wtf
Explains the last message, or a supplied file, link or passage, in plain language.
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Any agent
- Source
- EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin @ 786ac0194183
- Path
- skills/wtf/SKILL.md
- License
- MIT
- Jobs
- Documentation
InstallInstall it from a plugin marketplace.
/plugin install compound-engineering
# wtf The user did not follow something. Explain it the way you would to a smart colleague who was not in the room. **Done:** the user can say what the source means and what, if anything, they need to decide or do, without going back to the source. ## What to explain The text the user passed with the invocation decides the target: - Nothing passed: your most recent message. - A file path or a link: read it, then explain it. - A pasted passage: that passage. - A short pointer such as "the migration part" or "step 3": only that part of the conversation. If the target is still unclear, ask one short question instead of guessing. ## How to explain - Open with the point in one or two sentences: what this says and why the user should care. Write no preamble and no apology for the earlier wording. - Then say what it means for them: what happened, what state things are in, and anything they need to decide or do. - Explain the source; do not rewrite it. The explanation is shorter than the source because it leaves out whatever the user does not need in order to understand it or act on it. Do not walk a document section by section. …