eli5
FeaturedWHAT: Explains a codebase, a folder, a feature, a command or a pull request to someone who knows nothing about it, as a PR Lens canvas whose walkthrough builds the picture one part at a time. WHEN: /eli5 <thing>, or asked to explain code simply, for a beginner, a new hire, a non-engineer, or 'like I'm five'. KEYWORDS: eli5, explain like I'm five, explain simply, beginner, onboarding, walkthrough, diagram, PR Lens
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- Author
- coldteadotai
- Repository
- coldteadotai/pr-lens
- Created
- 3 weeks ago
- Last Updated
- today
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
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Explain unfamiliar mechanisms in plain language; create or maintain self-contained HTML learning pages with visual models, quizzes, explain-back checks, flashcards, and optional interaction; or produce a decision brief when the user must choose among options. Use for ELI5 or visual explanations, durable learning pages, quizzes, review of earlier concepts, and decision briefs. Give single facts and ordinary quick explanations inline without files. A named audience alone does not imply a decision brief.
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Explain any concept, codebase, or architecture like reader know nothing about it, as visual HTML artifact — big pictures, few words. Trigger on "/eli5 <topic>", "explain like I'm 5", "ELI5 this".
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Explain a concept, error, or piece of code in dead-simple terms, by default as if to a 5 year old, or matching a specific audience/expertise level the user names. Use when the user says "ELI5", "explain like I'm 5", "explain like I am/to <someone>", "I don't understand this", "break this down for me", "dumb this down", "explain this simply", asks to explain code or a concept they don't understand, asks for an explanation written as if they already have expertise in the topic, or asks to go deeper or simpler on an explanation just given.