Agent skill

Hax Ubd Grasps

by haxtheweb in haxtheweb/haxcms-php

Frame UbD GRASPS performance tasks (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance/Product, Standards) and select authentic-context HAX media.

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Install Hax Ubd Grasps

skills CLI
$ npx skills add haxtheweb/haxcms-php --skill hax-ubd-grasps -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install haxtheweb/haxcms-php hax-ubd-grasps --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/haxtheweb/haxcms-php.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.well-known/agent-skills/hax-ubd-grasps .claude/skills/hax-ubd-grasps && 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
hax-ubd-grasps
GitHub stars
130
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
491 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Frame UbD GRASPS performance tasks (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance/Product, Standards) and select authentic-context HAX media.

  • The user says build a GRASPS task
  • SKILL.md covers The six letters (UbD Fig 7.7), When to Use, Authenticity checklist (UbD… and HAX authentic-context media…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Make this assessment authentic

What it does

Hax Ubd Grasps is an agent skill from haxtheweb/haxcms-php. Frame UbD GRASPS performance tasks (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance/Product, Standards) and select authentic-context HAX media. Use when the user says "build a GRASPS task", "make this assessment authentic", "design a performance task", or "frame a real-world task". Companion to hax-ubd-stage2.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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: HAX + CMS to manage your microsite universe with PHP backend. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says build a GRASPS task
  • Make this assessment authentic
  • Design a performance task
  • Frame a real-world task

Example prompts

  • “build a GRASPS task”
  • “make this assessment authentic”
  • “design a performance task”
  • “/hax-ubd-grasps”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3542096. 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

Hax Ubd Grasps loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 491 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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

The full file from haxtheweb/haxcms-php at commit 3542096, republished under its MIT licence (© haxtheweb). 491 words, ~1,247 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hax-ubd-grasps/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
hax-ubd-grasps
description
Frame UbD GRASPS performance tasks (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance/Product, Standards) and select authentic-context HAX media. Use when the user says "build a GRASPS task", "make this assessment authentic", "design a performance task", or "frame a real-world task". Companion to hax-ubd-stage2.
version
1.0.0
license
MIT
metadata.author
PRAW
metadata.tags
instructional-design, understanding-by-design, ubd, grasps, performance-task, authentic-assessment, hax
metadata.requirements
A targeted enduring understanding to assess (manifest.stage1). Emits a GRASPS task spec + authentic-context media selection.

HAX UbD GRASPS Task Framing

Frame authentic GRASPS performance tasks and pick the right HAX authentic-context media. This is the focused companion to hax-ubd-stage2 (which owns the full evidence scrapbook) — use it when the user specifically needs a performance task framed or made authentic.

The six letters (UbD Fig 7.7)

LetterElementPrompt stem
GGoalYour task is… / The goal is to… / The challenge is… / The obstacles are…
RRoleYou are… / You have been asked to… / Your job is…
AAudienceYour clients are… / The target audience is… / You need to convince…
SSituationThe context is… / The challenge involves dealing with…
PPerformance/ProductYou will create a… in order to… / You need to develop… so that…
SStandardsYour performance needs to… / Your work will be judged by… / Your product must meet…

When to Use

  • "Build a GRASPS task" / "make this assessment authentic" / "design a performance task"
  • "Frame a real-world task for X" / "give this task an audience and purpose"
  • You are hax-ubd-stage2 and are framing the core performance task

When NOT: the full evidence scrapbook (rubric, validity, reliability) → hax-ubd-stage2. Cognitive level → grad-blooms.

Authenticity checklist (UbD Ch. 7)

A task is authentic if it:

  • Is realistically contextualized (replicates real-world ways knowledge is tested)
  • Requires judgment and innovation (not a cued plug-in)
  • Asks the student to "do the subject" (resembles work in the field)
  • Replicates challenging, "noisy" situations (constraints, audience, purpose)
  • Assesses integrated repertoire use (the whole game, not just sideline drills)
  • Allows rehearsal, resources, feedback (not mystery testing)

If a task fails ≥2 of these, it is an exercise, not a problem — rework it and mark isProblemNotExercise accordingly.

