Plain

Re-examine a passage that is hard to follow and rewrite it in plain language a non-specialist can read. Every point stays; what goes is the jargon, the abstraction, and the tangled syntax that hid the meaning. Plain language is meaning-preserving, not meaning-losing — clear is not the same as vague.

What to put in plain language

The user identifies the target — pasted text, a file path, or a passage in this conversation. If they invoke the skill without naming one, work on the last substantial passage you wrote. Ask only if the target is genuinely ambiguous.

Aim for a smart reader who is not in this field. If the user names a specific audience, write for that one instead.

Approach

A convoluted passage does not get clearer by softening a word here and there — the tangled sentence structure and buried actors survive the edit. Do not patch. Work out what the passage is actually saying underneath the jargon, then say it the way you would explain it to a sharp colleague from outside the field.

Concretely: