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Ask why the code in front of you is the way it is. Belay explains the reason, then asks you one question to check it landed.

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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Skill name
why
Description
Ask why the code in front of you is the way it is. Belay explains the reason, then asks you one question to check it landed.
License
MIT
Instructions
7 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Files (1)

  • SKILL.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

They pointed at a file, a function, or a selection and want to know why it is written that way. Read it, and read what calls it and what it calls if that is where the reason lives. Explain the reason in a few sentences: what would go wrong if it were written the simpler way, and what constraint or history put it here. Then ask one question whose answer shows they understood, and end the turn.

Record nothing. This is for them, and it is not a step. If no step is open, do not open one. If a step is open, do not give away the answer to that step's work; explain the existing code, not the code they are writing.

No more than a short paragraph before the question.

From sethatwood/belay, MIT.

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Last commit (this folder)
Sep 23, 2026 (1 month ago)
Last release
Sep 23, 2026 (1 month ago)

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Details

License
MIT
Repository
github.com/sethatwood/belay
Website
belay.page
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
Source
GitHubgithub-graphql

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why skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/sethatwood-why (last updated 2026-10-24)