python-explain

python-explain is a skill for Claude Code from ondrasek/cc-plugins. It costs 60 tokens per session (403 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A read-only guide to the quality methods and checks used in Python projects. It explains why tools are selected, how limits are set, what each quality area covers, and how automated checks work.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to understand Python testing, linting, coverage limits, quality gates, incremental adoption, and check-specific rules.
Why use it?
It answers questions about project standards without changing files or leaving you to infer the reasoning from configuration.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the blueprint plugin — 16 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to understand Python testing, linting, coverage limits, quality gates, incremental adoption, and check-specific rules.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ondrasek/cc-plugins/python-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 ondrasek/cc-plugins --skill python-explain
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ondrasek/cc-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install blueprint, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 16 skills.

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Per session 60 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 403 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 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 5.1 $0.00060 $0.00403
Opus 5.5 $0.00024 $0.00161
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00012 $0.00081
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00040

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 982880ec79f3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

python-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 1mo 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.

plugins/blueprint/skills/python-explain/SKILL.md · 33 lines

What it actually says

Python Explain

Read-only — does not modify any files.

Context Files

  • skills/shared/references/explain-pattern.md — shared answer format and behavior
  • skills/shared/references/methodology-framework.md — shared principles, hook architecture
  • skills/python-setup/references/methodology.md — Python-specific dimensions, rationale, adaptation rules
  • skills/python-setup/references/analysis-checklist.md — how projects are analyzed

Example Questions

"Why ruff instead of flake8?" → Dimension 2. Ruff is orders of magnitude faster, replaces flake8+isort+pyupgrade in a single tool, supports pyproject.toml natively.

"What's the coverage threshold?" → Dimension 1. 95% default; 80% for new projects (<500 LOC); legacy: start at current.

"Should I use all 9 dimensions?" → Principles: incremental adoption. Start with testing + linting, add incrementally.

"How does the quality gate work?" → Hook Architecture in methodology-framework.md. Fail-fast, exit code 2, automatic fix cycle.

"Why is there a style-guide check?" → Optional for CLI projects using click/typer. No ASCII splitter lines, styled headings.

"How do I disable a check?" → Each check has a [check:*] comment marker. Delete the run_check block.

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. 1mo ago First seen · 33 lines · 60 tokens per session scan A 982880ec79f3

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python-explain is a skill published in the GitHub repository ondrasek/cc-plugins (2 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 60 tokens to every session and 403 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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.