/tldr

A Claude Code skill that rewrites something in short, plain English — main point first.

It doesn't just shorten the text. Shorter jargon is still jargon, so /tldr re-explains the thing in simpler words, defines every technical term it keeps, and leaves facts, names, and numbers exactly as they were.

Output is always the same shape, 20 lines max:

**TL;DR:** one plain sentence — what this all means

**🧠 The gist:**
- 2–6 short bullets, one idea each

**📖 Jargon:**
- `term` — what it means in plain words

**👉 Do this next:**
- what you need to do — or exactly: Nothing needed from you.

Install

In Claude Code, add the marketplace and install the plugin:

/plugin marketplace add deejaymorgan/skill-tldr

/plugin install tldr@deejaymorgan-skills

Updates come with /plugin marketplace update deejaymorgan-skills.

Install without the plugin system

Copy the skill directory straight into your personal skills folder:

git clone https://github.com/deejaymorgan/skill-tldr /tmp/skill-tldr && cp -R /tmp/skill-tldr/plugins/tldr/skills/tldr ~/.claude/skills/tldr

Pick one method or the other. If you install the plugin and keep a copy in ~/.claude/skills/tldr, you end up with two /tldr skills registered at once.

Use

/tldr on its own re-explains the last real answer Claude gave you:

/tldr

Give it an argument to explain something else instead — pasted text, a file path, or a topic:

/tldr what is idempotency

/tldr src/auth/session.ts

Notes

• The skill is explicit-only (disable-model-invocation: true). It runs when you type /tldr and never triggers on its own.
• It can only read files (allowed-tools: Read). It doesn't edit anything or run commands.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.