Get a hint for the current challenge in Learn Docker & K8s. An agent skill from ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Hint

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s --skill hint -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s hint --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/hint .claude/skills/hint && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
hint
GitHub stars
487
Token cost
~508 tokens
SKILL.md length
265 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Get a hint for the current challenge in Learn Docker & K8s. An agent skill from ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s.

  • Works in 2 steps: Determine Current Challenge → Track Hint Level
  • The user is stuck
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: Determine Current…, Step 2: Track Hint Level, Hint Levels and After Hint 3, plus 1 more section
  • Calls docker

What it does

Hint is an agent skill from ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s. Get a hint for the current challenge in Learn Docker & K8s. Provides progressive hints (1=direction, 2=specific, 3=near-answer). Use when the user is stuck, asks for help, says "hint", "help me", "I'm stuck", or "I don't know what to do".

Its SKILL.md is about 510 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Container orchestration and Containers. It works with Docker and Kubernetes. The repository describes itself as: Interactive AI-driven game to learn Docker, Linux, networking & Kubernetes. Open in Claude Code or Cursor, type 'let's play'.

When your agent uses it

  • The user is stuck
  • I dont know what to do

Example prompts

  • “help me”
  • “m stuck”
  • “t know what to do”
  • “/hint”

Requirements

  • Docker

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Determine Current Challenge
  2. Track Hint Level

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da325b6. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • docker

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use docker, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Hint loads about 508 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 265 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~508

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 265 words (~508 tokens).

“Read .player/progress.yaml to find the current chapter and challenge. Then read the corresponding challenge file from curriculum/chXX-*/challenges/XX-*.md.”

— opening of SKILL.md by ericboy0224
name
hint
argument-hint
[1|2|3]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/hint of ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit da325b6

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Categories

Questions about Hint

What does Hint do?

Get a hint for the current challenge in Learn Docker & K8s. An agent skill from ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s. Hint is an agent skill from ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s. Get a hint for the current challenge in Learn Docker & K8s.

When should I use Hint?

Hint fits situations like: the user is stuck; I dont know what to do.

How do I install Hint in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s --skill hint -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/hint in ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s) into .claude/skills/hint in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hint in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s --skill hint -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/hint in ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s) into .agents/skills/hint in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hint 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 ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s --skill hint -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hint, .gemini/skills/hint, .github/skills/hint and .opencode/skills/hint in your project.

What does Hint need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hint needs the command-line tools its instructions call (docker). Our summary lists: Docker.

Does Hint access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use docker, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hint 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 Hint use?

No licence was found for Hint or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Hint use?

About 508 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Hint?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hint: LangBot Deployment Guide (langbot-app/LangBot, 18k stars), Build Openshell Mxc Windows (NVIDIA/OpenShell, 15k stars), Devops (nicepkg/auto-company, 192 stars) and Alibabacloud Ecs Sec Userspace (aliyun/alibabacloud-ecs-troubleshoot-skills, 148 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Hint?

ericboy0224 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s, which has 487 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 27, 2026.

Source: ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.