DeepTutor CLI
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Agent skill
Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer
Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptive learning platform.
Install Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer --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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer .claude/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer && 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 "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer into .claude/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer", 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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designerType 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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer --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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer .agents/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer into .agents/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer", 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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer --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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer .cursor/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer && 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 "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer into .cursor/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer", 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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer--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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer --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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer .gemini/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer && 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 "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer into .gemini/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer", 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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designerInstalls 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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer .github/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer && 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 "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer into .github/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer", 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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer --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/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer .opencode/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer && 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 "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer into .opencode/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer", 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
cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer- GitHub stars
- 840
- Token cost
- ~6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,257 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 160
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptive learning platform.
- Works in 4 steps: Knowledge component decomposition is an… → Standard knowledge tracing assumes… → The RAND evaluation showed modest effect… → …
- Designing intelligent tutoring software
- 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
Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptive learning platform. Use when designing intelligent tutoring software or skill-based mastery systems.
Its SKILL.md is about 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: 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
- Designing intelligent tutoring software
- Skill-based mastery systems
Example prompts
- “/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Knowledge component decomposition is an art, not a science. Different researchers decompose the same domain differently. Anderson et al.'s…
- Standard knowledge tracing assumes binary knowledge states. Corbett & Anderson's (1995) model assumes each KC is either "learned" or…
- The RAND evaluation showed modest effect sizes. Pane et al. (2014) found that Cognitive Tutor Algebra I improved outcomes, but the effect…
- Cognitive tutors work best for well-structured domains. Linear equations, chemical formula balancing, and other procedural domains…
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
Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer loads about 6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,257 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 2,257 words (~6,046 tokens).
“Designs the cognitive architecture for a tutoring system — the knowledge component model, knowledge tracing algorithm, problem selection logic, and feedback architecture that together create an adaptive learning experience. This skill is based on the Cognitive Tutor architecture developed by…”
- name
- cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer
- disable-model-invocation
- true
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer
- skill_name
- Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer
- domain
- ai-learning-science
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- strong
- evidence_sources
- Anderson et al. (1995) — Cognitive tutors: lessons learned (ACT-R theory applied to education), Corbett & Anderson (1995) — Knowledge tracing: modeling the…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 840 | — | ~6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| DeepTutor CLIHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| AI Engineering Project Tutorrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 67k | — | ~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 | 67k | — | ~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 Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer
What does Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer do?
Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptive learning platform. Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptive learning platform.
When should I use Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer?
Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer fits situations like: designing intelligent tutoring software; skill-based mastery systems.
How do I install Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai-learning-science/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer 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 cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer, .gemini/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer, .github/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer and .opencode/skills/cognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer in your project.
What does Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer is instructions for the agent only.
Does Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer 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 Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer 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 Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer use?
Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer 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 Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer use?
About 6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 24k 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 Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Project Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 67k stars), Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Style (voidful/hung-yi-lee-skill, 1.3k stars) and Claude Certification Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 67k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Cognitive Tutoring Architecture Designer?
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.