wtf is claudish-to-english?

claudish-to-english is a plugin for Claude Code that rewrites the assistant's messages into plain English. It works by passing the text through a language model to simplify the wording before displaying it to you. The plugin supports local models through ollama, the Anthropic API, or any OpenAI-compatible API. It only changes what you see on the screen, keeping the original text in the conversation history and saved transcripts. The plugin is designed to fail safely. If the language model is unavailable, times out, or encounters an error, the plugin simply shows Claude's original message. It cannot swallow or corrupt the answer. There is also an optional feature to rewrite Markdown files into plain English when they are edited, but this is turned off by default. To use the default local model setup, you need to have ollama running on your machine, along with curl and jq. The plugin provides specific setup instructions for macOS and Windows, noting that Windows users must configure a different model tag because the default is built for Apple silicon. You install the plugin directly from its repository using Claude Code's plugin marketplace commands. All behavior is controlled using environment variables in your Claude Code settings file. You can choose which model to use and how the rewritten text appears. The plugin includes a default prompt that asks the model for plain English while preserving facts, code, and structure. You can also replace this prompt with your own custom instructions. The full README is longer than what was shown.