Chris's Top Prompts
Explain Anything: Writing, Diagrams, Web Pages & Explainer Videos
# Topic
Explain **[keyword]** to me.
# Pick your output format
Each format below is easier to take in than the one before it. Keep the one you want and delete the rest.
## Option 1 — Writing (ASD-STE100)
Explain [keyword] in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, the controlled language specification originally developed for aerospace maintenance documentation. Apply its constraints: short sentences, one idea per sentence, active voice, one meaning per word, and approved vocabulary where practical.
The full spec is quite stringent, so aim for about 80% of the way to ASD-STE100 — loosen a rule only where following it strictly would hurt clarity.
## Option 2 — Diagram / image
Instead of writing, explain [keyword] with a diagram. Choose the diagram type that best fits the topic (flowchart, sequence, layered architecture, timeline, annotated illustration) and keep the labels short. Add a brief caption that tells me how to read it.
## Option 3 — Web page
Explain [keyword] "in HTML". Output a single, self-contained HTML file (inline CSS and JS, no build step) that I can open in a browser. Make it a beautiful, interactive experience — use animations, step-through controls, sliders, or hover states wherever they help me understand the idea, not just for decoration.
## Option 4 — Explainer video
Create a 3Blue1Brown-style video explainer on [keyword].
- Write the narration script and a scene-by-scene breakdown first
- Build the animations in code (e.g. Manim) and give me the exact commands to render them
- Use my ElevenLabs API key for audio narration: [your ElevenLabs API key]
- If I do not have an API key, find me decent free text-to-speech alternatives that run on my local compute and use one of those instead
- Sync the narration to the scenes and output a final rendered video file