Agent skill

Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper

by GarethManning in GarethManning/education-agent-skills

Map a scoped topic across three coexisting horizons — current system under strain (H1), preferred future (H3), and transition innovations sorted as H2+ or H2- — to understand change dynamics and…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedEducation

Install Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper --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/original-frameworks/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper .claude/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper && 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
three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper
GitHub stars
837
Token cost
~4.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,069 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
160
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Map a scoped topic across three coexisting horizons — current system under strain (H1), preferred future (H3), and transition innovations sorted as H2+ or H2- — to understand change dynamics and…

  • Works in 5 steps: Mapping in the wrong sequence (H1 → H2 →… → H3 as a fantasy wish list. H3 should be… → H2- as obviously bad. H2- innovations… → …
  • Education work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, Evidence Space and Strength of…, Input Schema and Prompt, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Map a scoped topic across three coexisting horizons — current system under strain (H1), preferred future (H3), and transition innovations sorted as H2+ or H2- — to understand change dynamics and identify responsible next actions.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.3k 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

  • Education work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Mapping in the wrong sequence (H1 → H2 → H3). Without H3 in place, students cannot classify H2 items. They will list innovations without…
  2. H3 as a fantasy wish list. H3 should be grounded in pockets already visible somewhere in the world. An H3 with no real examples is harder…
  3. H2- as obviously bad. H2- innovations are not necessarily dishonest — they often represent real attempts at improvement constrained by…
  4. H1 as a list of complaints. A strong H1 explains why the pattern persists, not only what is wrong with it. Without understanding H1's…
  5. H1 as "the past" and H3 as "the future." All three horizons exist simultaneously in the present. This is not a historical timeline.

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

Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper loads about 4.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,069 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~68
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.3k

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 1,069 words (~4,337 tokens).

“Guides students through a Three Horizons mapping exercise that helps them understand how a current system is changing, what kind of future they want to grow, and which innovations are genuinely moving toward that future. The skill produces a structured…”

— opening of SKILL.md by GarethManning, Custom licence
name
three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper
disable-model-invocation
false
user-invocable
true
effort
high
skill_id
original-frameworks/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper
skill_name
Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper
domain
original-frameworks
version
1.0
evidence_strength
emerging
evidence_sources
Curry, A., & Hodgson, A. (2008). Seeing in multiple horizons: connecting futures to strategy. Journal of Futures Studies, 13(1), 1–20., Sharpe, B., Fazey, I…
output_schema.type
object

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/original-frameworks/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper of GarethManning/education-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6bbbce4

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Questions about Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper

What does Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper do?

Map a scoped topic across three coexisting horizons — current system under strain (H1), preferred future (H3), and transition innovations sorted as H2+ or H2- — to understand change dynamics and…. Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper is an agent skill from GarethManning/education-agent-skills. Map a scoped topic across three coexisting horizons — current system under strain (H1), preferred future (H3), and transition innovations sorted as H2+ or H2- — to understand change dynamics and identify responsible next actions.

When should I use Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper?

Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper fits situations like: education work in your project.

How do I install Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/original-frameworks/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/original-frameworks/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper in GarethManning/education-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper 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 three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper, .gemini/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper, .github/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper and .opencode/skills/three-horizons-learning-transition-mapper in your project.

What does Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper is instructions for the agent only.

Does Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper 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 Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper 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 Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper use?

Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper 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 Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper use?

About 4.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper: 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, 353 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 Three Horizons Learning Transition Mapper?

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.