Explanatory Output Style plugin: what it installs and how to add it
Adds educational explanations of implementation choices and codebase patterns to Claude Code sessions.
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Install
> /plugin install explanatory-output-style@claude-plugins-officialRun it inside Claude Code. The official marketplace is already known, so there is nothing to add first.
What is inside
- 1hook
About this plugin
This plugin recreates Claude Code's deprecated Explanatory output style. It encourages brief insights about implementation choices, codebase conventions, trade-offs and design decisions before and after code changes.
It activates automatically at the start of each session through a SessionStart hook, with no additional configuration. Because it adds instructions and output, it can increase token usage.
What's inside
- 1 SessionStart hook
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