Turn a video, article, file, or supplied text into a narrative explanation in the user's first-person voice. Choose a three-part story, linked and cited version, brief summary, or numbered CSE points that can each stand alone.
Generates narrative explanations in the user's first-person voice, from 3-part narrative to CSE numbered points, each a standalone social-ready thought. USE WHEN story explanation, narrative summary, CSE, CSE5, tell as story, explain as a story, create a narrative, story format, summarize as story, explain in my voice, with links, with citations, abridged, explain this YouTube, explain this article. NOT FOR multi-source research (Research), writing original social posts or blog drafts, wisdom extraction (ExtractWisdom).
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See how to installStoryExplanation turns a YouTube video, web article, file, pasted text, or conversation content into an explanation written in the user's first-person voice. You can request a three-part narrative, a version with source links and citations, a short summary, or numbered CSE or CSE5 points. Each point is written to make sense on its own, so it can be reused in places such as social media. The skill includes checks for the requested format and line count.
Use it when you want to explain a video or article in your own words, share a concise account, include links to sources, or break material into separate points. It is not intended for broad research across multiple sources or for drafting entirely new social posts or blog ideas.
To retrieve a URL, the skill uses fabric -y for YouTube videos and fabric -u for other web pages. If there is no file defining the user's voice, it uses a general first-person style with plain language.
This overview was written by AI (OpenAI Codex) from the public SKILL.md. Check the original below for the exact behavior.
AI checked the SKILL.md for operations that need care and for setup requirements. The score comes only from actually running the skill (hands-on test).
Not counted in the score. Rated by AI (OpenAI Codex) as of Oct 28, 2026. Treat it as a guide and read the original before installing.
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Turns any source (a YouTube video, a URL, a file, pasted text, or "this" for the current conversation) into a narrative explanation in the user's own first-person voice. It explores 5-7 framings, picks the strongest, and outputs in the format you ask for: a 3-part narrative, a links version with inline citations, a 5-line abridged version, or a numbered CSE/CSE5. Each point stands alone, so any one can be lifted straight to social media.
Every intent reads the source the same way. A YouTube URL (contains "youtube.com" or "youtu.be") is fetched with fabric -y <URL>, any other URL (starts with http:// or https://) with fabric -u <URL>, a file path by reading the file, pasted text as given, and previous output or "this" from the conversation.
Every format has a deterministic check. bun skills/StoryExplanation/Tools/CheckFormat.ts --format <format> [--lines N] [--words N] reads the output from stdin or --file, exits 0 when it conforms and 1 with one violation per line when it does not; flags and per-format checks are in Tools/CheckFormat.help.md. It checks counts, numbering, headers, bullets, labels, periods, link placement and the default cliche list, never voice or fidelity.
| Intent | --format | Other flags |
|---|---|---|
| Create | create | none |
| CreateWithLinks | links | --lines N when the request named a length |
| CreateAbridged | abridged | none |
| Cse | cse | --lines N, and --words N when the request named a word count |
| Cse5 | cse5 | none |
fabric -y, a web page through fabric -u, a file, pasted text or the conversation), and nothing in the explanation goes beyond it.Tools/CheckFormat.ts exits 0 on it), and each point or sentence is a complete thought that lifts to social media unedited.| Intent | Trigger | File |
|---|---|---|
| Create | "story explanation", default | Intents/Create.md |
| CreateWithLinks | "with links", "with sources" | Intents/CreateWithLinks.md |
| CreateAbridged | "abridged", "5-12 words per line" | Intents/CreateAbridged.md |
| Cse | "CSE", "comprehensive", /cse; where an install adds line-count shortcut commands, they call this intent with that line count | Intents/Cse.md |
| Cse5 | "CSE5", "5 lines", /cse5 | Intents/Cse5.md |
| File | Read when |
|---|---|
VoiceStyleGuide.md | how the user's voice is applied, cliches to avoid |
NarrativeFraming.md | Framing selection rule + angle palette |
OutputFormats.md | choosing between the formats |
Patterns/ | the Create intent's 3-part narrative prompt (Patterns/create_story_explanation/system.md) |
Setup.md | first-time setup of Config.md and the voice file |
Tools/ | checking an output against its format (CheckFormat.ts; flags in CheckFormat.help.md) |
EvalState.md | the storyexplanation-cse eval scores (machine-owned by skills/Assay/Tools/EvalState.ts, never hand-edited) |
The user's voice and optional integrations live in LIFEOS/USER/CUSTOMIZATIONS/SKILLS/StoryExplanation/Config.md; first-time setup is in Setup.md. It names the voice file to write from, voice notes, an optional opinion-lookup command, an optional directory for saved explanations, and an optional explainer MCP tool. Read it before writing. The voice file it names is the canon for prose written as the user. When it is missing, say so once, point the user at Setup.md, and carry on with the generic defaults (first person, plain and conversational, no opinion lookup, nothing saved, the embedded prompt in Intents/Cse.md as the explainer); never borrow another person's voice.
fabric -u, never WebFetch.Example 1: YouTube video story explanation
User: "create a story explanation for this video" [YouTube URL]
-> Invokes Create intent
-> Extracts transcript with fabric -y
-> Returns 3-part narrative (opening/body/closing) in the user's voice
Example 2: Story with inline links
User: "story explanation with links for this article"
-> Invokes CreateWithLinks intent
-> Returns 25-sentence narrative with inline source citations
Example 3: Abridged 5-line summary
User: "give me an abridged 5-line summary of this" [URL]
-> Invokes CreateAbridged intent
-> Returns ultra-concise 5 lines (5-12 words each)
Example 4: CSE with custom line count
User: "/cse 12 leaky abstraction"
-> Invokes Cse intent
-> Returns 12-line numbered story explanation
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