eli12 SKILL.md skillA
eli12 from jpcaparas/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jpcaparas/skills/eli12@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jpcaparas/skills
- Path
skills/engineering/eli12/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 12, 2026
- Size
- 8,805 bytes
- Repository stars
- 56
- License
- none declared
Explains codebases and feature flows in accessible language with grounded analogies. Use for simple walkthroughs or mental models; skip bug triage, code review, and code changes.
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
# eli12 Explain code so a curious newcomer can build a correct mental model without drowning in jargon. Inspired by [`poteto/how`](https://github.com/poteto/how), but tuned for accessibility: simpler language, tighter structure, and real-world analogies that stay anchored to the actual code. ## Decision Tree 1. If the user is asking how a subsystem, feature flow, runtime path, or file cluster works, use this skill. 2. Infer a bounded, useful scope from the conversation and repository context. Ask a short question only when unresolved ambiguity would materially change the explanation. 3. If the question is narrow and local to one function, class, hook, or file, explain directly from that code; use a focused search if its location or relevant connections are unknown. 4. For cross-module or end-to-end questions, delegate independent read-only exploration when it adds useful coverage and the harness supports it. Otherwise trace the flow directly; breadth alone does not require fan-out. 5. If the user mainly wants bugs, risks, or architectural critique, explain only enough to ground the discussion, then switch to normal review mode instead of staying inside the teaching frame. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jpcaparas/skills/eli12@sha256:eef553036ea224c7The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 12, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 13 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-25 | 692d684 | 8,805 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-09-12 | 938fe03 | 7,891 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 (8805 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
jpcaparas/skills · 56 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kflxhuvp2i6k6w24 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jpcaparas/skills/eli12 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/eef553036ea224c7ccb6b85a69eee8366349e0db7def7eb0f4c5ad99f51c9edf
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.