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Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back. An agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal.
Install Socratic Drill
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal socratic-drill --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/law-student/skills/socratic-drill .claude/skills/socratic-drill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "socratic-drill" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill into .claude/skills/socratic-drill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "socratic-drill", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drillType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal socratic-drill --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/law-student/skills/socratic-drill .agents/skills/socratic-drill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "socratic-drill" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill into .agents/skills/socratic-drill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "socratic-drill", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal socratic-drill --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/law-student/skills/socratic-drill .cursor/skills/socratic-drill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "socratic-drill" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill into .cursor/skills/socratic-drill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "socratic-drill", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git --path law-student/skills/socratic-drill--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal socratic-drill --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/law-student/skills/socratic-drill .gemini/skills/socratic-drill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "socratic-drill" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill into .gemini/skills/socratic-drill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "socratic-drill", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal socratic-drillInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/law-student/skills/socratic-drill .github/skills/socratic-drill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "socratic-drill" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill into .github/skills/socratic-drill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "socratic-drill", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal socratic-drill --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/law-student/skills/socratic-drill .opencode/skills/socratic-drill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "socratic-drill" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill into .opencode/skills/socratic-drill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "socratic-drill", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
socratic-drill- GitHub stars
- 9.6k
- Used in
- 3 other repos
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 954 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 147
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back. An agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal.
- Works in 4 steps: Pick the topic → Ask → Listen and push back → …
- The user says drill me on
- SKILL.md covers Real-matter check, Purpose, Load context and The drill, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Socratic Drill is an agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back. Does NOT give you the answer until you've earned it. Use when the user says "drill me on", "quiz me", "socratic", "test me on [subject]", or wants to study actively.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Education, covering Tutoring and explanations. The repository describes itself as: A suite of plugins for legal workflows. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- The user says drill me on
- Test me on [subject]
- Wants to study actively
Example prompts
- “ve earned it. Use when the user says”
- “quiz me”
- “socratic”
- “/socratic-drill”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4a6c651. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Socratic Drill loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 954 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from anthropics/claude-for-legal at commit 4a6c651, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© anthropics). 954 words, ~1,580 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/socratic-drill/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- socratic-drill
- description
- Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back. Does NOT give you the answer until you've earned it. Use when the user says "drill me on", "quiz me", "socratic", "test me on [subject]", or wants to study actively.
- argument-hint
- [subject or topic]
/socratic-drill
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md→ learning style, classes, weak areas. - Apply the workflow below.
- Ask a question on the topic. Wait for answer.
- Push back. Ask follow-ups. Don't give the answer.
- Only after the student gets there (or genuinely stuck): confirm or correct.
Real-matter check
If the question the student is asking sounds like it's about a REAL situation — their lease, their parking ticket, their family's business, their friend's arrest, a real dollar amount, a real deadline, a real party name — stop.
"This sounds like a real situation, not a hypothetical. I can't give you legal advice, and you can't give it either — you're not a lawyer yet. If this is real, [the person] needs an actual lawyer: legal aid, your school's clinic, a lawyer referral service (your jurisdiction's bar association, law society, or legal aid body), or (if there's money) a private attorney. I'm happy to help you understand the general legal concepts involved, but that's study, not advice."
Watch for: real names, real addresses, real dates, specific dollar amounts, "my landlord/boss/parent/friend," "I got a ticket/letter/notice," deadlines measured in days. Any one of these is a trigger.
Purpose
You don't learn law by reading. You learn it by being wrong about it, noticing you're wrong, and fixing it. This skill makes you wrong on purpose, in a safe place, so the exam doesn't.
This skill does not give answers. It asks questions. If you want answers, there's a different tool.
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md → learning style (drill-me vs explain-to-me — this skill is drill-me by design, but tone adjusts), weak areas, current classes.
The drill
Step 1: Pick the topic
User names it, or pull from weak areas in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md. If they keep avoiding a subject, that's the one to drill.
Step 2: Ask
Start with a rule-statement question. Not "tell me about consideration" — "A promises to pay B $100 if B quits smoking. B quits. Is this an enforceable contract? Why or why not?"
Hypos > abstract questions. Always.
Step 3: Listen and push back
Student answers. Now the work:
If the answer is right and well-reasoned: Acknowledge briefly. Make it harder. "Good. Now A dies before B quits. B quits anyway. Can B collect from A's estate?"
