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Design a mastery experience sequence that systematically builds student confidence in a skill they avoid.
Install Self Efficacy Builder Sequence
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-efficacy-builder-sequence --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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence .claude/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence && 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 "self-efficacy-builder-sequence" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence into .claude/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-efficacy-builder-sequence", 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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequenceType 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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-efficacy-builder-sequence --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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence .agents/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "self-efficacy-builder-sequence" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence into .agents/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-efficacy-builder-sequence", 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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-efficacy-builder-sequence --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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence .cursor/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence && 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 "self-efficacy-builder-sequence" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence into .cursor/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-efficacy-builder-sequence", 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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence--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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-efficacy-builder-sequence --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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence .gemini/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence && 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 "self-efficacy-builder-sequence" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence into .gemini/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-efficacy-builder-sequence", 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 self-efficacy-builder-sequenceInstalls 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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence -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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence .github/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence && 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 "self-efficacy-builder-sequence" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence into .github/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-efficacy-builder-sequence", 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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence -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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence --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/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence .opencode/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence && 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 "self-efficacy-builder-sequence" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence into .opencode/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-efficacy-builder-sequence", 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
self-efficacy-builder-sequence- GitHub stars
- 835
- Token cost
- ~6.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,499 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 142
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Design a mastery experience sequence that systematically builds student confidence in a skill they avoid.
- Works in 4 steps: Maintain the verbal planning strategy.… → Gradually extend the volume. Once a… → Watch for regression after failure. If… → …
- Students say I cant do this
- 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
Self Efficacy Builder Sequence is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Design a mastery experience sequence that systematically builds student confidence in a skill they avoid. Use when students say 'I can't do this', avoid tasks, or show learned helplessness.
Its SKILL.md is about 6.4k 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
- Students say I cant do this
- Show learned helplessness
Example prompts
- “t do this”
- “/self-efficacy-builder-sequence”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Maintain the verbal planning strategy. This student's strength is verbal articulation. The bridge from speech to writing should remain…
- Gradually extend the volume. Once a single paragraph is secure, extend to two linked paragraphs (using verbal planning for each). Then to…
- Watch for regression after failure. If the student produces a weaker piece of work (as every writer does), they may interpret this as…
- Never publicly compare this student's writing to their earlier avoidance. "Remember when you used to put your head on the desk?" may seem…
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
Self Efficacy Builder Sequence loads about 6.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,499 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 2,499 words (~6,394 tokens).
“Designs a structured sequence of tasks that systematically builds self-efficacy for a student who believes they "can't do" a specific skill — using Bandura's four sources of self-efficacy (mastery experiences, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and physiological states) in the right…”
- name
- self-efficacy-builder-sequence
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence
- skill_name
- Self-Efficacy Builder Sequence
- domain
- wellbeing-motivation-agency
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- strong
- evidence_sources
- Bandura (1977, 1997) — Self-efficacy: toward a unifying theory of behavioural change, Bandura (1986) — Social Foundations of Thought and Action: four sources…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self Efficacy Builder Sequence this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 835 | — | ~6.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| DeepTutor CLIHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Zhang Xuefeng Perspectivealchaincyf/zhangxuefeng-skill | 10k | 1 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Deep Reading Analystginobefun/deep-reading-analyst-skill | 353 | 5 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AI Engineering Placement Quizrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 66k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| OpenMAIC Setup and ExtensionTHU-MAIC/OpenMAIC | 40k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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What does Self Efficacy Builder Sequence do?
Design a mastery experience sequence that systematically builds student confidence in a skill they avoid. Self Efficacy Builder Sequence is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Design a mastery experience sequence that systematically builds student confidence in a skill they avoid.
When should I use Self Efficacy Builder Sequence?
Self Efficacy Builder Sequence fits situations like: students say I cant do this; show learned helplessness.
How do I install Self Efficacy Builder Sequence in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Self Efficacy Builder Sequence in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/wellbeing-motivation-agency/self-efficacy-builder-sequence in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Self Efficacy Builder Sequence 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 self-efficacy-builder-sequence -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence, .gemini/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence, .github/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence and .opencode/skills/self-efficacy-builder-sequence in your project.
What does Self Efficacy Builder Sequence need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Self Efficacy Builder Sequence is instructions for the agent only.
Does Self Efficacy Builder Sequence 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 Self Efficacy Builder Sequence 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 Self Efficacy Builder Sequence use?
Self Efficacy Builder Sequence 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 Self Efficacy Builder Sequence use?
About 6.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 26k 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 Self Efficacy Builder Sequence?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Self Efficacy Builder Sequence: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), Zhang Xuefeng Perspective (alchaincyf/zhangxuefeng-skill, 10k stars), Deep Reading Analyst (ginobefun/deep-reading-analyst-skill, 353 stars) and AI Engineering Placement Quiz (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Self Efficacy Builder Sequence?
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.