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Eli5 skill

eli5coldteadotai/pr-lensskills/eli5/SKILL.md

WHAT: 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

2.2kMIT

always on

105 tokname + description

once used

2,216 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

0

repo stars

2.2kGitHub

Install the Eli5 skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/coldteadotai/pr-lens --skill eli5

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coldteadotai/pr-lens.git /tmp/pr-lens
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/pr-lens/skills/eli5 ~/.claude/skills/eli5

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description105 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions2,216 tok
Only if openedNo bundled files—

Until it is used, eli5 costs about 13× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,363 tokens on every turn). Installing all 3 skills from coldteadotai/pr-lens would load 267 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • eli5
  • What you need
  • Operating manual
  • Words
  • What this is not

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  1. pr-lenscoldteadotai/pr-lens

    WHAT: Draws a code change or part of a codebase as an animated architecture or data-flow diagram, on its own or in a pull request. WHEN: asked to diagram, visualise or explain a change or a system, or when a pull request should carry a diagram. KEYWORDS: PR Lens, diagram, architecture, data flow, visualise, visualize, pull request

    2.2k81 tok idle · 280 in use