explainlisted
Install: claude install-skill ramboz/jig
> Spec 065 introduces this skill as jig's **on-demand explainer** — the third
> consumer of the shipped lexicon (065-01). The barrier jig is lowering is
> vocabulary: the artifacts are dense with opinionated jargon (SPIDR, ADR,
> vertical slice, reconciliation, deviation log, DoR/AC/DoD, frontmatter) and
> almost none of it is explained where the reader meets it. The hook (065-02)
> surfaces one-line defs just-in-time; this skill is the **strong-handholding**
> escalation — define a term in depth, or translate a whole dense spec/ADR into
> plain language for a junior.
>
> Like `/jig:clarify`, `/jig:pr-review`, and `/jig:arch-review`, explain is a
> **judgment skill** — it ships **no `.py` helper**. The only determinism it
> needs (load the merged lexicon, read the named artifact, resolve the refs it
> links) Claude runs inline via Read + the 065-01 loader. The plain-language
> *quality* is judgment exercised by this prompt, not something a unit test can
> assert — the same accepted shape as every judgment-only jig skill.
## What this skill does
Translates jig's vocabulary and artifacts into plain language for a reader who
is **new here** — a junior, or anyone meeting spec-driven work for the first
time. It has three modes, selected by what the argument is:
- **Term mode** — the argument is a word or short phrase (`/jig:explain
reconciliation`). The skill returns that term's plain-language definition from
the **merged lexicon** (jig's shipped `lexicon.json` with the pro