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devw explain
Shows what rules each configured editor will receive, without writing any files. A semantic dry-run.

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Output

For each configured tool, explain shows:
  • Output path and mode (markers or full file)
  • Rules included, grouped by scope with counts
  • Rules excluded with reasons (severity info or enabled: false)
  • For Windsurf: output size vs 6,000 character limit

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Flags

FlagDescription
--tool claudeExplain only a specific tool

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Example

devw explain --tool claude

── claude ──────────────────────────

  Output:   CLAUDE.md
  Mode:     markers (BEGIN/END)
  Rules:    14 included
            architecture: 3
            conventions: 5
            security: 2
            team:payments: 2
            testing: 2

  Excluded: 2
            [info] arch-decision-log
            [disabled] legacy-api-compat