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regex-explainer

Explain a regular expression in plain language and call out likely bugs. Use when the user pastes a regex they do not fully understand.

Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad@hmahmadcs

Install

openclaw skills install @hmahmadcs/regex-explainer

Regex Explainer

Purpose / Overview

Walks a regex token-by-token and notes greediness / anchors / groups.

When to Use

Debugging validation, log parsers, or search patterns.

Usage / Instructions

  1. Ask for the regex and the flavor (JS/PCRE/Python) if relevant.
  2. Explain groups, quantifiers, and character classes.
  3. Give one matching and one non-matching example string.

Examples

Input: ^\d{3}-\d{2}$ Output: start, three digits, hyphen, two digits, end; matches 123-45.

Requirements / Dependencies

None.

Limitations / Caveats

Does not execute against user files unless asked.

Security / Permissions

Text-only.

Description

Explain a regular expression in plain language and call out likely bugs.

License or terms

MIT

Use case

Aimed at developers and operators whose goal matches: Explain a regular expression in plain language and call out likely bugs.

Risks and mitigations

References

Ethical considerations

Use that is illegal under local or international law is not permitted. The publisher will not be accountable for misuse enabled by this skill. Examples of unacceptable use include unauthorized data exfiltration, copyright piracy operations, and assisting financial crime. Do not use it to generate instructions for committing crimes.