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eli5 · anthropics | DecimalAI

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eli5

anthropics/eli5

Source anthropics/claude-plugins-community ↗License Apache-2.0

Explain a topic like I'm a 5 year old.

NewMaintained

Automatic

Tutoring & Education pack

Last verified 9/28/2026

What it changes

Passed 7 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 15 of 22 without it.

Without skill67%

With skill33%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Uses a valet key analogy to explain permissions.
Explains neural nodes using a brain cell analogy.

2 fixed10 passed either way4 still failing6 broke

Pass-rate lift: -33 pp
Tokens: +9%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -4%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/28/2026v112 of 22 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/anthropics-eli5/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/anthropics-eli5/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add anthropics-eli5, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/anthropics-eli5/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add anthropics-eli5

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/anthropics-eli5/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/anthropics-eli5/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/anthropics-eli5/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/anthropics-eli5.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 2 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 2

Prompt

Explain how OAuth2 authorization works to someone who has never built a web app. Standard tutorials list complex JSON tokens and HTTP headers, but I want an HTML page with prominent graphic illustrations and concise captions.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Uses HTML markup format for the output.	Passed	Passed
Includes SVG visual figures.	Passed	Passed
Uses a valet key analogy to explain permissions.	Missed	Passed

case-05 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/28/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md5 linessingle file

eli5

Explain like I'm someone who knows nothing about this topic, using a HTML artifact with big pictures and few words.

Topic: $ARGUMENTS

Track record

Benchmark

7 / 22

test cases passed, vs 15 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 1
Times used: 31

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v5 — 8/31/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

anthropics / claude-plugins-community

eli5/skills/eli5/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License Apache-2.0Imported 8/31/2026Version v1

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eli5

Track record

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SkillSafety

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