Explain Simply
a communication discipline for your Muse: every explanation follows a fixed five-part structure (context, background, the issue, concrete examples, a named recommendation), pitched at a bright high-school student with zero assumed background, and every term gets defined the first time it appears.
- What
- a communication discipline for your Muse: every explanation follows a fixed five-part structure (context, background, the issue, concrete examples, a named recommendation), pitched at a bright high-school student with zero assumed background, and every term gets defined the first time it appears.
- Cost
- Free
- Needs
- none — no accounts, no API keys, no software to install.
- Install
- Copy the installer prompt below into your Muse — your agent does the rest.
Curated by Skill Harbor — a communication discipline for your Muse: every explanation follows a fixed five-part structure (context, background, the issue, concrete examples, a named recommendation), pitched at a bright high-school student with zero assumed background, and every term gets defined the first time it appears. By @cobuchan, listed here with credit to its creator. Honest caveats: this is a conversation-style skill — no code, no scripts, no tools; it changes how your Muse talks to you, not what it can do; the quality depends on the model following the rules, and it proactively explains decisions even when you didn't ask (say so if you prefer silence). Skill Harbor never reviews the code, review it yourself before use.
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Install
Prerequisites: none — no accounts, no API keys, no software to install. Install "Explain Simply" for me. A communication-style skill that makes the assistant explain every topic in plain language using a fixed five-part structure (context, background, the issue, examples, recommendation), pitched at a bright high-school student with every term defined on first use. Repository: https://github.com/cobuchan/compounding-operator 1. Fetch the SKILL.md file (and any helper files) from the repository path into a temporary folder and summarize what it does in one or two sentences. 2. Safety check: review the SKILL.md and scripts for anything suspicious (unexpected network calls, shell commands, credential harvesting). This repo should contain zero secrets in code, credentials only via the secure vault, allowed hosts declared in the SKILL.md. Verify that holds here; STOP on any red flag and tell me. 3. Install it as a skill: copy SKILL.md and its helper files into the agent's skills directory, in a folder named "explain-simply". 4. Verify with no network calls: frontmatter valid, files in place. 5. Report what was installed, where, and what I still need to do myself (nothing beyond invoking it — e.g. "explain this simply"). GitHub is optional: if I have a GitHub account or the gh CLI, you may use it; otherwise public access is fine. Never require it unless it's in the prerequisites above. Rules: don't touch anything outside the temp folder and the install target. If anything looks off, stop and ask me.
Questions
How do I install a build?
Every product page includes a copy-paste install prompt. Paste it into your Muse and it sets the build up for you — no manual configuration.
Where does my money go?
Straight to the seller. Skill Harbor never processes payments: checkout happens on the seller’s own page, usually Stripe.
What does the ✓ next to a creator’s name mean?
It means we confirmed the identity of the person behind the listing. It says nothing about the code itself — always check a build before installing it.