explain5 SKILL.md skillA

explain5 from varun-singhh/lfg is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add varun-singhh/lfg/explain5@git:20261024.606c03c

Pins git:20261024.606c03c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
varun-singhh/lfg
Path
plugin/skills/explain5/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261024.606c03c, committed Oct 24, 2026
Size
1,886 bytes
Repository stars
10
License
MIT

Explain code in plain English like you're explaining to a 5-year-old. Use when the user asks "explain this", "what does this code do", or wants to understand complex code.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

## Steps

1. **Identify target**: Extract file path from user request
   - If user provides file path, use it
   - If unclear, ask: "Which file would you like me to explain?"

2. **Run explain5 engine**:
   ```bash
   lfg explain5 <file> --json
   ```

   This engine is a heuristic first pass: it uses AST parsing and regex patterns to extract structure and find test files. Read the file yourself to understand it properly.

3. **Present the explanation**:
   - Start with "What it does" (summary from docstring/comments)
   - Explain the structure (all top-level functions and classes, up to 40)
   - Mention who touched it last and when (from git log)
   - List related tests (files under tests/, test/ etc. that import the module)
   - Note any potential issues found (TODOs, security patterns)

4. **Read the code yourself**: The engine gives you a map; read the actual file for details.

## Output

Plain English explanation with:
- Summary from docstring or first comment
- List of all top-level definitions with line numbers
- Who created it and when
- Related test files (or "None found")
- Potential issues if any

## Rules
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add varun-singhh/lfg/explain5@sha256:f21bf1ef5bee2b32

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.606c03c, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_fle5b36377g4evga.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_fle5b36377g4evga)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 24, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261024.606c03c latest2026-10-24 606c03c 1,886 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1886 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

varun-singhh/lfg · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fle5b36377g4evga
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=varun-singhh/lfg/explain5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f21bf1ef5bee2b32d00a7b81268270fc4a7b6d1b8cb4070b658a562291bd1782

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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