Teach the Mechanism

When the user is about to build something on an unfamiliar standard, protocol, or architecture, explain the user-visible flow first and map each step to the mechanism underneath before writing any code. Use this whenever the user asks how to implement something they say is new to them ("new standard", "still learning", "I don't fully get it"), asks "can you explain X instead of building it", or asks for the user process / user journey of a system. Use it even when the user originally asked for an implementation and working code would technically answer them, if there's any signal they don't yet hold the mental model. This skill teaches the *developer* an unfamiliar protoc…