# tmux_query:explain/1

- **Package:** libtmux_erlang
- **Language:** Erlang
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-erlang/blob/d1b6308440cf9eb8f6647e7ae434bce60e849368/apps/libtmux_erlang/src/tmux_query.erl#L191
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/erlang/latest/reference/tmux_query-explain-1/

```
explain/1
-spec explain(t()) -> plan().
```

Inspect command templates, necessary candidate conditions, full residual, hydration, required fields, ordering and temporal assumptions. Performs no I/O and does not contact the endpoint to claim dynamic capabilities.

## Parameters

- `Query` (`t()`)

## Guides

Pages that discuss `explain/1`.

- [Selections and queries](/en/erlang/latest/concepts/queries/)