Agent skill

Learning Progression Builder

by GarethManning in GarethManning/education-agent-skills

Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or understanding.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedEducation

Install Learning Progression Builder

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill learning-progression-builder -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills learning-progression-builder --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/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/curriculum-assessment/learning-progression-builder .claude/skills/learning-progression-builder && 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
learning-progression-builder
GitHub stars
830
Token cost
~5.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,961 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
142
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or understanding.

  • Works in 4 steps: Invest the most time at the Stage 3→4… → Don't skip stages. A student who can't… → Use diagnostic tasks to differentiate.… → …
  • Sequencing content
  • 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

Learning Progression Builder is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or understanding. Use when sequencing content, designing diagnostics, or mapping prerequisite gaps.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.4k 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 Education. 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

  • Sequencing content
  • Designing diagnostics
  • Mapping prerequisite gaps

Example prompts

  • “/learning-progression-builder”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Invest the most time at the Stage 3→4 transition. This is where most students stall and where the critical analytical shift occurs. A…
  2. Don't skip stages. A student who can't yet identify techniques (Stage 2) should not be asked to write an analytical paragraph (Stage 5)…
  3. Use diagnostic tasks to differentiate. In any Year 8 class, students will be spread across Stages 2–5. Use the diagnostic tasks to locate…
  4. Match teaching approach to stage. Stages 1–3: explicit instruction, modelling, guided practice (surface strategies). Stage 4…

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

Learning Progression Builder loads about 5.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,961 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.4k

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 1,961 words (~5,401 tokens).

“Maps the learning progression from novice to target proficiency for a specific skill domain, identifying the sequential stages of understanding, the prerequisite relationships between them (what must come before what), common stuck points (where students typically stall and why), and…”

— opening of SKILL.md by GarethManning, Custom licence
name
learning-progression-builder
disable-model-invocation
false
user-invocable
true
effort
medium
skill_id
curriculum-assessment/learning-progression-builder
skill_name
Learning Progression Builder
domain
curriculum-assessment
version
1.0
evidence_strength
moderate
evidence_sources
Heritage (2008) — Learning progressions: supporting instruction and formative assessment, Popham (2007) — The lowdown on learning progressions, Daro et al…
output_schema.type
object

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/curriculum-assessment/learning-progression-builder of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4

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Questions about Learning Progression Builder

What does Learning Progression Builder do?

Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or understanding. Learning Progression Builder is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or understanding.

When should I use Learning Progression Builder?

Learning Progression Builder fits situations like: sequencing content; designing diagnostics; mapping prerequisite gaps.

How do I install Learning Progression Builder in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill learning-progression-builder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/curriculum-assessment/learning-progression-builder in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/learning-progression-builder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Learning Progression Builder in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill learning-progression-builder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/curriculum-assessment/learning-progression-builder in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/learning-progression-builder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Learning Progression Builder 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 learning-progression-builder -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/learning-progression-builder, .gemini/skills/learning-progression-builder, .github/skills/learning-progression-builder and .opencode/skills/learning-progression-builder in your project.

What does Learning Progression Builder need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Learning Progression Builder is instructions for the agent only.

Does Learning Progression Builder 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 Learning Progression Builder 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 Learning Progression Builder use?

Learning Progression Builder 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 Learning Progression Builder use?

About 5.4k 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 Learning Progression Builder?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Learning Progression Builder: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), Zhang Xuefeng Perspective (alchaincyf/zhangxuefeng-skill, 10k stars), Deep Reading Analyst (ginobefun/deep-reading-analyst-skill, 353 stars) and AI Engineering Placement Quiz (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 65k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Learning Progression Builder?

GarethManning (a GitHub user) maintains it in GarethManning/education-agent-skills, which has 830 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.