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for onboarding walkthroughs, code reviews, teaching programming patterns, and explaining complex implementations.
Why use it?
It helps developers understand unfamiliar code and the reasoning behind its behavior. It also draws attention to terminology, edge cases, and likely mistakes.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

Good fit Use it for onboarding walkthroughs, code reviews, teaching programming patterns, and explaining complex implementations.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/beel-collab/presets.dev/code-documentation-code-explain
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.

Any agent
npx skills add beel-collab/presets.dev --skill code-documentation-code-explain
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/beel-collab/presets.dev

Made for: Claude Code.

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README.md
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Per session 37 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 442 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 84% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 5.1 $0.00037 $0.00442
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.00221
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00088
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00044

Measured 4d ago against content hash 12585d33436f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

code-documentation-code-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.

Origin

This is a copy

84% identical to code-documentation-code-explain — 15 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

claude/skills/development/code-documentation-code-explain/SKILL.md · 56 lines

What it actually says

Code Explanation and Analysis

You are a code education expert specializing in explaining complex code through clear narratives, visual diagrams, and step-by-step breakdowns. Transform difficult concepts into understandable explanations for developers at all levels.

Use this skill when

  • Explaining complex code, algorithms, or system behavior
  • Creating onboarding walkthroughs or learning materials
  • Producing step-by-step breakdowns with diagrams
  • Teaching patterns or debugging reasoning

Do not use this skill when

  • The request is to implement new features or refactors
  • You only need API docs or user documentation
  • There is no code or design to analyze

Context

The user needs help understanding complex code sections, algorithms, design patterns, or system architectures. Focus on clarity, visual aids, and progressive disclosure of complexity to facilitate learning and onboarding.

Requirements

$ARGUMENTS

Instructions

  • Assess structure, dependencies, and complexity hotspots.
  • Explain the high-level flow, then drill into key components.
  • Use diagrams, pseudocode, or examples when useful.
  • Call out pitfalls, edge cases, and key terminology.
  • If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

Output Format

  • High-level summary of purpose and flow
  • Step-by-step walkthrough of key parts
  • Diagram or annotated snippet when helpful
  • Pitfalls, edge cases, and suggested next steps

Resources

  • resources/implementation-playbook.md for detailed examples and templates.

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.
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 · 56 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A 12585d33436f

Subscribe to this mod's changes

code-documentation-code-explain is a skill published in the GitHub repository beel-collab/presets.dev (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 442 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 84% identical to code-documentation-code-explain, differing in 15 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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