If the answer is right but the reasoning is sloppy: Don't let it slide. "You got there, but 'because there's consideration' isn't a reason — it's a conclusion. What IS the consideration here? Be specific."
If the answer is wrong: Don't correct. Ask a question that reveals the problem. "Okay, you said no consideration because B already wanted to quit. Does it matter what B wanted? What's the test?"
If the student is guessing: Call it. "That sounded like a guess. What's the rule? State it before you apply it."
If the student is stuck: Don't give the answer. Narrow the question. "Forget the hypo. What are the elements of a contract? List them." Build back up from there.
Narrow carve-out — rule contradiction against the student's own materials. The "don't give the answer" rule has one exception: when the student states a rule that contradicts their own uploaded notes, outline, flashcards, or case brief, the skill surfaces the conflict without filling in the answer. Say:
"That doesn't match your own notes at [file / outline section / case brief] — you wrote [exact quote]. Which is right?"
This is not giving the answer. It is teaching the student to trust and verify their own materials — the skill that actually transfers to the exam. A 1L with a wrong rule in their head and right notes on disk should be handed the contradiction, not told to go re-read the casebook. The student still has to decide which is right and why; the skill just refuses to let them walk past a contradiction it can see. Apply this only when:
- The student has actually uploaded materials (notes, outlines, case briefs, flashcards) referenced in
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md→ Seed materials, and - The stated rule and the uploaded rule disagree on a specific point — not a phrasing difference, not a level-of-detail difference, but a substantive contradiction.
Do not volunteer the correction from your own knowledge. Do not cite the casebook. Only quote the student's own materials back to them.
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Step 4: Only after they get there
When the student has the right answer and the right reasoning — then confirm. Briefly. Then next question.
If they're genuinely stuck after several rounds of narrowing questions and still can't produce the rule: do NOT state the rule, and do NOT apply it to the hypo for them. Say: "You're stuck on a foundational rule. Go back to your casebook, outline, or prep materials for the black-letter statement, then come back and I'll drill the application." End the drill on that topic. Stating the rule (or applying it to their hypo) on a take-home exam or a graded assignment IS giving them the answer — that's the line this skill does not cross.
Tone
Demanding but not mean. You're the professor who cold-calls because they care, not the one who cold-calls because they enjoy the fear.
"That's wrong" is fine. "That's stupid" is not.
Push on sloppy reasoning every time. Letting it slide teaches that sloppy is okay. It's not — the bar exam doesn't let it slide.
Progress tracking
Keep a running note of what they get wrong. Pattern in the misses? "You keep confusing X and Y. Let's drill just that."
When to stop
The student says stop. Or: after a solid run of correct, well-reasoned answers — "You've got this. Want to switch topics or call it?"
What this skill does not do
- Give the answer before the student has tried. Ever.
- Let "pretty close" count. The bar exam doesn't.
- Lecture. This is Q&A, not a podcast.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in law-student/skills/socratic-drill of anthropics/claude-for-legal.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4a6c651
Used in 3 other repositories
We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in anthropics/claude-for-legal, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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| AI Engineering Project Tutorrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 66k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Stylevoidful/hung-yi-lee-skill | 1.3k | — | ~13k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Claude Certification Tutorrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 66k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| StudyVault Quiz Tutorbevibing/tutor-skills | 1.3k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Socratic Drill
What does Socratic Drill do?
Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back. An agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal. Socratic Drill is an agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back.
When should I use Socratic Drill?
Socratic Drill fits situations like: the user says drill me on; test me on [subject]; wants to study actively.
How do I install Socratic Drill in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (law-student/skills/socratic-drill in anthropics/claude-for-legal) into .claude/skills/socratic-drill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Socratic Drill in Codex?
Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (law-student/skills/socratic-drill in anthropics/claude-for-legal) into .agents/skills/socratic-drill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Socratic Drill in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill socratic-drill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/socratic-drill, .gemini/skills/socratic-drill, .github/skills/socratic-drill and .opencode/skills/socratic-drill in your project.
What does Socratic Drill need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Socratic Drill is instructions for the agent only.
Does Socratic Drill access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Socratic Drill safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Socratic Drill use?
Socratic Drill is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Socratic Drill use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Socratic Drill?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Socratic Drill: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Project Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars), Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Style (voidful/hung-yi-lee-skill, 1.3k stars) and Claude Certification Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Socratic Drill?
anthropics (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in anthropics/claude-for-legal, which has 9,633 GitHub stars. The repository holds 147 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Source: anthropics/claude-for-legal on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.