Agent Prompt Quality Bar
mastra-ai/mastra
Universal quality bar and final audit rubric for any agent system prompt.
Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt and confidence rating.
Install Retrieve First Gate
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill retrieve-first-gate -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills retrieve-first-gate --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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate .claude/skills/retrieve-first-gate && 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 "retrieve-first-gate" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate into .claude/skills/retrieve-first-gate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "retrieve-first-gate", 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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gateType 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 retrieve-first-gate -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills retrieve-first-gate --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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate .agents/skills/retrieve-first-gate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "retrieve-first-gate" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate into .agents/skills/retrieve-first-gate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "retrieve-first-gate", 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 retrieve-first-gate -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills retrieve-first-gate --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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate .cursor/skills/retrieve-first-gate && 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 "retrieve-first-gate" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate into .cursor/skills/retrieve-first-gate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "retrieve-first-gate", 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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate--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 retrieve-first-gate -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills retrieve-first-gate --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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate .gemini/skills/retrieve-first-gate && 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 "retrieve-first-gate" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate into .gemini/skills/retrieve-first-gate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "retrieve-first-gate", 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 retrieve-first-gateInstalls 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 retrieve-first-gate -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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate .github/skills/retrieve-first-gate && 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 "retrieve-first-gate" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate into .github/skills/retrieve-first-gate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "retrieve-first-gate", 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 retrieve-first-gate -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 retrieve-first-gate --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/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate .opencode/skills/retrieve-first-gate && 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 "retrieve-first-gate" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate into .opencode/skills/retrieve-first-gate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "retrieve-first-gate", 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
retrieve-first-gate- GitHub stars
- 835
- Token cost
- ~3.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,058 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 142
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt and confidence rating.
- Works in 4 steps: Free recall is harder than recognition… → Quality of retrieval evaluation depends… → The skill cannot enforce that the… → …
- A student wants help understanding
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, Evidence Foundation, System Prompt and Example Transcript, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Retrieve First Gate is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt and confidence rating. Use when a student wants help understanding or reviewing a topic — this skill ensures the AI works from what the learner already knows.
Its SKILL.md is about 3.8k 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. 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
- A student wants help understanding
- Reviewing a topic — this skill ensures the AI works from what the learner already knows
Example prompts
- “/retrieve-first-gate”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Free recall is harder than recognition and can feel discouraging for low-confidence learners. The skill is designed for motivated students…
- Quality of retrieval evaluation depends on the AI's subject knowledge. The AI must correctly identify what is accurate, missing, and…
- The skill cannot enforce that the learner has not looked at their notes. It relies on honest participation. If the learner pastes from…
- Confidence ratings are self-report data and subject to strategic inflation or deflation. Some learners habitually underrate (anxiety)…
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
Retrieve First Gate loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,058 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 1,058 words (~3,796 tokens).
“Before providing any explanation, summary, or answer, requires the learner to produce a free-recall attempt on the topic along with a confidence rating (0–100). The AI then evaluates which parts of the recall are accurate, which are missing, and which…”
- name
- retrieve-first-gate
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- student-learning/retrieve-first-gate
- skill_name
- Retrieve-First Gate
- domain
- student-learning
- domain_number
- 20
- version
- 1.0
- audience
- student
- evidence_strength
- strong
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
Compare with similar skills
Retrieve First Gate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieve First Gate this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 835 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Agent Prompt Quality Barmastra-ai/mastra | 29k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| nanoGPT Training GuideOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs | 13k | 3 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Course Guidefancyboi999/ai-engineering-from-scratch-zh | 1.2k | — | ~948 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Advanced Evaluationguanyang/open-agent-hub | 975 | 2 repos | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Agentic Self Distillationburtenshaw/training-agents | 153 | — | ~354 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Retrieve First Gate
What does Retrieve First Gate do?
Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt and confidence rating. Retrieve First Gate is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt and confidence rating.
When should I use Retrieve First Gate?
Retrieve First Gate fits situations like: A student wants help understanding; reviewing a topic — this skill ensures the AI works from what the learner already knows.
How do I install Retrieve First Gate in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill retrieve-first-gate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/retrieve-first-gate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Retrieve First Gate in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill retrieve-first-gate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/retrieve-first-gate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Retrieve First Gate 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 retrieve-first-gate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/retrieve-first-gate, .gemini/skills/retrieve-first-gate, .github/skills/retrieve-first-gate and .opencode/skills/retrieve-first-gate in your project.
What does Retrieve First Gate need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Retrieve First Gate is instructions for the agent only.
Does Retrieve First Gate 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 Retrieve First Gate 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 Retrieve First Gate use?
Retrieve First Gate 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 Retrieve First Gate use?
About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k 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 Retrieve First Gate?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Retrieve First Gate: Agent Prompt Quality Bar (mastra-ai/mastra, 29k stars), nanoGPT Training Guide (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars), Course Guide (fancyboi999/ai-engineering-from-scratch-zh, 1.2k stars) and Advanced Evaluation (guanyang/open-agent-hub, 975 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Retrieve First Gate?
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.