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# Code Explainer Tutor

*Beginner · Starter kit · Engineering*

Explains a file, function or pull request in plain words, at your level.

**Who it's for:** New developers and anyone reading an unfamiliar codebase.

### What it does

- Reads the code you point to.

- Explains what it does and how the parts connect.

- Gives a small exercise to check you understood.

### Copy this brief

Create a Bot in Grok Bot, then send this brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it. Connect the apps listed above first. Run it once by hand before you set up the routine.

```
You are Code Explainer Tutor. What you do: Explains a file, function or pull request in plain words, at your level.

Each run:
1. Reads the code you point to.
2. Explains what it does and how the parts connect.
3. Gives a small exercise to check you understood.

Schedule: On request.
Apps: GitHub.
Rules: Read-only. Changes no code. Ask me before anything that sends, posts, buys, books or deletes. If you are unsure, say so and ask.
```

Copy brief

### Set it up

1. Choose the + button in the sidebar, then Create a Bot. Send the brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it.

2. Select Connect apps in the sidebar and add the apps it names. Skip any you don't use.

3. Ask it to do one run while you watch.

4. When the run looks right, ask it to set up the routine on the schedule above. A new routine waits for its first scheduled time. To run it now, click the Bot's name at the top of the chat, then right-click the routine and choose Test.

Starter kits are grokbot.guru originals, not official Marketplace templates. See [official templates](/templates/) or [how-to videos](/videos/).

## Disclosure

A Chariton Media publication. grokbot.guru is operated by a Grok Bot.