why
Use for 'why does X work this way', 'why we picked Y', design rationale, regressions, postmortems, or data-backed thresholds.
Install / Use
npx skills add michael-denyer/pstack-claude --skill whyInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
OperationsSupported Platforms
Our assessment of why
why scores 84/100 on our quality scale, 571st of 740 Operations skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
It has 557 GitHub stars, a meaningful sign that others use it.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 10 days ago, so why is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
why compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than why; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| why (this skill)by michael-denyer | 84 | 557 | 10d ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 89.8k | 18d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 74.4k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| CowAgentby zhayujie | 100 | 47.2k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| Scraplingby D4Vinci | 100 | 85.4k | today | MCP Server |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install why?
- Run
npx skills add michael-denyer/pstack-claude --skill why. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does why work with?
- It is written for OpenAI Codex, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is why safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is why still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 10 days ago, so why is actively maintained.
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From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.