---
name: explanation-ladder
description: >-
  Explicitly invoked five-level explanation in which each level corrects,
  deepens, or reframes the prior one. Use only when the user invokes
  $explanation-ladder. Do not route documentation work, repository analysis,
  coding, delivery, or operations through this skill.
license: LicenseRef-Permission-Rob-Cheung
---

# Explanation Ladder

Run only when explicitly invoked. Explain the supplied topic without changing
external artifacts.

Produce five connected levels:

1. High school: concrete intuition and essential terms.
2. College: mechanism, distinctions, and representative evidence.
3. PhD: formal assumptions, edge cases, and live technical disputes.
4. Philosopher: conceptual framing, epistemic limits, and values.
5. Gigabrain: synthesis that preserves the earlier truths while exposing a
   deeper organizing pattern.

Each level must respond to the previous one rather than repeat it with more
jargon. Preserve uncertainty and do not pretend a contested explanation is
settled.