Agent skill

Dumbify

by artemnovitckii in artemnovitckii/content-skills

Install Dumbify

skills CLI

$ npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install artemnovitckii/content-skills dumbify --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/dumbify .claude/skills/dumbify && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "dumbify" agent skill from https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify into .claude/skills/dumbify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dumbify", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install artemnovitckii/content-skills dumbify --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/dumbify .agents/skills/dumbify && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "dumbify" agent skill from https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify into .agents/skills/dumbify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dumbify", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install artemnovitckii/content-skills dumbify --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/dumbify .cursor/skills/dumbify && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "dumbify" agent skill from https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify into .cursor/skills/dumbify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dumbify", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git --path dumbify

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install artemnovitckii/content-skills dumbify --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/dumbify .gemini/skills/dumbify && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "dumbify" agent skill from https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify into .gemini/skills/dumbify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dumbify", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install artemnovitckii/content-skills dumbify

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/dumbify .github/skills/dumbify && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "dumbify" agent skill from https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify into .github/skills/dumbify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dumbify", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install artemnovitckii/content-skills dumbify --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/dumbify .opencode/skills/dumbify && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "dumbify" agent skill from https://github.com/artemnovitckii/content-skills/tree/master/dumbify into .opencode/skills/dumbify/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dumbify", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: dumbify
GitHub stars: 102
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 607 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 4
Repo updated: Jun 20, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Works in 7 steps: Cut jargon — or swap it for the word… → One idea per sentence — break nested… → Common words over fancy ones — use not… → …
Auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels
SKILL.md covers Simple language, not simple…, Where it earns its keep, The moves and Don't let it fight the other…, plus 4 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Dumbify is an agent skill from artemnovitckii/content-skills. Use when writing or auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels, teaching carousels, how-to scripts, any piece that teaches or explains something — or when a draft feels dense, jargony, high-effort, or hard to follow. Lowers reading level and mental load so people keep watching and reading. Pairs with the other writing skills in this pack.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring. The repository describes itself as: 5 Claude Code skills that fix Claude's writing: dumbify, storytelling, viral-hooks, anti-ai-writing, and a voice-dna build guide. MIT. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels
Teaching carousels
Any piece that teaches
Explains something —

Example prompts

“/dumbify”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Cut jargon — or swap it for the word you'd use telling a friend who isn't in the field. (Jargon the audience shares is fine — it's only…
One idea per sentence — break nested clauses into separate sentences.
Common words over fancy ones — use not utilize, help not facilitate, show not demonstrate, enough not sufficient, about not approximately.
Concrete over abstract — "the export button" not "the relevant control"; "you'll save 2 hours" not "efficiency gains."
Active voice — "the model picks the next word," not "the next word is selected by the model."
Cut filler that adds no meaning — "basically," "in order to," "the fact that."
Teach by example — one concrete example lowers load more than a precise definition. Show it happening.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1c6e909. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Dumbify loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 607 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from artemnovitckii/content-skills at commit 1c6e909, republished under its MIT licence (© artemnovitckii). 607 words, ~1,219 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/dumbify/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: dumbify
description: Use when writing or auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels, teaching carousels, how-to scripts, any piece that teaches or explains something — or when a draft feels dense, jargony, high-effort, or hard to follow. Lowers reading level and mental load so people keep watching and reading. Pairs with the other writing skills in this pack.

Dumbify

People don't churn because content is too simple. They churn because following it is too much work. Every bit of mental effort — a fancy word, a nested sentence, undefined jargon — is a reason to swipe away. This skill cuts that effort.

Target: ~8th-grade reading level for the body, ~6th for hooks. Easy to follow = low strain = high retention.

Simple language, not simple ideas

You are lowering the reading level, not dumbing down the thinking. The idea can be sophisticated; the words shouldn't be. Simple ≠ simplistic. A sharp 13-year-old should be able to follow it — that doesn't mean the insight is for 13-year-olds.

Where it earns its keep

High value: explainers, educational/teaching content, how-to, anything on a technical, financial, or abstract topic. This is where dense writing kills retention.
Low value: already-conversational captions, short hooks, casual personal stories — these come out simple naturally. Don't force this skill where there's nothing to simplify.

