Agent skill

Reggio Documentation Protocol

by GarethManning in GarethManning/education-agent-skills

Design a pedagogical documentation protocol for making children's learning processes visible and shareable.

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Install Reggio Documentation Protocol

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill reggio-documentation-protocol -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills reggio-documentation-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/global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/reggio-documentation-protocol .claude/skills/reggio-documentation-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
reggio-documentation-protocol
GitHub stars
837
Token cost
~6.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,281 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
160
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Design a pedagogical documentation protocol for making children's learning processes visible and shareable.

  • Works in 3 steps: Reggio documentation requires time that… → The Reggio approach was developed for… → Documentation is a pedagogical stance,…
  • Documenting learning
  • 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

Reggio Documentation Protocol is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Design a pedagogical documentation protocol for making children's learning processes visible and shareable. Use when documenting learning, communicating with families, or planning next steps.

Its SKILL.md is about 6.1k 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

  • Documenting learning
  • Communicating with families
  • Planning next steps

Example prompts

  • “/reggio-documentation-protocol”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Reggio documentation requires time that many teachers do not have. Transcribing children's words, selecting and annotating photographs…
  2. The Reggio approach was developed for early childhood and primary education. While Krechevsky et al. (2013) have shown it can be adapted…
  3. Documentation is a pedagogical stance, not a technique. The protocol provides practical guidance, but Reggio documentation requires a…

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

Reggio Documentation Protocol loads about 6.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,281 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.1k

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 2,281 words (~6,144 tokens).

“Designs a documentation protocol following the Reggio Emilia approach — a systematic practice of observing, recording, interpreting, and sharing children's learning processes, not just their products. In the Reggio tradition, documentation is not assessment, display, or record-keeping — it is…”

— opening of SKILL.md by GarethManning, Custom licence
name
reggio-documentation-protocol
disable-model-invocation
false
user-invocable
true
effort
medium
skill_id
global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/reggio-documentation-protocol
skill_name
Reggio Documentation Protocol
domain
global-cross-cultural-pedagogies
version
1.0
evidence_strength
moderate
evidence_sources
Rinaldi (2006) — In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia: listening, researching and learning, Malaguzzi (1993) — For an education based on relationships, Krechevsky…
output_schema.type
object

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/global-cross-cultural-pedagogies/reggio-documentation-protocol of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4

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Questions about Reggio Documentation Protocol

What does Reggio Documentation Protocol do?

Design a pedagogical documentation protocol for making children's learning processes visible and shareable. Reggio Documentation Protocol is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Design a pedagogical documentation protocol for making children's learning processes visible and shareable.

When should I use Reggio Documentation Protocol?

Reggio Documentation Protocol fits situations like: documenting learning; communicating with families; planning next steps.

How do I install Reggio Documentation Protocol in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Reggio Documentation Protocol in Codex?

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

Can I use Reggio Documentation 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 reggio-documentation-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/reggio-documentation-protocol, .gemini/skills/reggio-documentation-protocol, .github/skills/reggio-documentation-protocol and .opencode/skills/reggio-documentation-protocol in your project.

What does Reggio Documentation Protocol need to run?

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

Does Reggio Documentation 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 Reggio Documentation 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 Reggio Documentation Protocol use?

Reggio Documentation 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 Reggio Documentation Protocol use?

About 6.1k 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 Reggio Documentation Protocol?

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Who maintains Reggio Documentation Protocol?

GarethManning (a GitHub user) maintains it in GarethManning/education-agent-skills, which has 837 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.