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 "id": "onmyway133-claude-code-tips-tricks--study-unfamiliar-codebase-explanatory-mode",
 "repo": "onmyway133/claude-code-tips-tricks",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/onmyway133/claude-code-tips-tricks",
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 "title": "Learn an unfamiliar module with Explanatory output style",
 "page_title": "How to learn an unfamiliar module with Explanatory output style with Claude Code Tips Tricks",
 "summary": "Switch Claude Code to Explanatory mode and have it walk through a module as it works.",
 "who": "A developer onboarding onto a codebase they did not write and needing to understand a tricky module.",
 "problem": "Reading unfamiliar middleware or patterns cold is slow, and the code alone does not explain why it is built that way.",
 "outcome": "Claude explains the frameworks and patterns behind the module, giving you a guided walkthrough of the code.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `/config` and set the output style to Explanatory.",
  "Start Claude Code in the repository you are studying with `claude`.",
  "Ask for a walkthrough of one module, for example: Walk me through how the request middleware pipeline works in @src/server/middleware, explaining the pattern as you go.",
  "Ask follow-up questions on any step that does not yet make sense."
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README describes output styles as a setting in /config, so the exact menu labels may differ in your version of Claude Code.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
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  "Software and DevOps"
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 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code installed and running in a terminal",
  "A project folder or git repository to work in",
  "Access to a Claude account that Claude Code can use"
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
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