explain-this plugin
Create distill-style interactive explainers from documents, web research, or a codebase, with a fact-checking gate that supports, corrects, or cuts every claim.
How to install the explain-this plugin
Run both commands inside Claude Code. The first adds the marketplace once; the second installs the plugin.
/plugin marketplace add analyticalmonk/explain-this
/plugin install explain-this@explain-thisWhat's inside explain-this
3 parts read from the plugin's own files.
Skills 3
Claude loads it when the task matches- creating-explainers
Creates single-file, self-contained HTML interactive explainers using vanilla JavaScript and hand-coded Canvas figures.
- explaining-codebases
Generates interactive explainers for codebases, including architecture maps, data-flow diagrams, and annotated code walkthroughs.
- fact-checking-explainers
Verifies every checkable claim in an explainer against its cited sources or actual code implementation to ensure factual accuracy.
Using explain-this in Claude Code
Skills need no command. Claude reads them when your request matches what they describe.
Update, turn off or remove
- Update the plugin (shell)
- claude plugin update explain-this@explain-this
- Refresh the marketplace
- /plugin marketplace update explain-this
- Turn it off for now
- /plugin disable explain-this@explain-this
- Remove it
- /plugin uninstall explain-this@explain-this
Skills in explain-this
- creating-explainersanalyticalmonk/explain-this
Creates single-file, self-contained HTML interactive explainers using vanilla JavaScript and hand-coded Canvas figures.
9 files22stars - explaining-codebasesanalyticalmonk/explain-this
Generates interactive explainers for codebases, including architecture maps, data-flow diagrams, and annotated code walkthroughs.
4 files22stars - fact-checking-explainersanalyticalmonk/explain-this
Verifies every checkable claim in an explainer against its cited sources or actual code implementation to ensure factual accuracy.
3 files22stars
explain-this plugin questions
How do I install the explain-this plugin?
In Claude Code run /plugin marketplace add analyticalmonk/explain-this, then /plugin install explain-this@explain-this.
What does the explain-this plugin include?
explain-this bundles 3 skills.
How do I update or remove the explain-this plugin?
Update it with claude plugin update explain-this@explain-this in your shell, or from the Installed tab of /plugin. Remove it with /plugin uninstall explain-this@explain-this.
What license is the explain-this plugin under?
MIT, as stated in the plugin's manifest.