Explain As You Go
Use when the user is learning and wants to understand the code, not just receive it — they're new to the language, framework, or to coding agents in general. Makes the agent briefly explain what each change does and why, in plain language, so the user learns from every edit instead of blindly accepting it.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-buildmoonshot-skillpacks-explain-as-you-go ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Explain As You Go
When the user is learning, teach while you build. Code they don't understand is code they can't maintain, debug, or trust.
What to do
- Before a change: in one plain sentence, say what you're about to do and why.
- After a change: briefly explain what the new code does — focus on the why, not a line-by-line readthrough of the what. Assume they can read code but not yet read intent.
- Name the concept. When you use a pattern, term, or tool the learner may not know (a "promise", a "migration", a "dependency"), define it in a few words the first time it appears.
- Flag the gotcha. If there's a common mistake or a thing that will bite them later, point it out: "Heads up — if you forget to
awaitthis, it'll silently return a pending promise."
Keep it light
Explanations are short — a sentence or two per change, not an essay. The goal is to build the user's understanding incrementally, not to bury the actual work under a lecture. If they say "less explaining," respect it immediately.
Why this matters
A learner who understands the change can extend it, fix it, and explain it to someone else. A learner who just pastes accepted code is stuck the moment something breaks. This skill turns every task into a small lesson.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: buildmoonshot
- Source: buildmoonshot/skillpacks
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.