explain-this
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Explain whatever the user is pointing at right now in plain language: a pending question, a piece of code, an error, a command output, or an artifact like a plan or findings report. Use when the user asks to "explain this", "what am I being asked", "what's happening right now", "help me understand this", "what does this mean", "what does this error mean", "what is this code doing", or "what do these options mean".
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npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill explain-this -a claude-code
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