claude-eli5

Generate a 3-sentence plain-language summary safe to send to executives or clients. Trigger when the user says "/eli-brief", "executive summary", "tl;dr for my boss", "explain briefly for non-technical", "3 sentences", "send to my manager", "non-technical summary", or "boardroom version".

Generate a plain-language commit message from staged changes. Trigger when the user says "/eli-commit", "write a commit message", "commit message eli5", "explain these changes for git", "what should my commit say", or "help me write a commit".

Compare two concepts side by side at the current eli5 level. Trigger when the user says "/eli-compare", "compare X vs Y", "what's the difference between X and Y", "eli5 X versus Y", "X vs Y explained simply", or "help me understand X and Y".

Generates a plain-language glossary (ELI5.md) for the current codebase. Trigger when the user says "/eli-doc", "generate eli5 docs", "make a plain-language glossary", "explain this codebase simply", "create eli5 documentation", or "document this for beginners".

Generate a plain-language PR description from the current git diff. Trigger when the user says "/eli-pr", "write a PR description", "write this PR simply", "PR description for non-technical", "explain this PR to my manager", or "generate PR desc".

Show what you need to understand before tackling a concept — a learning path, not just a definition. Trigger when the user says "/eli-prereqs", "what do I need to know first", "prerequisites for X", "learning path for X", "where do I start with X", "what should I learn before X", or "I want to understand X from scratch".

Generate a structured summary of everything explained in this session and save a concept index for future sessions. Trigger when the user says "/eli-recap", "session summary", "what did we cover", "summarize the session", "what did I learn today", or "recap".

Save a good analogy to the personal analogy library for use in future sessions. Trigger when the user says "/eli-remember", "save that analogy", "remember that one", "add to my analogies", "that was a good analogy save it", or "keep that analogy".

Socratic mode — guide the user to understand through questions, not explanations. Trigger when the user says "/eli-teach", "help me figure it out", "guide me to the answer", "don't just tell me", "teach me through questions", "walk me through it", or "Socratic".

Summarize any concept in exactly 3 plain-language bullets. Trigger when the user says "/eli-tldr", "tl;dr", "3 bullets", "give me the gist", "quick version", "summarize this", "key points only", or "bullet points please".

Explain any concept in 280 characters or fewer. Trigger when the user says "/eli-tweet", "explain in a tweet", "280 characters", "one tweet explanation", "tweet-length", or "explain in one sentence".

Activates ELI5 mode at adult level (smart non-expert). Trigger when the user says "/eli-adult", "explain for a smart adult", "explain without jargon", "no jargon please", or wants real-world analogies with zero domain knowledge assumed. Switch levels with another /eli-* command. Deactivate with "stop eli5", "normal mode", "talk normally", or "/eli-off".

Activates ELI5 mode at expert level — for someone who is an expert in a different field. Trigger when the user says "/eli-expert", "explain using my field", "I'm a [profession], explain...", "bridge this to [domain]", or wants cross-domain structural analogies. Switch levels with another /eli-* command. Deactivate with "stop eli5", "normal mode", "talk normally", or "/eli-off".

Activates ELI5 mode at kid level (age 10). Trigger when the user says "/eli-kid", "explain like i'm 10", "explain for a 10-year-old", or wants school-level analogies. Switch levels with another /eli-* command. Deactivate with "stop eli5", "normal mode", "talk normally", or "/eli-off".

Activates ELI5 mode at teen level (age 15). Trigger when the user says "/eli-teen", "explain like i'm a teenager", "explain for a 15-year-old", or wants pop-culture analogies. Switch levels with another /eli-* command. Deactivate with "stop eli5", "normal mode", "talk normally", or "/eli-off".

Activates ELI5 communication mode at the default 5-year-old level. Trigger when the user says "eli5", "ELI5", "explain like i'm 5", "dumb it down", "explain simply", "i don't get it explain simply", "talk to me like a kid", "pretend I'm 5", or "simplest possible explanation". For other levels use /eli-kid, /eli-teen, /eli-adult, /eli-expert directly. Deactivate with "stop eli5", "normal mode", "talk normally", or /eli-off.

Steps one level more technical on the eli5 ladder. Trigger when the user says "/eli-deeper", "go deeper", "a bit more technical", "step it up", "more detail please", "one level up". Must be in eli5 mode for this to do anything meaningful.

Deactivates ELI5 mode and returns to normal communication. Trigger when the user says "/eli-off", "stop eli5", "normal mode", "talk normally", "turn off eli5", or "back to normal".

Tests the user's understanding of the most recent eli5 explanation. Trigger when the user says "/eli-quiz", "test me", "quiz me", "check my understanding", "did I get it?", "make sure I understand", or "quiz me on that".

Saves all eli5 explanations from the current session to a markdown file. Trigger when the user says "/eli-save", "save these explanations", "export eli5 notes", "save to file", "keep these explanations", or "write this to a file".

Steps one level simpler on the eli5 ladder. Trigger when the user says "/eli-simpler", "simpler please", "too complex", "dumb it down more", "step it down", "even simpler". Must be in eli5 mode for this to do anything meaningful.

Shows the current eli5-mode status and level. Trigger when the user says "/eli-status", "what level am i on", "am i in eli5 mode", "what's my current mode", or "eli5 status".