Agent skill

Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol

by GarethManning in GarethManning/education-agent-skills

Design a media deconstruction protocol analysing persuasion, bias, or representation in media texts.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol --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/literacy-critical-thinking/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol .claude/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol && 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
media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol
GitHub stars
840
Token cost
~5.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,945 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
160
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Design a media deconstruction protocol analysing persuasion, bias, or representation in media texts.

  • Works in 4 steps: "Find two ads for similar products… → "Choose an ad that uses an influencer.… → "Redesign the ad from the perspective it… → …
  • Teaching students to critically read advertisements
  • 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

Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Design a media deconstruction protocol analysing persuasion, bias, or representation in media texts. Use when teaching students to critically read advertisements, news, or social media content.

Its SKILL.md is about 5.5k 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 Writing & Content, covering Social media posts. 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

  • Teaching students to critically read advertisements
  • Social media content

Example prompts

  • “/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol”

Workflow steps

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

  1. "Find two ads for similar products (e.g., two fitness brands, two skincare brands). How do they differ in their representation and…
  2. "Choose an ad that uses an influencer. Research the influencer: how much are they paid? How many similar brand deals do they have? Does…
  3. "Redesign the ad from the perspective it omits. If the ad shows an idealised lifestyle, create a version showing the reality behind the…
  4. "Should Instagram require all ads to be clearly labelled? Should filters be disclosed? Argue your position using the analytical framework…

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

Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol loads about 5.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,945 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~5.5k

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 1,945 words (~5,475 tokens).

“Generates a structured analysis framework for deconstructing a specific type of media text — an advertisement, a news article, a social media post, a political campaign, a film clip, an infographic. The framework goes beyond surface-level observation ("What colours are…”

— opening of SKILL.md by GarethManning, Custom licence
name
media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol
disable-model-invocation
false
user-invocable
true
effort
medium
skill_id
literacy-critical-thinking/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol
skill_name
Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol
domain
literacy-critical-thinking
version
1.0
evidence_strength
moderate
evidence_sources
Hobbs (2010) — Digital and Media Literacy: a plan of action, Buckingham (2003) — Media Education: literacy, learning and contemporary culture, Kellner & Share…
output_schema.type
object

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/literacy-critical-thinking/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4

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Questions about Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol

What does Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol do?

Design a media deconstruction protocol analysing persuasion, bias, or representation in media texts. Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Design a media deconstruction protocol analysing persuasion, bias, or representation in media texts.

When should I use Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol?

Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol fits situations like: teaching students to critically read advertisements; social media content.

How do I install Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/literacy-critical-thinking/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/literacy-critical-thinking/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol 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 media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol, .gemini/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol, .github/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol and .opencode/skills/media-literacy-deconstruction-protocol in your project.

What does Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol is instructions for the agent only.

Does Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol 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 Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol 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 Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol use?

Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol 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 Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol use?

About 5.5k 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 Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol?

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Who maintains Media Literacy Deconstruction Protocol?

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.