architecture-principle…
Architecture principles for manifest-dev: how its maintainer wants skills, wrappers, references, state and the workflow…
@doodledoodInstall SkillDevelopment
Skill
/eli5
Explain a topic like I'm a 5 year old. Use when the user types /eli5 <topic> or asks for a dead-simple picture explainer of how something works.
Claude Code
$ npx -y skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 --agent claude-code
Codex
$ npx skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 -a codex -y
Cursor
$ npx skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 -a cursor -y
Gemini CLI
$ npx skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 -a gemini-cli -y
GitHub Copilot
$ npx skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 -a github-copilot -y
OpenCode
$ npx skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 -a opencode -y
Windsurf
$ npx skills add doodledood/manifest-dev --skill eli5 -a windsurf -y
SKILL.md
eli5.SKILL.mdname: eli5 description: Explain a topic like I'm a 5 year old. Use when the user types /eli5 <topic> or asks for a dead-simple picture explainer of how something works.
eli5
Explain like I'm someone who knows nothing about this topic, using a HTML artifact with big pictures and few words.
Invoke the design skill for visual direction, then create the artifact — the purpose is comprehension, the genre a quick visual explainer. Where that skill is unavailable, keep the contrast readable and nothing load-bearing behind interaction.
Topic: $ARGUMENTS
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Questions about eli5.
- Which coding agents can use eli5?
- eli5 installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.