Agent skill

Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor

by GarethManning in GarethManning/education-agent-skills

Anchor a multidisciplinary unit in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject lenses to understand.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill phenomenon-based-unit-anchor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills phenomenon-based-unit-anchor --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/global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor .claude/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor && 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
phenomenon-based-unit-anchor
GitHub stars
840
Token cost
~6.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,286 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
160
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Anchor a multidisciplinary unit in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject lenses to understand.

  • Works in 4 steps: Supply chain summary (Geography): Where… → Environmental impact statement… → Cost breakdown (Mathematics): A visual… → …
  • Designing integrated
  • 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

Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Anchor a multidisciplinary unit in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject lenses to understand. Use when designing integrated or phenomenon-based units across disciplines.

Its SKILL.md is about 6.3k 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.

When your agent uses it

  • Designing integrated
  • Phenomenon-based units across disciplines

Example prompts

  • “/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Supply chain summary (Geography): Where the garment was made, the journey it took, the conditions of the workers at each stage
  2. Environmental impact statement (Science): The environmental cost — materials, chemicals, carbon, microplastics — with specific data
  3. Cost breakdown (Mathematics): A visual representation of where the retail price goes, with percentages calculated and presented clearly
  4. Ethical assessment (Ethics): An evaluation of the garment's ethical standing, using at least one ethical framework, including…

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

Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor loads about 6.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,286 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
~6.3k

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 2,286 words (~6,323 tokens).

“Designs a phenomenon-based learning unit anchored in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject disciplines to understand — following the approach central to Finland's 2016 National Core Curriculum (POPS 2016). The critical insight from the Finnish model is that phenomena…”

— opening of SKILL.md by GarethManning, Custom licence
name
phenomenon-based-unit-anchor
disable-model-invocation
false
user-invocable
true
effort
medium
skill_id
global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor
skill_name
Phenomenon-Based Unit Anchor
domain
global-cross-cultural-pedagogies
version
1.0
evidence_strength
moderate
evidence_sources
Finnish National Agency for Education (2016) — National Core Curriculum for Basic Education (POPS 2016), Lonka (2018) — Phenomenal Learning from Finland…
output_schema.type
object

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4

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Warp Rust Unit Testswarpdotdev/warp65k1 repos~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Writing Unit TestsTriliumNext/Trilium38k—~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Anchor Textthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~426Automated safety check: PassMIT
Responsive Unitsthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~472Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor

What does Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor do?

Anchor a multidisciplinary unit in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject lenses to understand. Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Anchor a multidisciplinary unit in a real-world phenomenon that requires multiple subject lenses to understand.

When should I use Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor?

Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor fits situations like: designing integrated; phenomenon-based units across disciplines.

How do I install Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill phenomenon-based-unit-anchor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill phenomenon-based-unit-anchor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor 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 phenomenon-based-unit-anchor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor, .gemini/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor, .github/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor and .opencode/skills/phenomenon-based-unit-anchor in your project.

What does Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor is instructions for the agent only.

Does Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor 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 Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor 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 Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor use?

Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor 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 Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor use?

About 6.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 25k 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 Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor: Unit Tests (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Warp Rust Unit Tests (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Writing Unit Tests (TriliumNext/Trilium, 38k stars) and Anchor Text (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Phenomenon Based Unit Anchor?

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.