EricJujianZou/rederive

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<p align="center"><b>An attempt by a frustrated developer to restore humanity's curiosity</b></p>

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<p align="center"><sub><a href="#install">Install</a> · <a href="#a-session">A session</a> · <a href="#how-it-works">How it works</a> · <a href="#license">License</a></sub></p>

**rederive** is a skill for coding agents that teaches you a codebase by making you design it yourself from first principles. It only asks you questions to guide you to the right answer, and it won't explain things. We made this on purpose to aim for understanding through derivation, instead of memorizing what the agent says.

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