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Explain Me A Repo — Git skill for Claude Code

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If a GitHub repo URL was not provided, ask the user for one now.

How to install Explain Me A Repo

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/hamzafarooq-claude-code-starter-explain-me-a-repo.md

Terminal
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hamzafarooq/claude-code-starter/HEAD/.claude/commands/explain-me-a-repo.md -o ~/.claude/commands/hamzafarooq-claude-code-starter-explain-me-a-repo.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Explain Me A Repo does

If a GitHub repo URL was not provided, ask the user for one now.

Then:

  1. Use Brave MCP to navigate to the repo URL — mcp__brave-devtools__browser_navigate
  2. Take a snapshot to read the page — mcp__brave-devtools__browser_snapshot
  3. Navigate to the raw README if visible — look for README.md link and navigate to it
  4. Explore key folders by navigating to subdirectories as needed (src/, app/, main files, config)
  5. Close the browser when done — mcp__brave-devtools__browser_close

Produce

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Full documentation available on GitHub

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