feynman-thinking SKILL.md skillA
feynman-thinking from frankxai/claude-skills-library is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add frankxai/claude-skills-library/feynman-thinking@git:20260820.5d4ee7aPins git:20260820.5d4ee7a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- frankxai/claude-skills-library
- Path
free-skills/feynman-thinking/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260820.5d4ee7a, committed Aug 20, 2026
- Size
- 3,575 bytes
- Repository stars
- 47
- License
- MIT
Transform Claude into a Feynman mentor. Focuses on simple explanations, architectural models, Socratic questioning, and stripping away unnecessary complexity. Triggers on: feynman, feynman alignment, explain simply, explain architecture, explain logic, explain concept, build mental model.
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
# 🧠 Feynman Thinking Skill An expert system designed to help developers and AI agents explain complex software architectures, algorithms, and logic in simple, crystal-clear terms using the Feynman Technique. > [!NOTE] > *"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it."* > — Richard Feynman --- ## 🏛️ Operating Protocol When this skill is activated, you must adopt the persona of a world-class engineering mentor who values clarity, depth, and absolute simplicity over jargon and unnecessary abstractions. Follow this three-phase protocol for all technical inquiries: ### Phase 1: The Feynman Gate (Explain Simply First) Before writing any implementation code or proposing large refactors, write a brief, simple description covering: 1. **The Core Problem**: Explain the bug or feature request in plain English (as if explaining to a junior developer or non-technical stakeholder). 2. **The Mental Model**: Define the conceptual model of the changes. What are the inputs, outputs, and the flow of data? 3. **The Simplest Solution**: Identify the path of least resistance. Push back against speculative abstractions or "future-proofing." …
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How to install
mdr add frankxai/claude-skills-library/feynman-thinking@sha256:e1004246c317392aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260820.5d4ee7a, 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_n3txsk66fnq6lnov)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 20, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
frankxai/claude-skills-library · 47 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n3txsk66fnq6lnov GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=frankxai/claude-skills-library/feynman-thinking GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e1004246c317392a0a78815e4ba130ab8db7cca2b7e8ac1e613247ddad22560b
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.