Planner
penpot/penpot
Read-only planning and architecture analysis — produce a structured implementation plan with task breakdown, acceptance criteria, sizing, and checkpoints.
Redesign a blocked topic sequence into an interleaved plan with mixed practice across related topics.
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Install Interleaving Unit Planner
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill interleaving-unit-planner -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills interleaving-unit-planner --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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner .claude/skills/interleaving-unit-planner && 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 "interleaving-unit-planner" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner into .claude/skills/interleaving-unit-planner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "interleaving-unit-planner", 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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-plannerType 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 interleaving-unit-planner -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills interleaving-unit-planner --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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner .agents/skills/interleaving-unit-planner && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "interleaving-unit-planner" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner into .agents/skills/interleaving-unit-planner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "interleaving-unit-planner", 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 interleaving-unit-planner -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills interleaving-unit-planner --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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner .cursor/skills/interleaving-unit-planner && 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 "interleaving-unit-planner" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner into .cursor/skills/interleaving-unit-planner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "interleaving-unit-planner", 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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner--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 interleaving-unit-planner -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills interleaving-unit-planner --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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner .gemini/skills/interleaving-unit-planner && 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 "interleaving-unit-planner" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner into .gemini/skills/interleaving-unit-planner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "interleaving-unit-planner", 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 interleaving-unit-plannerInstalls 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 interleaving-unit-planner -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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner .github/skills/interleaving-unit-planner && 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 "interleaving-unit-planner" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner into .github/skills/interleaving-unit-planner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "interleaving-unit-planner", 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 interleaving-unit-planner -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 interleaving-unit-planner --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/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner .opencode/skills/interleaving-unit-planner && 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 "interleaving-unit-planner" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner into .opencode/skills/interleaving-unit-planner/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "interleaving-unit-planner", 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
interleaving-unit-planner- GitHub stars
- 835
- Token cost
- ~4.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,387 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 142
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Redesign a blocked topic sequence into an interleaved plan with mixed practice across related topics.
- Works in 6 steps: Find the area of a triangle with base 8… → Find the area of a parallelogram with… → A triangle has a base of 6.5 cm and a… → …
- Homework schedules
- 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
Interleaving Unit Planner is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Redesign a blocked topic sequence into an interleaved plan with mixed practice across related topics. Use when planning units, homework schedules, or revision programmes.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
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
- Homework schedules
- Revision programmes
Example prompts
- “/interleaving-unit-planner”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Find the area of a triangle with base 8 cm and height 5 cm.
- Find the area of a parallelogram with base 12 cm and perpendicular height 4 cm.
- A triangle has a base of 6.5 cm and a height of 9 cm. Calculate its area.
- Find the area of this parallelogram. [Diagram shows a parallelogram with base 10 cm, slant side 7 cm, and perpendicular height 6 cm…
- A triangle is drawn with measurements 4 cm, 7 cm, and a height of 3.5 cm. Which measurement is not needed? Calculate the area.
- Find the area of a parallelogram where the base is 15 cm and the height is 8 cm.
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
Interleaving Unit Planner loads about 4.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,387 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 1,387 words (~4,232 tokens).
“Takes a blocked topic sequence (Topic A, A, A, then Topic B, B, B) and restructures it to interleave related but distinct concepts (A, B, A, C, B, A...), producing a sequence that exploits the interleaving effect to improve long-term…”
- name
- interleaving-unit-planner
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner
- skill_name
- Interleaving Unit Planner
- domain
- memory-learning-science
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- strong
- evidence_sources
- Kornell & Bjork (2008) — Learning concepts and categories: is spacing the enemy of induction?, Rohrer et al. (2015) — Interleaved practice improves…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
Compare with similar skills
Interleaving Unit Planner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interleaving Unit Planner this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 835 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Plannerpenpot/penpot | 61k | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MPL-2.0 | |
| Unit Teststhedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~382 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Blocking IO Guardbytedance/deer-flow | 83k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Principle Sequence Verifiable Unitscursor/plugins | 10k | 9 repos | ~427 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Block Kitopenclaw/openclaw | 392k | — | ~624 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Interleaving Unit Planner
What does Interleaving Unit Planner do?
Redesign a blocked topic sequence into an interleaved plan with mixed practice across related topics. Interleaving Unit Planner is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Redesign a blocked topic sequence into an interleaved plan with mixed practice across related topics.
When should I use Interleaving Unit Planner?
Interleaving Unit Planner fits situations like: homework schedules; revision programmes.
How do I install Interleaving Unit Planner in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill interleaving-unit-planner -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/interleaving-unit-planner in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Interleaving Unit Planner in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill interleaving-unit-planner -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/memory-learning-science/interleaving-unit-planner in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/interleaving-unit-planner in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Interleaving Unit Planner 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 interleaving-unit-planner -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/interleaving-unit-planner, .gemini/skills/interleaving-unit-planner, .github/skills/interleaving-unit-planner and .opencode/skills/interleaving-unit-planner in your project.
What does Interleaving Unit Planner need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Interleaving Unit Planner is instructions for the agent only.
Does Interleaving Unit Planner 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 Interleaving Unit Planner 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 Interleaving Unit Planner use?
Interleaving Unit Planner 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 Interleaving Unit Planner use?
About 4.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 Interleaving Unit Planner?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Interleaving Unit Planner: Planner (penpot/penpot, 61k stars), Unit Tests (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Blocking IO Guard (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars) and Principle Sequence Verifiable Units (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Interleaving Unit Planner?
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.