Updated 7mo ago
by DreambigOu
ELI5
ELI5 — A Claude Code skill that explains anything to anyone: kids, managers, engineers, parents. Adapts tone, vocabulary, and analogies to match the audience.
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- 1 skill (1 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 104 forks (104 forks)
- 7mo ago last update (Last updated 7mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add DreambigOu/ELI5
Asks which agents to install it for. Add -g to install it for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/DreambigOu/ELI5cp -r "ELI5/skills/eli5" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the eli5 skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project).
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add DreambigOu/ELI5
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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eli5
Explain any topic, code, concept, or error tailored to a specific audience's level of understanding. Use this skill whenever the user says 'explain like I am', 'ELI5', 'explain this to my', 'break this down for', 'dumb it down', 'simplify this for', or asks you to explain something to a specific person or audience type (e.g., 'explain this to a manager', 'how would I explain this to my mom', 'mak…
skills/eli5/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
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