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by d4rkp4ttern 24 days ago
I try to counteract this "comprehension-debt" by having the code-agent quiz me, Socratic-style, about the core problems, possible solutions, why certain approaches wouldn't work, and why the specific approach was implemented. When I don't answer correctly, the agent drills down and asks more questions, until I am led to the answer myself.

I find this surprisingly useful. The quiz forces me to put in effort in thinking through the problem and solutions. And this effort likely helps in learning, understanding and retention. I also find frontier LLMs are very good at this type of Socratic quiz; they give a very good semblance of having a "theory of mind".

I made a Socratic Quiz skill as part of suite of code-agent productivity tools:

https://pchalasani.github.io/claude-code-tools/plugins-detai...