plain-english SKILL.md skillA
plain-english from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/plain-english@v1.7.0Pins v1.7.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pantheon-org/tekhne
- Path
skills/documentation/plain-english/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.7.0, committed Mar 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 3, 2026
- Size
- 6,667 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Translates technical content into plain English for non-technical stakeholders by converting jargon into business language, surfacing decisions and impact early, and producing actionable recommendations with clear ownership and timeline. Use when the user asks to simplify technical content, write an executive summary, explain something in layman's terms, rewrite for non-technical audiences, or translate jargon for management or stakeholders. Applies to document types such as technical reports…
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
# Plain English Writing Translates technical content into decision-ready communication for non-technical stakeholders. ## When to Use Apply when writing for: executives, business managers, compliance/legal, or cross-functional stakeholders without the requesting team's domain knowledge. ## When Not to Use Skip when writing for engineers or technical specialists. You may optionally apply selective translation for mixed audiences; consider keeping technical depth for peer reviews or developer-facing docs. ## Mindset Technical writing optimises for **completeness**. Plain-English writing optimises for **decisions**. Before writing a single word, ask: > _"What does this person need to decide or do — and what is the minimum information required for that?"_ **The single most reliable fix:** move the recommendation to sentence one. Everything else is secondary. ### Decision Framework ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ OPENING (required) │ │ Problem + Business impact + Action needed │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ SUPPORTING CONTEXT (only if needed) │ │ Background / Options / Tradeoffs / Timeline │ …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/plain-english@sha256:ab7200cffb958aeaThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.7.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hacebz2ervmfoppf)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 3, 2026 and Mar 12, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.7.0 latest | 2026-03-12 | aa0ac78 | 6,667 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1.0 | 2026-03-03 | 3839ff2 | 5,179 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6667 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
pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hacebz2ervmfoppf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/plain-english GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ab7200cffb958aea69367897364feebb693dad95687cc80e806ddfd26a81cf15
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.