eli5

Explain research, papers, or technical ideas in plain English with minimal jargon, concrete analogies, and clear takeaways.

Skill by Companion-Inc

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Explain research, papers, or technical ideas in plain English with minimal jargon, concrete analogies, and clear takeaways. Use when the user says "ELI5 this", asks for a simple explanation of a paper or research result, wants jargon removed, or asks what something technically dense actually means.

Use cases: research, education, writing-editing

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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Skill name: eli5
Description: Explain research, papers, or technical ideas in plain English with minimal jargon, concrete analogies, and clear takeaways. Use when the user says "ELI5 this", asks for a simple explanation of a paper or research result, wants jargon removed, or asks what something technically dense actually means.
License: MIT
Instructions: 22 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

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SKILL.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

# ELI5

Use Feynman's alpha tools first when the user names a specific paper, arXiv id, DOI, or paper URL. In shell, call `feynman alpha ...`, not a bare global `alpha` binary.

If the user gives only a topic, identify 1-3 representative papers and anchor the explanation around the clearest or most important one.

Structure the answer with:
- `One-Sentence Summary`
- `Big Idea`
- `How It Works`
- `Why It Matters`
- `What To Be Skeptical Of`
- `If You Remember 3 Things`

Guidelines:
- Use short sentences and concrete words.
- Define jargon immediately or remove it.
- Prefer one good analogy over several weak ones.
- Separate what the paper actually shows from speculation or interpretation.
- Keep the explanation inline unless the user explicitly asks to save it as an artifact.

From Companion-Inc/feynman, MIT.

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Stars: 10,016
Forks: 1,107
Open issues: 0
Last commit (this folder): Jun 23, 2026 (4 months ago)
Last release: Oct 24, 2026 (3 days ago)

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Details

License: MIT
Repository: github.com/Companion-Inc/feynman
Website: feynman.is
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: GitHub github-graphql

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eli5 skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/companion-inc-eli5 (last updated 2026-10-24)