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Explain This

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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\".

From the source SKILL.md

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.

What this skill does

Explain This 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/explain-this/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: 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\".

Who uses this skill

The Explain This 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 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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