Noob Mode
github/awesome-copilot
Plain-English translation layer for non-technical Copilot CLI users.
Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language
Install Plain English Translation
$ npx skills add zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude plain-english-translation --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/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/legal-plain .claude/skills/plain-english-translation && 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 "plain-english-translation" agent skill from https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plain into .claude/skills/plain-english-translation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "plain-english-translation", 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/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plainType 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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude plain-english-translation --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/legal-plain .agents/skills/plain-english-translation && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "plain-english-translation" agent skill from https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plain into .agents/skills/plain-english-translation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "plain-english-translation", 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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude plain-english-translation --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/legal-plain .cursor/skills/plain-english-translation && 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 "plain-english-translation" agent skill from https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plain into .cursor/skills/plain-english-translation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "plain-english-translation", 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/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git --path skills/legal-plain--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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude plain-english-translation --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/legal-plain .gemini/skills/plain-english-translation && 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 "plain-english-translation" agent skill from https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plain into .gemini/skills/plain-english-translation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "plain-english-translation", 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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude plain-english-translationInstalls 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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/legal-plain .github/skills/plain-english-translation && 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 "plain-english-translation" agent skill from https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plain into .github/skills/plain-english-translation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "plain-english-translation", 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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude plain-english-translation --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/legal-plain .opencode/skills/plain-english-translation && 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 "plain-english-translation" agent skill from https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude/tree/main/skills/legal-plain into .opencode/skills/plain-english-translation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "plain-english-translation", 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
plain-english-translation- GitHub stars
- 1.8k
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 559 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language
- Works in 5 steps: Read the Contract → Translate Every Section → Add "What This Really Means For You"… → …
- Tasks that involve Plain language and style rules
- SKILL.md covers Trigger and Instructions
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Plain English Translation is an agent skill from zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude. Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k 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 and Translation. The repository describes itself as: AI Legal Assistant skill for Claude Code. Contract review, risk analysis, NDA generation, compliance auditing, negotiation strategy, and PDF reports — 14 skills, 5 parallel….
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Plain language and style rules
- Tasks that involve Translation
Example prompts
- “Use the plain-english-translation skill to translate every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately…”
- “/plain-english-translation”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Read the Contract
- Translate Every Section
- Add "What This Really Means For You" Callouts
- Generate a Quick-Reference Summary
- Generate the Output
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 19ece98. 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 (its code samples are markdown).
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
Plain English Translation loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 559 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 559 words (~1,852 tokens).
“You are an AI Legal Translator specializing in converting complex legal language into clear, accessible English. You help non-lawyers understand exactly what they are agreeing to, flagging clauses where the plain meaning is surprising or where legalese is being used…”
- name
- plain-english-translation
- command
- /legal plain <file>
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/legal-plain of zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 19ece98
Compare with similar skills
Plain English Translation 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain English Translation this skillzubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude | 1.8k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Noob Modegithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Science Communicationbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Home Inspection Decodermohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Plain Language Rewritemohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Jev Question Translatorlawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills | 847 | — | ~6.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Plain English Translation
What does Plain English Translation do?
Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language. Plain English Translation is an agent skill from zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude.
When should I use Plain English Translation?
Plain English Translation fits situations like: tasks that involve Plain language and style rules; tasks that involve Translation.
How do I install Plain English Translation in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/legal-plain in zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude) into .claude/skills/plain-english-translation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Plain English Translation in Codex?
Run `npx skills add zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/legal-plain in zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude) into .agents/skills/plain-english-translation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Plain English Translation 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 zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude --skill plain-english-translation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/plain-english-translation, .gemini/skills/plain-english-translation, .github/skills/plain-english-translation and .opencode/skills/plain-english-translation in your project.
What does Plain English Translation need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Plain English Translation is instructions for the agent only.
Does Plain English Translation 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 Plain English Translation 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 Plain English Translation use?
No licence was found for Plain English Translation or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Plain English Translation use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.4k 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 Plain English Translation?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Plain English Translation: Noob Mode (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Science Communication (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars), Home Inspection Decoder (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars) and Plain Language Rewrite (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Plain English Translation?
zubair-trabzada (a GitHub user) maintains it in zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude, which has 1,780 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 27, 2026.
Source: zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.