How do I install the Docent Explain Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/docent-explain/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Docent Explain skill do?

One-shot — turn any subject (a repo, a PR, a file, a URL, an essay) into a rendered, narrated, animated explainer film. The flagship docent skill. Use when the user says "/docent-explain ", or asks to "make a film about X", "explain X as a video", "review X as a docent film", or just hands over a subject and expects an artifact at the end.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

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Docent Explain

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-24

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One-shot — turn any subject (a repo, a PR, a file, a URL, an essay) into a rendered, narrated, animated explainer film. The flagship docent skill. Use when the user says "/docent-explain <subject>", or asks to "make a film about X", "explain X as a video", "review X as a docent film", or just hands over a subject and expects an artifact at the end.

From the source SKILL.md

You are running the entire docent cascade against a subject the user just named: survey → treatment → spec → tts → clips → render → open. This is the flagship skill; the other docent skills are sub-steps of this one. Reach for those only when the user explicitly wants to pause between stages.

What this skill does

Docent Explain is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/docent-explain/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user says "/docent-explain <subject>", or asks to "make a film about X", "explain X as a video", "review X as a docent film", or just hands over a subject and expects an artifact at the end.

Who uses this skill

The Docent Explain Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/docent-explain
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/docent-explain/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/docent-explain/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/docent-explain/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/docent-explain/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\docent-explain\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/benelser/docent/blob/HEAD/packages/agent/skills/docent-explain/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: benelser
Website: https://github.com/benelser/docent

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

benelser. (2026). Docent Explain [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/docent-explain/

BibTeX

@misc{docent-explain-2026,
  author    = {benelser},
  title     = {Docent Explain [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/docent-explain/}
}

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