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Agent skill

Patient Education Explainer

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Explain a condition, a scan result, or why movement helps, in language that reduces fear instead of adding to it — the reframe, the honest uncertainty, and the analogy that does not accidentally…

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Patient Education Explainer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill patient-education-explainer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills patient-education-explainer --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/patient-education-explainer .claude/skills/patient-education-explainer && 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
patient-education-explainer
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
836 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Explain a condition, a scan result, or why movement helps, in language that reduces fear instead of adding to it — the reframe, the honest uncertainty, and the analogy that does not accidentally…

  • Works in 7 steps: Ask what they think it means first. You… → Take the frightening word head-on. Do… → Use base rates where they genuinely… → …
  • Asked to explain a diagnosis to a patient
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Name the Fear,… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Patient Education Explainer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Explain a condition, a scan result, or why movement helps, in language that reduces fear instead of adding to it — the reframe, the honest uncertainty, and the analogy that does not accidentally frighten. Use when asked to explain a diagnosis to a patient, explain scan findings, reassure someone who is afraid to move, or write patient-facing education material. Produces the explanation in plain language, the reframe of frightening terminology, the honest uncertainty statement, the what-you-can-do section, and a…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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 a diagnosis to a patient
  • Explain scan findings
  • Reassure someone who is afraid to move
  • Write patient-facing education material

Example prompts

  • “/patient-education-explainer”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Ask what they think it means first. You cannot correct an interpretation you have not heard, and it is rarely the one you assumed.
  2. Take the frightening word head-on. Do not avoid 'degeneration' — explain it. Avoidance confirms that it is as bad as they feared.
  3. Use base rates where they genuinely apply. How common the finding is in people the same age without symptoms is often the single most…
  4. Do not overclaim. 'Your scan is completely normal' when it is not destroys everything else you say. Accurate reassurance survives…
  5. Choose analogies carefully. 'Wear and tear' and 'crumbling' frighten. Analogies of adaptation — skin thickening where it is used, tissue…
  6. State the uncertainty. Patients handle 'we do not know exactly why, and that is common' far better than a confident answer that later fails.
  7. End with agency and a boundary. What they can do, and what specifically would warrant coming back. Vigilance without a boundary becomes…

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

Patient Education Explainer loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 162 tokens; SKILL.md has 836 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~162
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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). 836 words, ~1,601 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/patient-education-explainer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
patient-education-explainer
description
Explain a condition, a scan result, or why movement helps, in language that reduces fear instead of adding to it — the reframe, the honest uncertainty, and the analogy that does not accidentally frighten. Use when asked to explain a diagnosis to a patient, explain scan findings, reassure someone who is afraid to move, or write patient-facing education material. Produces the explanation in plain language, the reframe of frightening terminology, the honest uncertainty statement, the what-you-can-do section, and a teach-back check. A communication framework for a licensed clinician; the clinical content is theirs.

Patient Education Explainer

'Degeneration', 'wear and tear', 'bulging disc', 'bone on bone' — a patient hears structural doom and stops moving, and the stopping does more harm than the finding. This writes the explanation that lands differently: what the words actually mean, what the finding does and does not predict, what is genuinely uncertain, and what they can do — without overclaiming reassurance the evidence does not support.

What This Skill Produces

  • The plain-language explanation — what the condition or finding actually is, without jargon or euphemism
  • The reframe — what frightening terminology means in context, and how common the finding is in people without symptoms
  • Honest uncertainty — what is not known, stated plainly, because false certainty collapses the moment it is contradicted
  • What you can do — the agency section, which is what changes behaviour
  • What would change things — the specific signs that warrant review, so vigilance has a boundary
  • A teach-back check — the questions that reveal whether the reframe actually landed

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • What the patient has been told — and by whom, since you may be contradicting a trusted source
  • The finding or condition — what needs explaining, including any imaging report wording
  • What they believe it means — their interpretation, which is what you are actually addressing
  • What they are afraid of — usually more specific than 'my back'; often a person they know, or an outcome they picture
  • The clinical position — what the treating clinician's actual assessment and advice are

