Makes your AI agent think like the reviewer who won't merge what you can't explain. Comprehension debt — code that ships without anyone understanding it — is a loan against every future incident. Use this whenever agent-generated or unfamiliar code is about to merge — before approving a PR, before merging loop-generated work, at the end of any autonomous build session, or whenever someone says "merge it", "ship it", "approve this PR", "LGTM", or accepts a large diff they didn't write line-by-line. Especially trigger for autonomous/headless agent output and multi-file diffs. The skill runs a 5-rung explain ladder ending in a written quiz the human (or authorizing agent) must answer before APPROVE is allowed. Ships with a linter that fails any review containing an APPROVE verdict without a completed quiz, unanswered questions, or rubber-stamp phrases. Do NOT use for trivial diffs the author wrote by hand and can already explain — the gate is for understanding gaps, not ceremony.
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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
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Makes your AI agent think like the reviewer who won't merge what you can't explain. Comprehension debt — code that ships without anyone understanding it — is a loan against every future incident. Use this whenever agent-generated or unfamiliar code is about to merge — before approving a PR, before merging loop-generated work, at the end of any autonomous build session, or whenever someone says "merge it", "ship it", "approve this PR", "LGTM", or accepts a large diff they didn't write line-by-line. Especially trigger for autonomous/headless agent output and multi-file diffs. The skill runs a 5-rung explain ladder ending in a written quiz the human (or authorizing agent) must answer before APPROVE is allowed. Ships with a linter that fails any review containing an APPROVE verdict without a completed quiz, unanswered questions, or rubber-stamp phrases. Do NOT use for trivial diffs the author wrote by hand and can already explain — the gate is for understanding gaps, not ceremony.
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Makes your AI agent think like the reviewer who won't merge what you can't explain. Comprehension debt — code that ships without anyone understanding it — is a loan against every future incident. Use this whenever agent-generated or unfamiliar code is about to merge — before approving a PR, before merging loop-generated work, at the end of any autonomous build session, or whenever someone says "merge it", "ship it", "approve this PR", "LGTM", or accepts a large diff they didn't write line-by-line. Especially trigger for autonomous/headless agent output and multi-file diffs. The skill runs a 5-rung explain ladder ending in a written quiz the human (or authorizing agent) must answer before APPROVE is allowed. Ships with a linter that fails any review containing an APPROVE verdict without a completed quiz, unanswered questions, or rubber-stamp phrases. Do NOT use for trivial diffs the author wrote by hand and can already explain — the gate is for understanding gaps, not ceremony.
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Category
Developer tools
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI