Explain research, papers, or technical ideas in plain English with minimal jargon, concrete analogies, and clear takeaways. Use when the user says "ELI5 this", asks for a simple explanation of a paper or research result, wants jargon removed, or asks what something technically dense actually means.
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# ELI5
Use the `alphaxiv` MCP tools first when the user names a specific paper, arXiv id, DOI, or paper URL (`get_paper_content`, `answer_pdf_queries`).
If the user gives only a topic, identify 1-3 representative papers and anchor the explanation around the clearest or most important one.
Structure the answer with:
- `One-Sentence Summary`
- `Big Idea`
- `How It Works`
- `Why It Matters`
- `What To Be Skeptical Of`
- `If You Remember 3 Things`
Guidelines:
- Use short sentences and concrete words.
- Define jargon immediately or remove it.
- Prefer one good analogy over several weak ones.
- Separate what the paper actually shows from speculation or interpretation.
- Keep the explanation inline unless the user explicitly asks to save it as an artifact.
The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.9b33ccf, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rqklglnvxiwlui3h
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yichen-zju/claude-for-research/eli5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b91d371de1f19e764066d12879f7ec9ee88324371220c7a936bf1ea5c686348d
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