Framework: Name the Fear, Reframe the Word, Give Back Agency

  1. Ask what they think it means first. You cannot correct an interpretation you have not heard, and it is rarely the one you assumed.
  2. Take the frightening word head-on. Do not avoid 'degeneration' — explain it. Avoidance confirms that it is as bad as they feared.
  3. Use base rates where they genuinely apply. How common the finding is in people the same age without symptoms is often the single most useful sentence available.
  4. Do not overclaim. 'Your scan is completely normal' when it is not destroys everything else you say. Accurate reassurance survives; convenient reassurance does not.
  5. Choose analogies carefully. 'Wear and tear' and 'crumbling' frighten. Analogies of adaptation — skin thickening where it is used, tissue responding to load — carry the right implication.
  6. State the uncertainty. Patients handle 'we do not know exactly why, and that is common' far better than a confident answer that later fails.
  7. End with agency and a boundary. What they can do, and what specifically would warrant coming back. Vigilance without a boundary becomes hypervigilance.

Output Format

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Patient explanation: [condition/finding] · [patient] · [clinician]

What they have been told: [and by whom] · What they think it means: [their words] · What they are afraid of: [specific]

The explanation

[What it actually is, in plain language — no jargon, no euphemism, two or three sentences]

The word that is frightening them: [term]

[What it actually means] · [how common it is in people of similar age without symptoms, where that is genuinely established] · [what it does and does not predict]

What we do not know

[stated plainly, and normalised — uncertainty is common and is not the same as danger]

What you can do

[the specific actions, framed as agency rather than instruction] · [what to expect as it changes] · [how long that usually takes]

Come back if: [the specific, bounded signs]

Teach-back

  • "How would you explain this to your partner?" → [what they said]
  • "What are you going to do differently this week?" → [what they said]

A communication framework for a licensed clinician. All clinical content — the diagnosis, the interpretation of any finding, the prognosis, and the advice — is the treating clinician's, and must be accurate for the individual patient. Do not use base-rate or prognostic statements that are not established for the specific finding and population.

Quality Checks

  • The patient's own interpretation was elicited before it was corrected
  • The frightening term is explained directly rather than avoided
  • Base rates are used only where genuinely established
  • Reassurance is accurate, not convenient
  • Analogies imply adaptation rather than damage
  • Uncertainty is stated and normalised
  • The explanation ends with agency and a bounded return criterion
  • Teach-back confirms the reframe landed

Anti-Patterns

  • Avoiding the scary word. Confirms that it is unspeakable and therefore terrible.
  • Overclaiming reassurance. One contradiction and every other thing you said is discarded.
  • 'Wear and tear' as an analogy. Implies a finite, spending-down structure and reliably increases fear.
  • Hiding uncertainty. Patients cope with 'we do not know' better than with confident answers that fail.
  • Explaining without asking what they believe. You correct the wrong misconception.
  • No return criteria. Reassurance without a boundary becomes constant self-monitoring.
  • Contradicting another clinician bluntly. Explain the finding; do not make the patient adjudicate between professionals.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Explain a disc bulge to a patient who is terrified"
  • "How do I explain scan findings without frightening them?"
  • "Patient was told they have bone on bone — what do I say?"
  • "Write patient education about why movement helps"
  • "How do I reassure someone honestly when I am not certain?"

© 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/patient-education-explainer of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Patient Education Explainer

What does Patient Education Explainer do?

Explain a condition, a scan result, or why movement helps, in language that reduces fear instead of adding to it — the reframe, the honest uncertainty, and the analogy that does not accidentally…. Patient Education Explainer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Explain a condition, a scan result, or why movement helps, in language that reduces fear instead of adding to it — the reframe, the honest uncertainty, and the analogy that does not accidentally frighten.

When should I use Patient Education Explainer?

Patient Education Explainer fits situations like: asked to explain a diagnosis to a patient; explain scan findings; reassure someone who is afraid to move; write patient-facing education material.

How do I install Patient Education Explainer in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Patient Education Explainer in Codex?

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

Can I use Patient Education Explainer 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 patient-education-explainer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/patient-education-explainer, .gemini/skills/patient-education-explainer, .github/skills/patient-education-explainer and .opencode/skills/patient-education-explainer in your project.

What does Patient Education Explainer need to run?

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

Does Patient Education Explainer 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 Patient Education Explainer 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 Patient Education Explainer use?

Patient Education Explainer 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 Patient Education Explainer use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 Patient Education Explainer?

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Who maintains Patient Education Explainer?

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.