Matt Pocock praise show-me skill: pseudocode and tree diagrams that make PRs readable
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-09-03
Matt Pocock recommends the open-source show-me skill from humanlayer, calling it a "toolbox of nice ways to look at code" that makes PR descriptions extremely easy to read.
The skill's philosophy: skip preamble, pick the smallest visual view that makes the key point clear. It renders logic as pseudocode, runtime control flow as call trees, UI structure as component trees (with state and module boundaries), and broad refactors as shallow annotated file trees.
It slots into coding-agent workflows to turn verbose explanations into structured, scannable diagrams. The repo is open source with 650 stars.
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