X Made Easy Skill
A skill that writes "made easy" books on any topic: it removes fear of terms and puts intuition before rules.
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- The skill only drives text work and runs local self-check and PDF build scripts.
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- The skill only drives text work and runs local self-check and PDF build scripts.
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What it does
X Made Easy Skill turns any topic into a small book in the style of Silvanus Thompson's 1910 Calculus Made Easy. The agent first finds out what the reader fears and lists five to ten scary terms or symbols. Then it builds a skeleton in `00-目录与体例.md` recording the reader, difficulties and chapter order, and writes chapter by chapter. Each chapter follows five beats: removing fear at the opening, turning terms into plain words, intuition before rules, close examples with exercises, and a takeaway note ending with "That's all". Appendices follow: a glossary, a one-page cheat sheet, exercise answers and sources. The output is one Markdown file per chapter, a self-check script and an optional PDF build. The default language is Chinese, and the skill follows the user's language when asked in another.
Who it is for. Teachers, course authors and science communicators writing an introductory text for a reader intimidated by the topic.
Good fit when
- An introductory book is needed on a topic the reader fears, such as olympiad math or swimming.
- A chapter draft sounds like a textbook and has to be rewritten in plain words with examples.
- Facts and exercises from an outside textbook have to be merged into a finished book without losing style.
- A manuscript is built into a PDF after a script check for exclamations and words like "obviously".
Not a fit when
- You need a rigorous academic textbook with heavy proofs: the skill aims at removing fear and does not cover the field in full.
- An English default style is required: the skill leans toward Chinese.
- The computer has no pandoc and Chrome while a PDF is mandatory.
Example request
Write a "probability made easy" book in the x-made-easy style: start with the five scariest terms and draft the chapter skeleton.Limitations
The skill is oriented toward Chinese and works in other languages on request. Building a PDF needs pandoc and Chrome, Chromium or Edge, and manuscript checking runs through `check_book.py` in plain Python. The script catches formal signs: exclamations, words like "obviously", the ending type and the origin of examples. It does not replace a word-by-word proofread of text and figure captions, which the author asks to do separately. Facts are checked and the skill must not invent sources.
How to disable. Delete the `x-made-easy-skill` folder from the skills directory, for example `~/.claude/skills`. Books you created live in your working folder and are untouched.
FAQ
How do I install X Made Easy Skill?
Run `git clone https://github.com/baibanbao/x-made-easy-skill ~/.claude/skills/x-made-easy-skill`. For one project place it in that project's `.claude/skills/`. Other agents such as Codex use their own skills directory.
How do I trigger the skill?
Ask for something like "use x-made-easy to make a book on X" or "teach me X the made-easy way". The agent identifies reader fears, drafts a skeleton and starts writing chapters.
What does a chapter contain?
Five parts: removing fear, turning terms into plain language, intuition before rules, examples with exercises and a takeaway note ending with "That's all".
How do I build a PDF?
Run `scripts/build_pdf.sh ~/X轻松学 "X轻松学"`. Pandoc and Chrome, Chromium or Edge are needed. Details and a LaTeX route are in `references/pdf-build.md`.
What does check_book.py check?
Exclamation marks, banned words like "obviously", the five-part ending, example provenance and similar chapter openings. Errors must be fixed and warnings reviewed one by one.
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README in short
The skill keeps to three rules. The book removes fear of the subject and stays introductory. Facts and sources are checked and may not be invented. The text has no exclamations or words like "obviously". Reference files describe style and PDF building.