No AI Slop
huytieu/COG-second-brain
Edit drafts into sharper, more human writing while preserving the writer's personal voice, or detect AI-slop patterns without rewriting.
Picks the form that explains best and applies the house explanation style: plain prose, controlled English modelled on ASD-STE100, a diagram, an interactive HTML page, or a narrated explainer video.
Install Eli5
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills eli5 --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eli5 .claude/skills/eli5 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "eli5" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5 into .claude/skills/eli5/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eli5", 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 install https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5Type 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.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills eli5 --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eli5 .agents/skills/eli5 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "eli5" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5 into .agents/skills/eli5/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eli5", 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.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills eli5 --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eli5 .cursor/skills/eli5 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "eli5" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5 into .cursor/skills/eli5/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eli5", 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 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git --path skills/eli5--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills eli5 --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eli5 .gemini/skills/eli5 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "eli5" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5 into .gemini/skills/eli5/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eli5", 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.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills eli5Installs 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).
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eli5 .github/skills/eli5 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "eli5" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5 into .github/skills/eli5/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eli5", 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.
$ npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mblode/agent-skills eli5 --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/eli5 .opencode/skills/eli5 && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "eli5" agent skill from https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/eli5 into .opencode/skills/eli5/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "eli5", 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
eli5- GitHub stars
- 143
- Token cost
- ~861 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 461 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 28
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Picks the form that explains best and applies the house explanation style: plain prose, controlled English modelled on ASD-STE100, a diagram, an interactive HTML page, or a narrated explainer video.
- Stop using jargon
- SKILL.md covers Pick the form, Boundaries and Maintenance
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Explain it in STE100
What it does
Eli5 is an agent skill from mblode/agent-skills. Picks the form that explains best and applies the house explanation style: plain prose, controlled English modelled on ASD-STE100, a diagram, an interactive HTML page, or a narrated explainer video. Use when asked for "ELI5", "plain English", "re-pitch that", "stop using jargon", "explain it in STE100", "draw me a diagram of how this works", "make an interactive explainer", or "make a 3b1b style video on X".
Its SKILL.md is about 860 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `evals/evals.json` and `references/formats.md`).
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Plain language and style rules, HTML artifacts and Video production. The repository describes itself as: Nobody ships AI slop on purpose. These skills make sure you don’t. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Stop using jargon
- Explain it in STE100
- Draw me a diagram of how this works
- Make an interactive explainer
Example prompts
- “plain English”
- “re-pitch that”
- “stop using jargon”
- “/eli5”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cef4cfa. 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
Eli5 loads about 861 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 461 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 mblode/agent-skills at commit cef4cfa, republished under its MIT licence (© mblode). 461 words, ~861 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/eli5/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- eli5
- description
- Picks the form that explains best and applies the house explanation style: plain prose, controlled English modelled on ASD-STE100, a diagram, an interactive HTML page, or a narrated explainer video. Use when asked for "ELI5", "plain English", "re-pitch that", "stop using jargon", "explain it in STE100", "draw me a diagram of how this works", "make an interactive explainer", or "make a 3b1b style video on X".
Plain-language house style
- IS NOT: product copy or documentation (use
ghostwriter), or slide decks (usepresentation-creator).
Use this style for the explanation requested. Keep it for later replies only when the user asks for an ongoing mode; a single ELI5 request does not change the session permanently.
- Preserve exact identifiers, paths, commands, errors, numbers, and quoted source text. Explain around them.
- Avoid minimizers: simply, obviously, just, easy, of course, as you know.
- No em dashes in authored prose; do not substitute a spaced hyphen. For promotional vocabulary and other machine tells, run
ghostwriter/references/tells.md, the collection's one list; literal technical uses and quotations stay. - Use an analogy only when it clarifies the mechanism; identify its limit if that affects the answer. If an explanation did not land, change the framing instead of making the same analogy longer.
- Put the explanation or result first. Include a next action only when the reader needs to act. Do not assign the user work the agent is already authorized to complete.
Return the explanation itself. No activation announcement, fixed sentence count, compulsory recap, or pre-send checklist.
Pick the form
Prose is the default. Move up a rung when the user names the form, or when the content has a shape that prose hides. Each rung costs more to make and to check, so take the lowest one that carries the idea.
| Form | Use when | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Plain prose | Most answers | None |
| Controlled English | User asks for STE100 or "Simplified Technical English", or the answer is a procedure or a dense mechanism a non-native reader must follow | None |
| Diagram | Parts and the links between them, a sequence over time, states, or a data path | Low |
| HTML page | The reader learns by changing an input and seeing the result, or the topic needs several linked views | Medium |
| Explainer video | User asks for a video, or the idea is motion (an algorithm stepping, a curve changing) | High: render, narration, review |
Show full SKILL.md (140 more words)Show less
When the user names a form, use it; do not argue down to prose. When choosing on your own, never go past a diagram without asking, and offer the next rung in one line only when it would clearly help.
"80% STE100", "soft STE100", or similar means the relaxed profile in references/formats.md, not the full specification. Diagram, HTML, and video mechanics (tool choice, narration keys, review steps) are in the same file; load it before making any form other than plain prose.
Boundaries
This changes assistant prose and the explanations it makes. Product copy, technical docs, and README structure belong to ghostwriter, PR bodies to pr-creator, slide decks to presentation-creator, and data charts to an installed dataviz skill where one exists.
Maintenance
evals/evals.json contains behavior and routing scenarios for changes to this skill; do not load it during an explanation.
© mblode, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/eli5 of mblode/agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- evals/evals.json
- references/formats.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cef4cfa
Compare with similar skills
Eli5 next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli5 this skillmblode/agent-skills | 143 | — | ~861 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| No AI Slophuytieu/COG-second-brain | 1.3k | — | ~5.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Explainer Formatskoolamusic/claudefiles | 130 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| The Loopoxbshw/watch-skill | 460 | — | ~622 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Moai Domain HTML Reportmodu-ai/moai-adk | 1.2k | — | ~6.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Candao Review Expert Analysis Prodinfometa/workbuddyskills | 344 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Eli5
What does Eli5 do?
Picks the form that explains best and applies the house explanation style: plain prose, controlled English modelled on ASD-STE100, a diagram, an interactive HTML page, or a narrated explainer video. Eli5 is an agent skill from mblode/agent-skills. Picks the form that explains best and applies the house explanation style: plain prose, controlled English modelled on ASD-STE100, a diagram, an interactive HTML page, or a narrated explainer video.
When should I use Eli5?
Eli5 fits situations like: stop using jargon; explain it in STE100; draw me a diagram of how this works; make an interactive explainer.
How do I install Eli5 in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/eli5 in mblode/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/eli5 in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Eli5 in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/eli5 in mblode/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/eli5 in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Eli5 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 mblode/agent-skills --skill eli5 -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/eli5, .gemini/skills/eli5, .github/skills/eli5 and .opencode/skills/eli5 in your project.
What does Eli5 need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Eli5 is instructions for the agent only.
Does Eli5 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 Eli5 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 Eli5 use?
Eli5 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 Eli5 use?
About 861 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Eli5?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Eli5: No AI Slop (huytieu/COG-second-brain, 1.3k stars), Explainer Formats (koolamusic/claudefiles, 130 stars), The Loop (oxbshw/watch-skill, 460 stars) and Moai Domain HTML Report (modu-ai/moai-adk, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Eli5?
mblode (a GitHub user) maintains it in mblode/agent-skills, which has 143 GitHub stars. The repository holds 28 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: mblode/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.