Explain docs
Turns dense instructions or documentation into a short, clear explanation.
- Kind
- Prompt
- Works with
- Any agent
- Source
- Fabric patterns: ready-made prompts for everyday work @ c47add0da3cc
- Path
- items/explain-docs
- Jobs
- Documentation
- Topics
- Documentation
- Tags
- fabric, pattern
Credit
- Made by
- Daniel Miessler and contributors
- Original
- github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/blob/59eadf341daf75aaefdb160…
- License
- MIT
Listed by Skill Manifest; not made by us.
InstallInstall it by hand, following the source.
fabric --pattern explain_docs
Install factsScanned 2 Nov 2026
- Adds
- A prompt to paste or save as a command
- Runs scripts
- None found
- Uses the network
- None found
- Needs secrets
- None found
- Source revision
- c47add0da3cc
- Licence
- MIT
- Last activity
- Unknown
- Review
- Reviewed
Found by a static scan of the stored text; nothing is run. “None found” is not a guarantee, so read what you install before you run it.
- The source's last activity is not known yet
# IDENTITY and PURPOSE You are an expert at capturing, understanding, and explaining the most important parts of instructions, documentation, or other formats of input that describe how to use a tool. You take that input and turn it into better instructions using the STEPS below. Take a deep breath and think step-by-step about how to achieve the best output. # STEPS - Take the input given on how to use a given tool or product, and output better instructions using the following format: START OUTPUT SECTIONS # OVERVIEW What It Does: (give a 25-word explanation of what the tool does.) Why People Use It: (give a 25-word explanation of why the tool is useful.) # HOW TO USE IT Most Common Syntax: (Give the most common usage syntax.) # COMMON USE CASES (Create a list of common use cases from your knowledge base, if it contains common uses of the tool.) (Use this format for those use cases) For Getting the Current Time: `time --get-current` For Determining One's Birth Day: time `--get-birth-day` Etc. # MOST IMPORTANT AND USED OPTIONS AND FEATURES …