AI "Explain Like I'm 5" Generator
Inspiration: Universal content need across technical writing, customer support, education, and content marketing. Writers often struggle to explain complex topics in simple terms, requiring significant skill and time.
Target Customers: Technical writers, teachers, content marketers, anyone explaining complex concepts to non-experts.
Pain Points:
- Curse of knowledge: Experts struggle to think from beginner's perspective
- Poor analogies: Difficulty finding appropriate, understandable comparisons for abstract concepts
- Mental effort: Simplifying complex topics requires more time and energy than expert-level writing
Solution (Micro-SaaS): An AI tool specialized in transforming complex text into simple, accessible explanations with multiple comprehension levels.
MVP Core Features:
- Text input: Users paste complex, jargon-heavy content
- Target audience selection: Choose simplification level (5-year-old, high school student, intelligent non-expert)
- AI simplification output:
- Vocabulary simplification: Replace technical terms with everyday language
- Analogy creation: Generate relatable metaphors and comparisons
- Concept explanation: Define and explain all key terminology
- Multiple versions: 2-3 different simplification approaches for user selection
Development Investment: Low. Pure LLM application with focus on prompt engineering for analogy creation and simplification.
Competitive Advantage: Productized ELI5 experience with emphasis on high-quality analogy generation and multiple explanation approaches.