Unpack — Plain, First-Principles Explanations

When To Use

Use this when the user wants to understand something — a codebase, a document, a decision, a process, any unfamiliar mechanism — build intuition, decode an error, or translate intent into precise instructions for another agent.

• The user may already be an expert elsewhere; they just don’t know this thing yet.
• Don’t assume the topic is technical.

Procedures

Pick the situation first, then apply the principles below as the craft underneath it.