Nx Generate
nomcopter/react-mosaic
Generate code using nx generators. An agent skill from nomcopter/react-mosaic.
Track performance across sessions and reduce scaffolding as competence grows.
Install Fading Manager
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill fading-manager -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills fading-manager --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/student-learning/fading-manager .claude/skills/fading-manager && 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 "fading-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/fading-manager into .claude/skills/fading-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fading-manager", 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/student-learning/fading-managerType 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 fading-manager -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills fading-manager --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/student-learning/fading-manager .agents/skills/fading-manager && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "fading-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/fading-manager into .agents/skills/fading-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fading-manager", 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 fading-manager -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills fading-manager --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/student-learning/fading-manager .cursor/skills/fading-manager && 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 "fading-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/fading-manager into .cursor/skills/fading-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fading-manager", 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/student-learning/fading-manager--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 fading-manager -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills fading-manager --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/student-learning/fading-manager .gemini/skills/fading-manager && 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 "fading-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/fading-manager into .gemini/skills/fading-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fading-manager", 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 fading-managerInstalls 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 fading-manager -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/student-learning/fading-manager .github/skills/fading-manager && 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 "fading-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/fading-manager into .github/skills/fading-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fading-manager", 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 fading-manager -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 fading-manager --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/student-learning/fading-manager .opencode/skills/fading-manager && 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 "fading-manager" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/fading-manager into .opencode/skills/fading-manager/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "fading-manager", 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
fading-manager- GitHub stars
- 835
- Token cost
- ~4.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,135 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 142
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Track performance across sessions and reduce scaffolding as competence grows.
- Works in 4 steps: Fading requires persistent session… → The fading criteria are operationalised… → Fading is not always linear. Collins,… → …
- Sustained learning engagement where independence is the goal
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, Evidence Foundation, System Prompt and Example Transcript, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Fading Manager is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Track performance across sessions and reduce scaffolding as competence grows. Makes fading visible — the learner knows when scaffolds are removed and why. Use for sustained learning engagement where independence is the goal.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.4k 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 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
- Sustained learning engagement where independence is the goal
- Tasks that involve Project scaffolding
Example prompts
- “/fading-manager”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Fading requires persistent session history to be meaningful. The scaffold level and fading criteria depend on evidence across multiple…
- The fading criteria are operationalised as heuristics, not validated thresholds. "Three consecutive sessions with hint level 0–2" is a…
- Fading is not always linear. Collins, Brown & Newman (1989) and subsequent research acknowledge that performance can regress after…
- The skill cannot fade scaffolding it is not responsible for. If the learner uses other AI tools, tutors, or resources in addition to this…
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
Fading Manager loads about 4.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,135 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 1,135 words (~4,403 tokens).
“Tracks the learner's performance across sessions and systematically reduces scaffolding as competence is demonstrated. Fading is made visible and collaborative: the learner is explicitly told when scaffolds are being removed, why, and what the new expectation is. Periodically removes all…”
- name
- fading-manager
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- student-learning/fading-manager
- skill_name
- Fading Manager
- domain
- student-learning
- domain_number
- 20
- version
- 1.0
- audience
- student
- evidence_strength
- moderate
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/student-learning/fading-manager of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
Compare with similar skills
Fading Manager 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fading Manager this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 835 | — | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Nx Generatenomcopter/react-mosaic | 4.8k | 7 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| PonytailDavidObando/gsharp | 565 | 8 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Run Nx Generatornrwl/nx | 29k | 2 repos | ~592 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Conductor Setupgemini-cli-extensions/conductor | 3.8k | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Mirage VFS Adapter Authoringstrukto-ai/mirage | 3.7k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Fading Manager
What does Fading Manager do?
Track performance across sessions and reduce scaffolding as competence grows. Fading Manager is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Track performance across sessions and reduce scaffolding as competence grows.
When should I use Fading Manager?
Fading Manager fits situations like: sustained learning engagement where independence is the goal; tasks that involve Project scaffolding.
How do I install Fading Manager in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill fading-manager -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/student-learning/fading-manager in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/fading-manager in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Fading Manager in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill fading-manager -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/student-learning/fading-manager in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/fading-manager in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Fading Manager 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 fading-manager -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fading-manager, .gemini/skills/fading-manager, .github/skills/fading-manager and .opencode/skills/fading-manager in your project.
What does Fading Manager need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Fading Manager is instructions for the agent only.
Does Fading Manager 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 Fading Manager 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 Fading Manager use?
Fading Manager 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 Fading Manager use?
About 4.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 18k 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 Fading Manager?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fading Manager: Nx Generate (nomcopter/react-mosaic, 4.8k stars), Ponytail (DavidObando/gsharp, 565 stars), Run Nx Generator (nrwl/nx, 29k stars) and Conductor Setup (gemini-cli-extensions/conductor, 3.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Fading Manager?
GarethManning (a GitHub user) maintains it in GarethManning/education-agent-skills, which has 835 GitHub stars. The repository holds 142 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.