Agent Prompt Quality Bar
mastra-ai/mastra
Universal quality bar and final audit rubric for any agent system prompt.
Build a library of metacognitive prompts targeting planning, monitoring, or evaluation for a specific task.
Install Metacognitive Prompt Library
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill metacognitive-prompt-library -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills metacognitive-prompt-library --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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library .claude/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library && 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 "metacognitive-prompt-library" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library into .claude/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "metacognitive-prompt-library", 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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-libraryType 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 metacognitive-prompt-library -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills metacognitive-prompt-library --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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library .agents/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "metacognitive-prompt-library" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library into .agents/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "metacognitive-prompt-library", 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 metacognitive-prompt-library -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills metacognitive-prompt-library --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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library .cursor/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library && 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 "metacognitive-prompt-library" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library into .cursor/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "metacognitive-prompt-library", 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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library--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 metacognitive-prompt-library -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills metacognitive-prompt-library --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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library .gemini/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library && 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 "metacognitive-prompt-library" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library into .gemini/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "metacognitive-prompt-library", 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 metacognitive-prompt-libraryInstalls 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 metacognitive-prompt-library -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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library .github/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library && 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 "metacognitive-prompt-library" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library into .github/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "metacognitive-prompt-library", 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 metacognitive-prompt-library -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 metacognitive-prompt-library --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/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library .opencode/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library && 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 "metacognitive-prompt-library" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library into .opencode/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "metacognitive-prompt-library", 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
metacognitive-prompt-library- GitHub stars
- 840
- Token cost
- ~4.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,519 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 160
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Build a library of metacognitive prompts targeting planning, monitoring, or evaluation for a specific task.
- Works in 3 steps: Metacognitive prompts require teacher… → Low metacognitive awareness students may… → Metacognitive monitoring takes time and…
- Developing students thinking-about-thinking during independent work
- 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
Metacognitive Prompt Library is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Build a library of metacognitive prompts targeting planning, monitoring, or evaluation for a specific task. Use when developing students' thinking-about-thinking during independent work.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.3k 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 AI & LLM Engineering, covering Prompt engineering. 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
- Developing students thinking-about-thinking during independent work
- Tasks that involve Prompt engineering
Example prompts
- “/metacognitive-prompt-library”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Metacognitive prompts require teacher modelling to be effective. Distributing a prompt card without explicitly modelling what…
- Low metacognitive awareness students may find open-ended monitoring prompts frustrating or confusing. For students who have never been…
- Metacognitive monitoring takes time and initially slows task completion. Teachers under time pressure may be tempted to skip the…
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
Metacognitive Prompt Library loads about 4.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,519 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 1,519 words (~4,258 tokens).
“Generates a calibrated set of metacognitive prompts for a specific learning task — prompts that help students monitor their own comprehension, evaluate their strategy effectiveness, detect errors, and adjust their approach. Unlike generic "think about your thinking" instructions, these prompts…”
- name
- metacognitive-prompt-library
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library
- skill_name
- Metacognitive Prompt Library
- domain
- self-regulated-learning
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- strong
- evidence_sources
- Flavell (1979) — Metacognition and cognitive monitoring: a new area of cognitive-developmental inquiry, Veenman et al. (2006) — Metacognition and learning…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
Compare with similar skills
Metacognitive Prompt Library 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metacognitive Prompt Library this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 840 | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Agent Prompt Quality Barmastra-ai/mastra | 29k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Dspy Bootstrap FewshotOmidZamani/dspy-skills | 123 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Prompt Engineer Toolkitborghei/Claude-Skills | 891 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Prompt LabMathews-Tom/armory | 329 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Hospital Margin Forensicshh-health-AI/healthcare-equity | 101 | — | ~837 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Metacognitive Prompt Library
What does Metacognitive Prompt Library do?
Build a library of metacognitive prompts targeting planning, monitoring, or evaluation for a specific task. Metacognitive Prompt Library is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Build a library of metacognitive prompts targeting planning, monitoring, or evaluation for a specific task.
When should I use Metacognitive Prompt Library?
Metacognitive Prompt Library fits situations like: developing students thinking-about-thinking during independent work; tasks that involve Prompt engineering.
How do I install Metacognitive Prompt Library in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill metacognitive-prompt-library -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Metacognitive Prompt Library in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill metacognitive-prompt-library -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/self-regulated-learning/metacognitive-prompt-library in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Metacognitive Prompt Library 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 metacognitive-prompt-library -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library, .gemini/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library, .github/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library and .opencode/skills/metacognitive-prompt-library in your project.
What does Metacognitive Prompt Library need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Metacognitive Prompt Library is instructions for the agent only.
Does Metacognitive Prompt Library 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 Metacognitive Prompt Library 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 Metacognitive Prompt Library use?
Metacognitive Prompt Library 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 Metacognitive Prompt Library use?
About 4.3k 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 Metacognitive Prompt Library?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Metacognitive Prompt Library: Agent Prompt Quality Bar (mastra-ai/mastra, 29k stars), Dspy Bootstrap Fewshot (OmidZamani/dspy-skills, 123 stars), Prompt Engineer Toolkit (borghei/Claude-Skills, 891 stars) and Prompt Lab (Mathews-Tom/armory, 329 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Metacognitive Prompt Library?
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.