Surface beliefs, assumptions, stories, and values shaping a system.
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill mental-model-mapper -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills mental-model-mapper --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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper .claude/skills/mental-model-mapper && 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 "mental-model-mapper" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper into .claude/skills/mental-model-mapper/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mental-model-mapper", 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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapperType 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 mental-model-mapper -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills mental-model-mapper --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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper .agents/skills/mental-model-mapper && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "mental-model-mapper" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper into .agents/skills/mental-model-mapper/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mental-model-mapper", 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 mental-model-mapper -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills mental-model-mapper --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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper .cursor/skills/mental-model-mapper && 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 "mental-model-mapper" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper into .cursor/skills/mental-model-mapper/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mental-model-mapper", 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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper--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 mental-model-mapper -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills mental-model-mapper --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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper .gemini/skills/mental-model-mapper && 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 "mental-model-mapper" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper into .gemini/skills/mental-model-mapper/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mental-model-mapper", 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 mental-model-mapperInstalls 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 mental-model-mapper -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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper .github/skills/mental-model-mapper && 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 "mental-model-mapper" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper into .github/skills/mental-model-mapper/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mental-model-mapper", 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 mental-model-mapper -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 mental-model-mapper --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/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper .opencode/skills/mental-model-mapper && 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 "mental-model-mapper" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper into .opencode/skills/mental-model-mapper/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mental-model-mapper", 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.
mental-model-mapperSurface beliefs, assumptions, stories, and values shaping a system.
Mental Model Mapper is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Surface beliefs, assumptions, stories, and values shaping a system. Use when deeper mental models need examining with care and evidence.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k 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.
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6bbbce4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
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.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Mental Model Mapper loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 481 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.
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.
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 481 words (~2,270 tokens).
“Surfaces the beliefs, assumptions, stories, values, identities, fears, and definitions of success that shape a system. A mental model is not merely an opinion. It is a way of interpreting reality that influences what people notice, what they treat as…”
Just SKILL.md in skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
Mental Model Mapper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Model Mapper this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 835 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Audience Belief Mapperaaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills | 2.9k | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Conversion Value Mapperaaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills | 2.9k | 2 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Assumption Mappermohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Job Story Mappermohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Workspace Surface Auditaffaan-m/ECC | 275k | 3 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills
A skill your agent uses when the user asks to "map what our buyers believe", "capture the objections we keep hearing", or "find the switching forces that move the beachhead"; produces a belief map…
aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills
A skill your agent uses when the user asks to "set up conversion values so tROAS optimizes profit not orders", "map margin onto my purchase value", "build value rules for lead / phone / signup…
mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills
Extract and risk-rate hidden assumptions in a product brief or PRD.
mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills
Write Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) job stories and map customer jobs across functional, social, and emotional dimensions.
affaan-m/ECC
Audit the active repo, MCP servers, plugins, connectors, env surfaces, and harness setup, then recommend the highest-value ECC-native skills, hooks, agents, and operator workflows.
phuryn/pm-skills
Design a detailed value proposition using a 6-part JTBD template — Who, Why, What before, How, What after, Alternatives.
GarethManning/education-agent-skills
Generate tiered sentence frames for academic tasks that scaffold language production across proficiency levels.
GarethManning/education-agent-skills
Map control, influence, and concern after systems analysis. An agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
GarethManning/education-agent-skills
Generate scaffolds that gradually increase student choice, voice, and ownership within a learning task.
GarethManning/education-agent-skills
Design a fact-checking protocol for AI-generated text, extending SIFT with AI-specific adaptations for hallucination detection.
GarethManning/education-agent-skills
Generate argument structure scaffolds using Toulmin, PEEL, or CER frameworks for a specific claim or question.
GarethManning/education-agent-skills
Design the deeper patterns, structures, artefacts, and mental models needed to grow a desired event.
Surface beliefs, assumptions, stories, and values shaping a system. Mental Model Mapper is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Surface beliefs, assumptions, stories, and values shaping a system.
Mental Model Mapper fits situations like: deeper mental models need examining with care and evidence.
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill mental-model-mapper -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/mental-model-mapper in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill mental-model-mapper -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/systems-thinking/mental-model-mapper in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/mental-model-mapper in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
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 mental-model-mapper -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/mental-model-mapper, .gemini/skills/mental-model-mapper, .github/skills/mental-model-mapper and .opencode/skills/mental-model-mapper in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Mental Model Mapper is instructions for the agent only.
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.
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.
Mental Model Mapper has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mental Model Mapper: Audience Belief Mapper (aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills, 2.9k stars), Conversion Value Mapper (aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills, 2.9k stars), Assumption Mapper (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars) and Job Story Mapper (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
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.
