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Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams.
Install Self Explanation Prompt Designer
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill self-explanation-prompt-designer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer .claude/skills/self-explanation-prompt-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 "self-explanation-prompt-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer into .claude/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-designer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer .agents/skills/self-explanation-prompt-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 "self-explanation-prompt-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer into .agents/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-designer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer .cursor/skills/self-explanation-prompt-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 "self-explanation-prompt-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer into .cursor/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-designer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer .gemini/skills/self-explanation-prompt-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 "self-explanation-prompt-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer into .gemini/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer .github/skills/self-explanation-prompt-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 "self-explanation-prompt-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer into .github/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-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 self-explanation-prompt-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/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer .opencode/skills/self-explanation-prompt-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 "self-explanation-prompt-designer" agent skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer into .opencode/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "self-explanation-prompt-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
self-explanation-prompt-designer- GitHub stars
- 840
- Token cost
- ~5.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,156 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 160
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams.
- Works in 4 steps: Self-explanation prompts slow down study… → The quality of self-explanation is hard… → Self-explanation works best with… → …
- Students read material passively without engaging with underlying principles
- 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 Explanation Prompt Designer is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams. Use when students read material passively without engaging with underlying principles.
Its SKILL.md is about 5.5k 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 Development, covering Diagrams. 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 read material passively without engaging with underlying principles
- Tasks that involve Diagrams
Example prompts
- “/self-explanation-prompt-designer”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Self-explanation prompts slow down study time. A student who self-explains at every step will take significantly longer to work through…
- The quality of self-explanation is hard to evaluate automatically. An AI can detect the LENGTH of a response and the presence of key…
- Self-explanation works best with conceptually rich material. Procedural content with minimal conceptual depth (e.g., formatting a…
- Students may need training to self-explain. Chi et al. (1994) found that prompting alone was effective, but other studies suggest that…
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 Explanation Prompt Designer loads about 5.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,156 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 2,156 words (~5,550 tokens).
“Designs self-explanation prompts — the specific questions placed at key points in learning material that prompt students to explain TO THEMSELVES why something is true, how it works, or what it means. Chi et al. (1989) discovered that students who…”
- name
- self-explanation-prompt-designer
- disable-model-invocation
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- medium
- skill_id
- ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer
- skill_name
- Self-Explanation Prompt Designer
- domain
- ai-learning-science
- version
- 1.0
- evidence_strength
- strong
- evidence_sources
- Chi et al. (1989) — Self-explanations: how students study and use examples in learning to solve problems, Chi et al. (1994) — Eliciting self-explanations…
- output_schema.type
- object
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4
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| Self Explanation Prompt Designer this skillGarethManning/education-agent-skills | 840 | — | ~5.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
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| Fireworks Tech Graphtisfeng/Easydict | 15k | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Excalidraw Diagramcoleam00/excalidraw-diagram-skill | 5k | 2 repos | ~6.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Self Explanation Prompt Designer
What does Self Explanation Prompt Designer do?
Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams. Self Explanation Prompt Designer is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams.
When should I use Self Explanation Prompt Designer?
Self Explanation Prompt Designer fits situations like: students read material passively without engaging with underlying principles; tasks that involve Diagrams.
How do I install Self Explanation Prompt Designer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill self-explanation-prompt-designer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Self Explanation Prompt Designer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill self-explanation-prompt-designer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai-learning-science/self-explanation-prompt-designer in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Self Explanation Prompt 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 self-explanation-prompt-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/self-explanation-prompt-designer, .gemini/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer, .github/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer and .opencode/skills/self-explanation-prompt-designer in your project.
What does Self Explanation Prompt Designer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Self Explanation Prompt Designer is instructions for the agent only.
Does Self Explanation Prompt 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 Self Explanation Prompt 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 Self Explanation Prompt Designer use?
Self Explanation Prompt 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 Self Explanation Prompt Designer use?
About 5.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 22k 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 Explanation Prompt Designer?
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Who maintains Self Explanation Prompt 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.