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title: "Explain Like I'm Five - Air Market"
description: "Sometimes an explanation is full of words you would have to look up first. This asks for the version a five-year-old could follow instead. Reach for it when you want a concept put in the simplest ter…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/eli5"
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[Air Market](/) / [Education](/category/education) / Explain Like I'm Five

Skill by [Genkit](/@genkit-ai)

# Explain Like I'm Five

Get the plainest possible version of any confusing idea

## What this does

Sometimes an explanation is full of words you would have to look up first. This asks for the version a five-year-old could follow instead. Reach for it when you want a concept put in the simplest terms possible.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Explain a concept in very simple terms
- Break down jargon into everyday words
- Get a five-year-old's version of an idea

## Information

**Explain Like I'm Five at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Genkit](/@genkit-ai) |
| Category | [Education](/category/education) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 480 bytes |
| Licence | _Not recorded_ |
| Repository | [genkit-ai/genkit](https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit/tree/77656d5e61e56fc33eaceea88de58f32dbdf074f/go/samples/basic-middleware/skills/skills/eli5) |
| GitHub stars | 6,354 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 2, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Explain Like I'm Five and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Explain Like I'm Five's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | 77656d5e61e56fc33eaceea88de58f32dbdf074f |
| Content hash | fbc7277d18ec22f8c6ba3f58b52a9534064eb423a4a86bd1ceb934092e912a9e |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit/blob/77656d5e61e56fc33eaceea88de58f32dbdf074f/go/samples/basic-middleware/skills/skills/eli5/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Explain Like I'm Five](/security/eli5)

## About Explain Like I'm Five

This explains concepts in very simple terms, the kind suitable for a five-year-old.

Point it at something you want made plainer and it gives you back the simplest version of the idea.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is Explain Like I'm Five safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Explain Like I'm Five and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 77656d5e61e5, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/eli5.

### How do I install Explain Like I'm Five?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/eli5 on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit/tree/77656d5e61e56fc33eaceea88de58f32dbdf074f/go/samples/basic-middleware/skills/skills/eli5. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Education listings](/category/education)
- [Everything by Genkit](/@genkit-ai)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/eli5>