zoom-out
Installation
SKILL.md
Zoom Out
Load /creative-writing-skills:qi-layer if it isn't already loaded.
Orient in an unfamiliar area by fanning out parallel explorers, each covering a different angle, then synthesizing their reports into one orientation map. A single explorer sees one slice; zoom-out covers structure and knowledge and history at once, so the picture isn't skewed by one lens.
Use when starting in an unfamiliar subsystem, picking up someone else's work, or when the user says "orient me" / "what's the lay of the land here."
Fan Out
Spawn in parallel the angles the area has material for, each scoped to one angle and one question.
- Structure (
@explorer): how the area's parts connect and where behavior lives; in code, callers, dependencies, module boundaries, entry points. - Documented knowledge (
@explorerover the knowledge base): what's been written about this area, including architecture, guides, synthesized research. - Decision history (
@session-miner): why it's shaped this way. Prior choices, rejected alternatives, constraints discovered. - Domain concepts (
@explorer): the vocabulary in use (KB vocab pages,.context/CONTEXT.md, AGENTS.md).
Give each explorer one angle, scoped with concrete path or topic targets: the value is independent coverage.