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Agent skill

Explain Simply

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Explain anything in plain language — a contract clause, a medical term, a tax rule, a tech acronym, a news story — layered from a one-liner to as much depth as you want.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Explain Simply

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill explain-simply -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills explain-simply --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/explain-simply .claude/skills/explain-simply && 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/

Facts

Skill name
explain-simply
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~818 tokens
SKILL.md length
411 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Explain anything in plain language — a contract clause, a medical term, a tax rule, a tech acronym, a news story — layered from a one-liner to as much depth as you want.

  • Works in 5 steps: Lead with the gist. One true sentence… → Anchor to the known. A good analogy… → Layer, don't dump. Start shallow; add… → …
  • Asked to explain like Im 5
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Simple, Not Wrong and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Explain Simply is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Explain anything in plain language — a contract clause, a medical term, a tax rule, a tech acronym, a news story — layered from a one-liner to as much depth as you want. Use when asked to explain like I'm 5, explain this simply, break this down in plain English, or what does this even mean. Produces the one-sentence version, a plain-language explanation with a concrete analogy, the 'why it matters to you,' and an honest note on anything genuinely uncertain or oversimplified.

Its SKILL.md is about 820 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 Writing & Content, covering Plain language and style rules. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to explain like Im 5
  • Explain this simply
  • Break this down in plain English
  • What does this even mean

Example prompts

  • “why it matters to you,”
  • “/explain-simply”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Lead with the gist. One true sentence before any detail.
  2. Anchor to the known. A good analogy borrows understanding you already have — but flag where the analogy breaks.
  3. Layer, don't dump. Start shallow; add depth on request. Don't front-load everything.
  4. Plain words. If a term is unavoidable, define it the first time in-line.
  5. Flag the oversimplification. Note where "roughly" hides a detail that could matter (money, legal, medical).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

Explain Simply loads about 818 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 411 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~124
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~818

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 411 words, ~818 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/explain-simply/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
explain-simply
description
Explain anything in plain language — a contract clause, a medical term, a tax rule, a tech acronym, a news story — layered from a one-liner to as much depth as you want. Use when asked to explain like I'm 5, explain this simply, break this down in plain English, or what does this even mean. Produces the one-sentence version, a plain-language explanation with a concrete analogy, the 'why it matters to you,' and an honest note on anything genuinely uncertain or oversimplified.

Explain Simply

Jargon is a wall, and most explanations either stay behind it or dumb things down so far they're wrong. This does the honest version: the gist in one sentence, then a plain-language explanation anchored to something you already understand, going only as deep as you ask — and flagging where the simple version leaves out something that actually matters.

What This Skill Produces

  • The one-liner — if you only read one sentence, this is it
  • The plain explanation — no jargon, with a concrete everyday analogy
  • Why it matters to you — the "so what," in your situation if you gave one
  • The honest caveat — what the simple version glosses over, and where to be careful

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The thing — paste the term/clause/text, or name the topic
  • Your level — total beginner, or "I know the basics" (sets the depth and the analogies)
  • Why you're asking — signing something? studying? just curious? — steers "why it matters"

Framework: Simple, Not Wrong

  1. Lead with the gist. One true sentence before any detail.
  2. Anchor to the known. A good analogy borrows understanding you already have — but flag where the analogy breaks.
  3. Layer, don't dump. Start shallow; add depth on request. Don't front-load everything.
  4. Plain words. If a term is unavoidable, define it the first time in-line.
  5. Flag the oversimplification. Note where "roughly" hides a detail that could matter (money, legal, medical).

Output Format

Show full SKILL.md (174 more words)Show less
[Thing] — in plain English

In one sentence: …

The plain version: … (with an analogy: "it's like…")

Why it matters to you: …

Worth knowing (where the simple version cuts a corner): …

Want it deeper? Ask and I'll go a layer down.

Quality Checks

  • The one-sentence gist is accurate, not just short
  • The analogy genuinely aids understanding and its limits are noted
  • No unexplained jargon in the plain version
  • Depth matches the stated level (not a firehose for a beginner)
  • Any consequential oversimplification (legal/medical/financial) is flagged, not smoothed over

Anti-Patterns

  • Simple-but-wrong — shaving off a detail that changes the meaning.
  • The firehose — dumping every nuance on someone who asked for the gist.
  • A cute analogy that misleads — flag where it breaks or drop it.
  • Fake confidence on genuinely uncertain things — say "it depends, and here's on what."

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Explain this contract clause like I'm 5: [paste]"
  • "What does 'APR' actually mean in plain English?"
  • "Break down what this medical term means for me."
  • "ELI5 how a Roth IRA works."
  • "What is this news story actually about?"

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/explain-simply of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Explain Simply

What does Explain Simply do?

Explain anything in plain language — a contract clause, a medical term, a tax rule, a tech acronym, a news story — layered from a one-liner to as much depth as you want. Explain Simply is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Explain anything in plain language — a contract clause, a medical term, a tax rule, a tech acronym, a news story — layered from a one-liner to as much depth as you want.

When should I use Explain Simply?

Explain Simply fits situations like: asked to explain like Im 5; explain this simply; break this down in plain English; what does this even mean.

How do I install Explain Simply in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill explain-simply -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/explain-simply in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/explain-simply in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Explain Simply in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill explain-simply -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/explain-simply in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/explain-simply in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Explain Simply 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill explain-simply -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/explain-simply, .gemini/skills/explain-simply, .github/skills/explain-simply and .opencode/skills/explain-simply in your project.

What does Explain Simply need to run?

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

Does Explain Simply 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 Explain Simply 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 Explain Simply use?

Explain Simply 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 Explain Simply use?

About 818 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 Explain Simply?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Explain Simply: Asd Ste100 (danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill, 4.3k stars), Ponytail Audit (DietrichGebert/ponytail, 160k stars), Technical Writing Standard (cursor/plugins, 11k stars) and Natural Japanese Business Writing (coji/natural-japanese, 1.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Explain Simply?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.