explain-this
Explain whatever the user is pointing at right now in plain language: a pending question, a piece of code, an error, a command output, or an artifact like a plan or findings report. Use when the user asks to \"explain this\", \"what am I being asked\", \"what's happening right now\", \"help me understand this\", \"what does this mean\", \"what does this error mean\", \"what is this code doing\", or \"what do these options mean\".
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill explain-this-tobihagemann-turbo --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Explain This Take whatever the user is pointing at and translate it into plain language. "This" is usually the most recent assistant output or something pasted as an argument: a multi-option prompt, a free-form question, a code block, an error, a command output, or an artifact like a plan, findings report, or diff. ## Step 1: Identify the Subject Pick the subject in priority order: 1. Text passed as an argument — use that 2. A quoted or selected region from the user's most recent message — use that 3. The most recent non-trivial assistant output — use that 4. If the guess is not obvious, lead the explanation by naming what was picked so the user can redirect ## Step 2: Ground in State Read whatever makes the explanation concrete, no more: - Files the subject references - The active skill's `SKILL.md` when a skill-specific question is being asked - `git status` and `git diff --stat` when the subject involves staged or unstaged changes - Any artifact cited (plan, spec, findings, test plan, audit, PR, commit) ## Step 3: Produce the Explanation The reader is an experienced developer who may not be fluent in every tech stack or acronym but doesn't need concepts from first principles.
- Step 1: Identify the Subject
- Step 2: Ground in State
- Step 3: Produce the Explanation
- Rules
What does the explain-this skill do?
Explain whatever the user is pointing at right now in plain language: a pending question, a piece of code, an error, a command output, or an artifact like a plan or findings report. Use when the user asks to \"explain this\", \"what am I being asked\", \"what's happening right now\", \"help me understand this\", \"what does this mean\", \"what does this error mean\", \"what is this code doing\", or \"what do these options mean\".
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill explain-this-tobihagemann-turbo --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.