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Redesign a classroom as a prepared environment optimised for independent learning, calm transitions, and material access.
Install Prepared Environment Designer
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill prepared-environment-designer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills prepared-environment-designer --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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer .claude/skills/prepared-environment-designer && 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 "prepared-environment-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer into .claude/skills/prepared-environment-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "prepared-environment-designer", 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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designerType 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 prepared-environment-designer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills prepared-environment-designer --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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer .agents/skills/prepared-environment-designer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "prepared-environment-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer into .agents/skills/prepared-environment-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "prepared-environment-designer", 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 prepared-environment-designer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills prepared-environment-designer --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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer .cursor/skills/prepared-environment-designer && 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 "prepared-environment-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer into .cursor/skills/prepared-environment-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "prepared-environment-designer", 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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer--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 prepared-environment-designer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills prepared-environment-designer --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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer .gemini/skills/prepared-environment-designer && 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 "prepared-environment-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer into .gemini/skills/prepared-environment-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "prepared-environment-designer", 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 prepared-environment-designerInstalls 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 prepared-environment-designer -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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer .github/skills/prepared-environment-designer && 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 "prepared-environment-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer into .github/skills/prepared-environment-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "prepared-environment-designer", 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 prepared-environment-designer -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 prepared-environment-designer --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/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer .opencode/skills/prepared-environment-designer && 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 "prepared-environment-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer into .opencode/skills/prepared-environment-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "prepared-environment-designer", 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
prepared-environment-designer- GitHub stars
- 840
- Token cost
- ~7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,696 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 160
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Redesign a classroom as a prepared environment optimised for independent learning, calm transitions, and material access.
- Works in 5 steps: Unlock the pencils. Put pencils,… → Move materials to child height. Take the… → Strip the walls. Remove ALL commercial… → …
- Classroom layout hinders independence
- 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
Prepared Environment Designer is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Redesign a classroom as a prepared environment optimised for independent learning, calm transitions, and material access. Use when classroom layout hinders independence or self-directed work.
Its SKILL.md is about 7k 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
- Classroom layout hinders independence
- Self-directed work
Example prompts
- “/prepared-environment-designer”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Unlock the pencils. Put pencils, crayons, rulers, and scissors in open containers on each table group (a pot or tray per table). If…
- Move materials to child height. Take the plastic boxes off the high shelves and place them on the lower shelves, floor level, or on the…
- Strip the walls. Remove ALL commercial posters, the reward chart, the birthday display, and any student work that is curling, faded, or…
- Create a defined quiet corner. Move the carpet to a corner. Add a bookshelf (repositioned from elsewhere in the room) to create a partial…
- Clear the entrance. Move bags to under the coat pegs (hooks or a simple shelf). If bags don't fit, send a letter home asking for book bags…
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
Prepared Environment Designer loads about 7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,696 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 2,696 words (~6,980 tokens).
“Evaluates a classroom or learning space against Montessori prepared environment principles and produces a practical redesign plan. The prepared environment is one of Montessori's most distinctive and influential contributions: the idea that the physical space IS the curriculum — that…”
- name
- prepared-environment-designer
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer
- skill_name
- Prepared Environment Designer
- domain
- montessori-alternative-approaches
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- moderate
- evidence_sources
- Lillard (2005) — Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, Cossentino (2006) — Big work: goodness, volitional action, and the classroom environment in…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
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Prepared Environment Designer 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepared Environment Designer this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 840 | — | ~7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| DeepTutor CLIHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| AI Engineering Placement Quizrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 66k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Deep Reading Analystginobefun/deep-reading-analyst-skill | 354 | 4 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| OpenMAIC Setup and ExtensionTHU-MAIC/OpenMAIC | 40k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Codebase to Coursezarazhangrui/codebase-to-course | 5.7k | — | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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What does Prepared Environment Designer do?
Redesign a classroom as a prepared environment optimised for independent learning, calm transitions, and material access. Prepared Environment Designer is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Redesign a classroom as a prepared environment optimised for independent learning, calm transitions, and material access.
When should I use Prepared Environment Designer?
Prepared Environment Designer fits situations like: classroom layout hinders independence; self-directed work.
How do I install Prepared Environment Designer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill prepared-environment-designer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/prepared-environment-designer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Prepared Environment Designer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill prepared-environment-designer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/montessori-alternative-approaches/prepared-environment-designer in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/prepared-environment-designer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Prepared Environment Designer 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 prepared-environment-designer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/prepared-environment-designer, .gemini/skills/prepared-environment-designer, .github/skills/prepared-environment-designer and .opencode/skills/prepared-environment-designer in your project.
What does Prepared Environment Designer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Prepared Environment Designer is instructions for the agent only.
Does Prepared Environment Designer 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 Prepared Environment Designer 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 Prepared Environment Designer use?
Prepared Environment Designer 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 Prepared Environment Designer use?
About 7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 28k 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 Prepared Environment Designer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prepared Environment Designer: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Placement Quiz (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars), Deep Reading Analyst (ginobefun/deep-reading-analyst-skill, 354 stars) and OpenMAIC Setup and Extension (THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Prepared Environment Designer?
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.