The moves

Cut jargon — or swap it for the word you'd use telling a friend who isn't in the field. (Jargon the audience shares is fine — it's only friction when they don't have it. If you have an audience profile, respect the jargon they already know; a technical audience keeps its technical words.)
One idea per sentence — break nested clauses into separate sentences.
Common words over fancy ones — use not utilize, help not facilitate, show not demonstrate, enough not sufficient, about not approximately.
Concrete over abstract — "the export button" not "the relevant control"; "you'll save 2 hours" not "efficiency gains."
Active voice — "the model picks the next word," not "the next word is selected by the model."
Cut filler that adds no meaning — "basically," "in order to," "the fact that."
Teach by example — one concrete example lowers load more than a precise definition. Show it happening.

Don't let it fight the other skills

Rhythm (storytelling): simplify the words and structure, not the length variety. A long sentence is fine if it's made of simple words and reads in one breath. Never flatten everything into short choppy sentences to "hit a grade level" — that kills the music storytelling builds. Vary length; keep words plain.
Specificity (anti-ai-writing): these agree. Concrete specifics — a number, a name, an example — make a piece easier to follow, not harder. "$1,000 becomes $10,000 in 30 years" is both more specific and more readable than "your money grows substantially."
Voice: don't sand off your personality to simplify. Keep your words and your slang; cut the complexity around them.

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How to gauge the level (no tool needed)

Read it aloud. Stumble, run out of breath, or have to re-read a sentence? Too dense — break it up.
The 13-year-old test. Would a sharp 13-year-old follow it on the first pass?
Spot the load: flag words over 3 syllables that have a plain substitute, sentences over ~25 words, more than one clause nested in a sentence, and any jargon the audience may not share.

Writing mode

Draft normally first. Then do a load pass: find the two or three densest sentences and lighten them — plainer words, split the nests, add an example where a definition is doing the work.

Audit mode

Flag each high-load spot with the exact line, then give the simpler rewrite. Keep the meaning and the voice intact.

SIMPLIFY AUDIT (target ~8th grade):
  Jargon:        FLAG — "returns compound on the principal" → "you earn money on the money you already earned"
  Nested clause: FLAG — "Because the gains, which accrue annually, are reinvested, the balance grows faster"
                 → "Each year's gains get added back in. So the next year, they earn too."
  Abstraction:   FLAG — "significant long-term growth" → "$1,000 becomes over $10,000 in 30 years"
  Reading level: ~11th grade → rewrite lands ~7th
  Rewrite: [plainer version, rhythm and voice preserved]

Anti-overfitting

Don't baby-talk. Don't strip nuance the idea needs. Don't make every sentence short — that's flattening, not simplifying. Don't remove a technical term the audience knows and expects. The test: could a smart person in the target audience follow this without effort, while still feeling it respects their intelligence? If it reads as dumbed-down, you went too far.

Files

Just SKILL.md in dumbify of artemnovitckii/content-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1c6e909

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Questions about Dumbify

What does Dumbify do?

A skill your agent uses when writing or auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels, teaching carousels, how-to scripts, any piece that teaches or explains something — or when a…. Dumbify is an agent skill from artemnovitckii/content-skills. Use when writing or auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels, teaching carousels, how-to scripts, any piece that teaches or explains something — or when a draft feels dense, jargony, high-effort, or hard to follow.

When should I use Dumbify?

Dumbify fits situations like: auditing content that has to be easy to follow — explainer reels; teaching carousels; any piece that teaches; explains something —.

How do I install Dumbify in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (dumbify in artemnovitckii/content-skills) into .claude/skills/dumbify in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dumbify in Codex?

Run `npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (dumbify in artemnovitckii/content-skills) into .agents/skills/dumbify in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dumbify in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add artemnovitckii/content-skills --skill dumbify -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dumbify, .gemini/skills/dumbify, .github/skills/dumbify and .opencode/skills/dumbify in your project.

What does Dumbify need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Dumbify is instructions for the agent only.

Does Dumbify access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Dumbify safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Dumbify use?

Dumbify is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Dumbify use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Dumbify?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dumbify: Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 796 stars), Claude Code Skill Developer Guide (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars), Darwin Skill Optimizer (alchaincyf/darwin-skill, 6.2k stars) and Claude Code Command Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dumbify?

artemnovitckii (a GitHub user) maintains it in artemnovitckii/content-skills, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 20, 2026.

Source: artemnovitckii/content-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Dumbify

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Dumbify

Simple language, not simple ideas

Where it earns its keep

The moves

Don't let it fight the other skills

How to gauge the level (no tool needed)

Writing mode

Audit mode

Anti-overfitting

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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Questions about Dumbify