Show full SKILL.md (220 more words)Show less

HAX authentic-context media picker

Context needComponent
Video scenario / documentary contextvideo-player
Audio interview / oral history / radio contextaudio-player (prefer via media-playlist)
Multi-asset media sequence (audio program)media-playlist + audio-player
Compare two visuals (then/now, two designs, two maps)image-compare-slider, a11y-compare-image
Interactive image map (explore a scene/diagram)lrndesign-imagemap
Constructed response / product / reportsimple-fields
Rubric / standards / criteria displayeditable-table

Output Format

# GRASPS Task: {title}
## Targeted understanding
{verbatim from manifest.stage1.understandings}
## G — Goal
{...}
## R — Role
{...}
## A — Audience
{...}
## S — Situation
{...}
## P — Performance/Product
{...}
## S — Standards
{...}
## Authenticity check
{6 criteria → pass/fail; isProblemNotExercise: true/false}
## HAX context media
{components + placement}
## HAX product + rubric
{simple-fields for product; editable-table for rubric}

Acceptance criteria

  • All six GRASPS letters filled.
  • Authenticity: passes ≥5 of 6 checks; isProblemNotExercise: true.
  • targetsUnderstanding is stated verbatim from Stage 1.
  • Context media chosen from the picker above (no invented tags).
  • Product captured via simple-fields; standards/rubric via editable-table.

Gotchas

  • A GRASPS task can still be an exercise. If the Situation gives away the exact approach, it's a cued plug-in. Remove cues; make the student decide which knowledge to use.
  • Audience and purpose transform a task. A "report on nutrition" becomes authentic when framed as "advise a specific client with specific constraints." Don't skip A and the purpose in P.
  • Not every assessment needs GRASPS. Use it for the core performance task(s); quizzes and academic prompts round out the scrapbook without GRASPS framing.

Dependencies

  • Reads: the targeted understanding (from manifest.stage1)
  • Used by: hax-ubd-stage2
  • Sibling: hax-ubd-six-facets (which facets the task should reveal)

References

  • ../hax-ubd-backward-design/references/ubd-element-map.md — Stage 2 component map
  • ../hax-ubd-backward-design/references/validity-self-test.md — run on the framed task
  • Source: Wiggins & McTighe (2005), UbD Ch. 7, Fig 7.6–7.7.

© haxtheweb, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .well-known/agent-skills/hax-ubd-grasps of haxtheweb/haxcms-php.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3542096

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Questions about Hax Ubd Grasps

What does Hax Ubd Grasps do?

Frame UbD GRASPS performance tasks (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance/Product, Standards) and select authentic-context HAX media. Hax Ubd Grasps is an agent skill from haxtheweb/haxcms-php. Frame UbD GRASPS performance tasks (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance/Product, Standards) and select authentic-context HAX media.

When should I use Hax Ubd Grasps?

Hax Ubd Grasps fits situations like: the user says build a GRASPS task; make this assessment authentic; design a performance task; frame a real-world task.

How do I install Hax Ubd Grasps in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add haxtheweb/haxcms-php --skill hax-ubd-grasps -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.well-known/agent-skills/hax-ubd-grasps in haxtheweb/haxcms-php) into .claude/skills/hax-ubd-grasps in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hax Ubd Grasps in Codex?

Run `npx skills add haxtheweb/haxcms-php --skill hax-ubd-grasps -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.well-known/agent-skills/hax-ubd-grasps in haxtheweb/haxcms-php) into .agents/skills/hax-ubd-grasps in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hax Ubd Grasps 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 haxtheweb/haxcms-php --skill hax-ubd-grasps -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hax-ubd-grasps, .gemini/skills/hax-ubd-grasps, .github/skills/hax-ubd-grasps and .opencode/skills/hax-ubd-grasps in your project.

What does Hax Ubd Grasps need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hax Ubd Grasps is instructions for the agent only.

Does Hax Ubd Grasps 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 Hax Ubd Grasps 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 Hax Ubd Grasps use?

Hax Ubd Grasps is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hax Ubd Grasps use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k 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 Hax Ubd Grasps?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hax Ubd Grasps: Goal Framing (GanyuanRan/Aegis, 1.3k stars), Goals (codewhale-hq/Codewhale, 41k stars), Agent Goal Planner (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars) and Goal Plan (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Hax Ubd Grasps?

haxtheweb (a GitHub organization) maintains it in haxtheweb/haxcms-php, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: haxtheweb/haxcms-php on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.