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Follow the Code Explanation section.\n- **If the argument is a user action, feature, or flow description** (e.g. \"password reset\", \"checkout\", \"authentication\") — this is a **flow explanation**. Follow the Flow Explanation section.\n\n---\n\n## Code Explanation\n\nStart by checking the git history for the file: `git log --oneline -15 <file>` and `git log -1 -p <file>` for the most recent change. Commit messages often reveal the \"why\" that the code itself doesn't — a bug that was fixed, a refactor that simplified something, a workaround for an external constraint. Note anything that reframes the code before diving into it.\n\nThen read the code carefully and explain in this order:\n\n### 1. What it does — in one paragraph\n\nPlain English. No jargon, no code. Describe what this code accomplishes from the outside — what goes in, what comes out, what changes as a result. Write it the way you'd explain it to the client who asked for the feature.\n\n### 2. How it does it — walking through the logic\n\nNarrate the code path in plain English, step by step. For each meaningful chunk:\n\n- What is this step doing?\n- Why is it doing it here, in this order?\n- What would break if it wasn't here?\n\nDon't narrate every line — skip the obvious. Focus on the parts that require interpretation.\n\n### 3. Patterns and conventions in use\n\nName the Rails, Ruby, or design patterns this code is using — and why they appear here. Examples:\n\n- \"This is a service object following the thoughtbot pattern — one public `call` method, one responsibility\"\n- \"This is using `delegate` to avoid Law of Demeter violations\"\n- \"This callback is doing what's normally done in a service object — worth noting\"\n- \"This is a query object extracting complex AR logic out of the model\"\n\nIf the code is using a pattern poorly or unexpectedly, name that too — neutrally. This isn't a review, but understanding requires knowing when something is off-label.\n\n### 4. 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