Intuition & Simplification Preset

Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5) Prompt for dense technical & academic webpages.

Turn impenetrable academic jargon, quantum physics, macroeconomics, or RFC specs into a vivid everyday analogy without losing technical accuracy.

Best fit

Best for readers entering an unfamiliar field who want an immediate mental hook before diving into the technical details.

On-screen walkthrough

How this looks on a real webpage.

Instead of switching tabs and rebuilding context, highlight the exact passage that slowed you down and press your shortcut (default: Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X on macOS, fully customizable in settings).

docs.crypto.example.org/zk-snarks
Context: Basic
1. Highlighted on page (Cryptography Documentation — Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge)
A zk-SNARK allows a prover to convince a verifier that they possess a secret witness w satisfying a circuit relation R(x, w) = 1 without revealing any information about w beyond the validity of the statement, in a single message that can be verified in sublinear time.
Ctrl+Shift+X“Run ELI5 + Real Technical Mapping on this definition.”
2. Vezz me on-screen answer overlay

**1. Plain Intuition (ELI5):** Imagine proving to a friend that you know where Waldo is on a giant poster without showing them where he is. You take a huge sheet of cardboard with a tiny cutout hole, place it over the poster so ONLY Waldo's face shows through the hole, and snap a quick photo. Your friend sees Waldo is definitely on the poster, without learning his coordinates.

**2. Technical Mapping to the Passage:**

- *Secret witness (`w`)* = Waldo's exact `(x, y)` coordinates on the page.

- *Circuit relation (`R(x, w) = 1`)* = The rule 'The character at those coordinates matches Waldo'.

- *Non-Interactive ('single message')* = You just hand over one photo instead of playing a back-and-forth game.

- *Succinct ('sublinear time')* = Checking the tiny cutout takes 1 second instead of scanning the entire poster.

3. Suggested follow-up questions in thread
  • “What is the 'trusted setup' mentioned in the next paragraph using this same analogy?”
  • “How does a zk-STARK differ from a zk-SNARK here?”
  • “Summarize this mapping in 3 short lines for my notes.”
Importable Prompt Preset

Use this custom prompt in Vezz me.

Copy the system prompt below or download the .json preset file to import it directly into the Vezz me Chrome or Firefox extension.

Vezz me Custom Prompt Preset

ELI5 + Real Technical Mapping

Standard ELI5 prompts oversimplify so much that you still can't read the next paragraph of the article. Adding Step 2 ('Technical Mapping') bridges the analogy back to the author's vocabulary.

Recommended context: Basic
System Prompt
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Explain the selected passage using a two-step 'Bridge' method: 1) Plain Intuition (ELI5): Explain the core idea in simple, vivid everyday language with zero unexplained jargon and one concrete real-world analogy. 2) Technical Mapping: Explicitly map each part of your analogy back to the exact technical terms used in the selected passage so I can keep reading the article fluently.
Example question after pressing your shortcut: “Give me the plain intuition and map it back to the terms in this paragraph.”
Import in Vezz me: Open extension popup → Saved Prompts → Import → select .json file
Step-by-step workflow

How to run this workflow in place.

1

Download and import the ELI5 Bridge preset

Add 'ELI5 + Real Technical Mapping' to your Vezz me Saved Prompts.

2

Highlight the intimidating definition

Select the sentence packed with unfamiliar terminology and press Ctrl+Shift+X.

3

Use the Technical Mapping to read the rest of the page

Because every analogy term is mapped back to the author's exact words, you can immediately understand the next paragraph.

Key details

Why this approach works better than switching tabs.

Why standard 'Explain Like I'm 5' prompts fail on real articles
If an AI explains a database B-tree as 'a magical library elf sorting books', you feel good for 3 seconds—and then you are still lost when the next sentence talks about 'page split factors and leaf pointers'.
  • The two-step Bridge method gives you the intuitive mental model FIRST
  • Then it explicitly translates each technical noun in the passage into that mental model
  • You build real domain vocabulary instead of avoiding it
Ideal surfaces for the ELI5 Bridge preset
Use this preset whenever you cross into a discipline outside your training.
  • Engineers reading legal contracts, accounting standards, or biotech papers
  • Non-engineers reading system architecture docs, AI research papers, or security advisories
  • Students reading dense textbook introductions for the first time
Frequently asked questions

Common questions about intuition & simplification preset.

Can I adjust the depth of the analogy in a follow-up question?

Yes. In the Vezz me follow-up input, just ask 'Now explain it at an undergraduate computer science level' or 'Give me a concrete numerical example'.

How do I install this preset in Vezz me?

Click 'Download .json for Vezz me' above, open the Vezz me extension popup, and click Import under Saved Prompts.

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