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Scaffolds eval.yaml evaluation specs for skills, custom agents, and redistributable gh-aw workflow packages in the dotnet/skills repository.
Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a learning task.
Install Agency Scaffold Generator
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills agency-scaffold-generator --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/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator .claude/skills/agency-scaffold-generator && 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 "agency-scaffold-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator into .claude/skills/agency-scaffold-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agency-scaffold-generator", 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/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generatorType 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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills agency-scaffold-generator --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator .agents/skills/agency-scaffold-generator && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "agency-scaffold-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator into .agents/skills/agency-scaffold-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agency-scaffold-generator", 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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills agency-scaffold-generator --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator .cursor/skills/agency-scaffold-generator && 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 "agency-scaffold-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator into .cursor/skills/agency-scaffold-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agency-scaffold-generator", 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/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git --path skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator--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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills agency-scaffold-generator --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator .gemini/skills/agency-scaffold-generator && 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 "agency-scaffold-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator into .gemini/skills/agency-scaffold-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agency-scaffold-generator", 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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills agency-scaffold-generatorInstalls 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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator .github/skills/agency-scaffold-generator && 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 "agency-scaffold-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator into .github/skills/agency-scaffold-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agency-scaffold-generator", 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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills agency-scaffold-generator --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator .opencode/skills/agency-scaffold-generator && 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 "agency-scaffold-generator" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator into .opencode/skills/agency-scaffold-generator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "agency-scaffold-generator", 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
agency-scaffold-generator- GitHub stars
- 840
- Token cost
- ~5.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,091 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 160
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a learning task.
- Works in 4 steps: Moving too fast. The most common mistake… → Removing agency after a poor outcome. If… → Offering pseudo-choice. "You can choose… → …
- Students depend heavily on teacher direction and need to develop autonomy
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, Evidence Foundation, Input Schema and Prompt, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Agency Scaffold Generator is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a learning task. Use when students depend heavily on teacher direction and need to develop autonomy.
Its SKILL.md is about 5.6k 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 Development, covering Project scaffolding. The repository describes itself as: 165 evidence-grounded AI skills for teachers, school leaders and EdTech builders—pedagogy, learning science, curriculum, assessment and regeneration. Claude, Codex and Hermes.
When your agent uses it
- Students depend heavily on teacher direction and need to develop autonomy
- Tasks that involve Project scaffolding
Example prompts
- “/agency-scaffold-generator”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Moving too fast. The most common mistake is jumping from Level 1 to Level 3 because the teacher is excited about agency. Students who have…
- Removing agency after a poor outcome. If a student makes a poor choice at Level 2 (e.g., chooses three causes that don't connect well) and…
- Offering pseudo-choice. "You can choose any three causes — but you really should choose militarism, alliances, and the assassination" is…
- Neglecting to teach the SKILLS of choosing. Students at Level 1 have never had to evaluate options and select. They need explicit…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6bbbce4. 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
Agency Scaffold Generator loads about 5.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,091 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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,091 words (~5,610 tokens).
“Generates a structured scaffold for progressively releasing decision-making to students — moving from teacher-directed to student-directed learning in specific, manageable steps across five dimensions of agency: choice of topic, choice of process, choice of product, choice of criteria, and choice…”
- name
- agency-scaffold-generator
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator
- skill_name
- Agency Scaffold Generator
- domain
- wellbeing-motivation-agency
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- moderate
- evidence_sources
- Zimmerman (2002) — Becoming a self-regulated learner: an overview, Deci & Ryan (2000) — The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: human needs and…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
Compare with similar skills
Agency Scaffold Generator 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.
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| Agency Scaffold Generator this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 840 | — | ~5.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Create Skill Testdotnet/skills | 5.6k | 1 repos | ~6.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Outline Builderanthropics/claude-for-legal | 9.6k | 3 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Grad Constructivismasgard-ai-platform/skills | 242 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nx Generatenomcopter/react-mosaic | 4.8k | 7 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| PonytailDavidObando/gsharp | 565 | 7 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Agency Scaffold Generator
What does Agency Scaffold Generator do?
Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a learning task. Agency Scaffold Generator is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a learning task.
When should I use Agency Scaffold Generator?
Agency Scaffold Generator fits situations like: students depend heavily on teacher direction and need to develop autonomy; tasks that involve Project scaffolding.
How do I install Agency Scaffold Generator in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/agency-scaffold-generator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Agency Scaffold Generator in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/agency-scaffold-generator in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/agency-scaffold-generator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Agency Scaffold Generator 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 GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill agency-scaffold-generator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/agency-scaffold-generator, .gemini/skills/agency-scaffold-generator, .github/skills/agency-scaffold-generator and .opencode/skills/agency-scaffold-generator in your project.
What does Agency Scaffold Generator need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Agency Scaffold Generator is instructions for the agent only.
Does Agency Scaffold Generator 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 Agency Scaffold Generator 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 Agency Scaffold Generator use?
Agency Scaffold Generator has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Agency Scaffold Generator use?
About 5.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 22k 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 Agency Scaffold Generator?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Agency Scaffold Generator: Create Skill Test (dotnet/skills, 5.6k stars), Outline Builder (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars), Grad Constructivism (asgard-ai-platform/skills, 242 stars) and Nx Generate (nomcopter/react-mosaic, 4.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Agency Scaffold Generator?
GarethManning (a GitHub user) maintains it in GarethManning/education-agent-skills, which has 840 GitHub stars. The repository holds 160 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 28, 2026.
Source: GarethManning/education-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.