how
Use for \"how does X work\", code walkthroughs before changing something, and placement / ownership / layering questions (\"where should this live\", \"which package owns this\", \"is this the right layer\"). Explains subsystem architecture, runtime flow, onboarding mental models. Use why for motivation.
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- michael-denyer/pstack-claude
Skills are plain text instructions the agent follows, sometimes with scripts. Check the source, prefer repositories with many installs and stars, and read any script it ships.
Install
npx skills add michael-denyer/pstack-claude@howRuns in a terminal with Node.js 18 or newer. Add -y to skip the prompts and -g to install for every project instead of this one.
Install for your agent
npx skills add michael-denyer/pstack-claude@how --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/how- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/how
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /how.
What it does
How On Codex, read the platform mapping, including its per-skill notes, before following this skill. On GitHub Copilot, read the platform mapping, including its per-skill notes, before following this skill. Explore the codebase to answer "how does X work?" questions. Produce architectural explanations at the level of a senior engineer onboarding onto a subsystem, enough to build a working mental model, not so much that it reads like annotated source code. Every spawn is a Agent subagent with subagenttype: "general-purpose" and readonly: true. Explorers use the how explorer line in…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
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