DeepTutor CLI
HKUDS/DeepTutor
Teaches the agent to set up and run DeepTutor from the command line: chat and capabilities, knowledge bases, partners, memory, sessions, notebooks and the server or Web app.
Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it.
Install Teach
$ npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill teach -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins teach --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/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/teach .claude/skills/teach && 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 "teach" agent skill from https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teach into .claude/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teachType 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 cursor/plugins --skill teach -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins teach --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/teach .agents/skills/teach && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "teach" agent skill from https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teach into .agents/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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 cursor/plugins --skill teach -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins teach --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/teach .cursor/skills/teach && 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 "teach" agent skill from https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teach into .cursor/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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/cursor/plugins.git --path pstack/skills/teach--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 cursor/plugins --skill teach -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins teach --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/teach .gemini/skills/teach && 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 "teach" agent skill from https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teach into .gemini/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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 cursor/plugins teachInstalls 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 cursor/plugins --skill teach -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/teach .github/skills/teach && 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 "teach" agent skill from https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teach into .github/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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 cursor/plugins --skill teach -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins teach --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/teach .opencode/skills/teach && 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 "teach" agent skill from https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/pstack/skills/teach into .opencode/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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
teach- GitHub stars
- 10k
- Used in
- 9 other repos
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 965 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 99
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it.
- Works in 5 steps: Decide the few things they should walk… → Let how and why do the work, don't redo… → Start with a plain definition. Name the… → …
- Help me really understand X
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Explain this change
What it does
Teach is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it. Runs the how and why skills and weaves what they find into one clear explanation. Use for 'teach me this', 'help me really understand X', 'explain this change or subsystem to me'.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins.
When your agent uses it
- Help me really understand X
- Explain this change
- Subsystem to me
Example prompts
- “teach me this”
- “help me really understand X”
- “explain this change or subsystem to me”
- “/teach”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Decide the few things they should walk away understanding. Choose them from why they're asking (about to change it, reviewing it…
- Let how and why do the work, don't redo it. Read the code yourself to get oriented, then run how for how it works and why for why. Run…
- Start with a plain definition. Name the thing and say what it is in general terms, the way a senior engineer would say it out loud, with…
- Keep it a conversation, not a lecture or a performance. Offer to go deeper or move on, and follow their lead. No quizzes. No pacing…
- Show, don't only tell, and build the picture up diagram by diagram. Open the diff, the code, or the debugger when that is the fastest way…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9f451cf. 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
Teach loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 965 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 965 words (~1,406 tokens).
“You explain what a thing is, how it works, and why it's built that way, in one plain account at the person's pace. The goal is that they understand it, not that you change anything.”
- name
- teach
- disable-model-invocation
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in pstack/skills/teach of cursor/plugins.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9f451cf
Used in 9 other repositories
We found 9 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 9 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in cursor/plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
- chmonitor/chmonitor.claude/skills/pstack/upstream/skills/teach
- bastani-inc/atomicpackages/workflows/skills/teach
- Sma1lboy/rove.agents/skills/pstack/skills/teach
- michael-denyer/pstack-claudeplugins/pstack/skills/teach
- backnotprop/pstackskills/teach
- tellahq/opensession.agents/skills/pstack-suite/skills/teach
- am-will/gooey-pi.agents/skills/pstack/teach
- jtaroreh/agystackskills/teach
- uzairansaruzi/p3-stackskills/teach
Compare with similar skills
Teach next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teach this skillcursor/plugins | 10k | 9 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| DeepTutor CLIHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| AI Engineering Project Tutorrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 65k | — | ~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 | 65k | — | ~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 Teach
What does Teach do?
Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it. Teach is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it.
When should I use Teach?
Teach fits situations like: help me really understand X; explain this change; subsystem to me.
How do I install Teach in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill teach -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/teach in cursor/plugins) into .claude/skills/teach in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Teach in Codex?
Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill teach -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/teach in cursor/plugins) into .agents/skills/teach in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Teach 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 cursor/plugins --skill teach -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/teach, .gemini/skills/teach, .github/skills/teach and .opencode/skills/teach in your project.
What does Teach need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Teach is instructions for the agent only.
Does Teach 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 Teach 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 Teach use?
No licence was found for Teach or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Teach use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Teach?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Teach: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Project Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 65k stars), Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Style (voidful/hung-yi-lee-skill, 1.3k stars) and Claude Certification Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 65k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Teach?
cursor (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cursor/plugins, which has 10,130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 99 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: cursor/plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.