show-me
This skill helps agents create visual explanations of topics using pseudocode, call trees, component diagrams, file structures, Mermaid flowcharts, diffs…
Community author
- Agents
- Claude Code
- License
- MIT (permissive)
- Pin
- ca7c808pinned Oct 9, 2026
- Context cost
- about 770 tokenswhen the skill loads
- GitHub stars
- 5,130on humanlayer/skills
- Scripts
- None found
What it does
“Help the user understand the current topic visually with concise diagrams, code-shape sketches, and focused HTML artifacts.”
Generated summary from the skill's own text
This skill helps agents create visual explanations of topics using pseudocode, call trees, component diagrams, file structures, Mermaid flowcharts, diffs, code blocks, and custom HTML artifacts. It focuses on concise, focused diagrams that clarify logic, architecture, control flow, and data relationships without lengthy prose.
When to use it
- Explain algorithm logic or control flow to users
- Visualize system architecture, file organization, or component hierarchy
- Show before-and-after changes in code or structure
- Create sequence diagrams for interactions or data flow
When not to
- User needs detailed documentation or full written explanations
- Topic requires extensive narrative description rather than visual representation
- Generating production code rather than explanatory diagrams
Install
These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.
skills CLI
npx skills add humanlayer/skills --skill show-meInstalls from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.
GitHub CLI 2.90 or later
gh skill install humanlayer/skills show-me@ca7c8088db69e315a8b2deea43820270457f8f3cInstalls the commit we checked (ca7c808).
Copy by hand
Download the folder at ca7c808 and put it in .claude/skills/show-me for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/show-me for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.
Copy for your agent
A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.
Prompt
Install the agent skill "show-me" by humanlayer. Source, pinned to commit ca7c8088db69e315a8b2deea43820270457f8f3c: https://github.com/humanlayer/skills/tree/ca7c8088db69e315a8b2deea43820270457f8f3c/plugins/show-me/skills/show-me 1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch. 2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/show-me/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/show-me/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist. 3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to. 4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them. Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/humanlayer/show-me
SKILL.md at the pin
---
name: show-me
description: Help the user understand the current topic visually with concise diagrams, code-shape sketches, and focused HTML artifacts.
disable-model-invocation: true
---
Help the user understand the current topic of conversation visually. Skip the preamble and keep prose brief. Pick the smallest view that makes the key point clear.
- Show logic or an algorithm as pseudocode:
```text
on(save)
if content is unchanged
return cached result
write new content
return fresh result
```
- Show runtime control flow as a call tree:
```text
submitForm
createSession
persistPrompt
launchAgent
navigateToSession
```
- Show UI structure as a component tree, including state and module boundaries that matter:
```tsx
<SessionPage> (apps/example/src/routes/session.tsx)
useSessionEvents()
<SessionToolbar>
<RunSkillButton> (packages/ui)
```
- Show file responsibility or a broad refactor as a shallow file tree:
```text
src/
├── commands/ # parses user actions
├── sessions/ # owns session state
└── transport/ # sends API requests
```
- Show component interaction, control flow, or data flow with Mermaid:
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant UI
participant Daemon
User->>UI: choose command
UI->>Daemon: send expanded prompt
Daemon-->>UI: stream result
```
- Use `diff` when the point is what changes and the surrounding shape already exists. Match the diff shape to the topic.
For a component change:
```diff
<SessionPage>
useSessionEvents()
<SessionToolbar>
+ <RunSkillButton />
<SessionTimeline>
+ <SkillResultCard />
```
For a file-layout change:
```diff
src/
├── commands/
+│ └── show-me.ts # expands the slash command
├── sessions/
-└── transport.ts
+└── transport/
+ ├── client.ts
+ └── stream.ts
```
For a call-tree or call-stack change:
```diff
submitForm
createSession
persistPrompt
+ expandSkillMention
launchAgent
- navigateToSession
+ navigateToSession
+ subscribeToEvents
```
For a state or control-flow change:
```diff
on(save)
- write content
+ if content is unchanged
+ return cached result
+ write new content
+ invalidate cache
```
- Show the whole block when most of it is new, when omitted context would hide ownership or order, or when the user needs a copyable target shape:
```ts
function expandSkill(command: string): string {
const skillName = command.slice(1)
return `use the ${skillName} skill`
}
```
- For a visual UI, layout, state comparison, or concept too dense for Mermaid, write one focused HTML file — a diagram, an infographic, or a short slide deck, whichever fits the point. Match the product's colors, type, spacing, and components; use real labels and data; support desktop and mobile. Then open it for the user:
```
Bash(open path/to/show-me-{description}.html)
```
### guidance
Place each visual next to the short text it supports. Keep only the calls, files, props, states, and boundaries needed to answer the user's current question or the options to resolve the current discussion point.
You may use one of these, you may use several, it is unlikely you will use all of them. Use your judgement and don't overwhelm the user.
From humanlayer/skills at ca7c808, shown as plain text under its license: MIT (permissive). The license text is in LICENSE.
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