Map Understand

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user wants to understand code
• Workflow result
• Debugging cause
• Architecture and be checked with restatements

Example prompts

• “/map-understand”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1State the selected depth, target, and evidence read.
2. 2Create an Understanding checklist with 5-9 unchecked, concrete items.
3. 3Teach the first milestone only: usually problem/context and why it existed.
4. 4Ask one open-ended restatement question or one multiple-choice question. Withhold the answer key for multiple-choice.
5. 5After the user responds, mark checklist items complete only when the response shows understanding. Correct gaps briefly.
6. 6Repeat for design decisions, implementation mechanics, edge cases, alternatives, and impact.
7. 7Close with a final summary/application check. End with the final checklist state only after the user passes or opts out.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1716c80. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Map Understand loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 714 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~56

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from azalio/map-framework at commit 1716c80, republished under its MIT licence (© azalio). 714 words, ~1,626 tokens.

name

map-understand

description

Interactive deep-understanding and quiz mode for MAP sessions. Use when the user wants to understand code, a diff, workflow result, debugging cause, or architecture and be checked with restatements or quizzes.

exec_command:
  cmd: |
    BASE=$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet origin/main >/dev/null && echo origin/main \
           || (git rev-parse --verify --quiet origin/master >/dev/null && echo origin/master))
    if [ -n "$BASE" ]; then
      git fetch origin "${BASE#origin/}" --quiet
      git --no-pager diff --stat "$BASE"...HEAD
      git --no-pager diff "$BASE"...HEAD
    fi

Which invariant matters most here?
A. The cache is always warm before validation.
B. The validator must reject stale generated surfaces before install.
C. The CLI should skip template rendering when tests pass.

Pick one and explain why. I will not reveal the answer until you answer.

$map-understand --depth intern
$map-understand --depth eli14 src/mapify_cli/delivery/template_renderer.py
$map-understand --depth expert HEAD~1..HEAD
$map-understand .map/my-branch/verification-summary.md

© azalio, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/map-understand of azalio/map-framework.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1716c80