What do I need to use Explain Simply?

The thing; Your level; Why you're asking.

Is Explain Simply free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Explain Simply

Q: How do I know the Explain Simply output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own 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).

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-04 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-comms

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.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“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?”

What to give it

▸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"

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓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

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**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."

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="explain-simply"></div>
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