Claude Plugin
Last commit on August 1, 2026·Created on July 10, 2026
oliver-zehentleitner/keep-the-why
“Keep the Why: a repo-native convention and agent skill that preserves the reasoning behind a codebase as a byproduct of working with your agent — so it stops re-suggesting rejected approaches, gives better answers, speeds up onboarding, and makes legacy projects tractable again.”
Combined rank
#485
across all skills
In Knowledge
#23
category rank
Stars
141
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Forks
13
Watchers
1
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Description
Keep the Why: a repo-native convention and agent skill that preserves the reasoning behind a codebase as a byproduct of working with your agent — so it stops re-suggesting rejected approaches, gives better answers, speeds up onboarding, and makes legacy projects tractable again.
WHO IT'S FOR
Technical leads / architects
preserving architectural decisions and rejected alternatives
Platform / DevEx teams
reducing onboarding time for new engineers
AI agent / automation builders
improving AI context engineering for codebases
Backend / infrastructure engineers
documenting incident learnings and operational constraints
30 Days of GitHub Stars
141 30d starsMonthly change unavailable
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Compatibility & Install1 Skill · 12 Compatible agents · 4 categories · 5 install paths
Compatible agents
❯Claude Code❯Codex❯Cursor❯Gemini CLI❯Copilot❯Windsurf❯Amp❯OpenCode❯Antigravity❯Devin❯Goose❯Cline
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KnowledgeDocsDeveloper ToolingSoftware Engineering
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