Hax Ubd Stage1

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user says what are the big ideas in X
• Write enduring understandings
• Craft essential questions
• Unpack this standard

Example prompts

• “what are the big ideas in X”
• “write enduring understandings”
• “craft essential questions”
• “/hax-ubd-stage1”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Unpack standards → classify each item into the three-ring priority filter (UbD Fig 3.3)
2. 2Name big ideas — linchpin concepts that are transferable beyond this unit (e.g., "form follows function," "rule of law," "supply and…
3. 3Write enduring understandings as full-sentence propositions using the stem "Students will understand that…". Test each against the…
4. 4Derive essential questions — overarching (recur across the course/program) + topical (unit-specific). Test each: open (no single right…
5. 5List Knowledge / Skills (K, S) — distinguish prerequisite K/S (needed to perform the culminating task) from resultant K/S (the goal of the…
6. 6Name predictable misunderstandings — the heart of the method. For each misconception the topic is prone to, specify

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 Stage1 loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 814 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~113

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~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

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). 814 words, ~2,031 tokens.

name

hax-ubd-stage1

description

UbD Stage 1 — gain clarity on desired results: unpack standards into big ideas, enduring understandings (full-sentence propositions), overarching + topical essential questions, knowledge/skills, and predictable misunderstandings. Use when the user says "what are the big ideas in X", "write enduring understandings", "craft essential questions", "unpack this standard", or "what misconceptions should I anticipate". Encodes UbD Ch. 3–6.

version

1.0.0

license

MIT

metadata.author

PRAW

metadata.tags

instructional-design, understanding-by-design, ubd, stage1, big-ideas, essential-questions, misconceptions, hax

metadata.requirements

A standard, topic, or existing content to unpack. Writes manifest.stage1 and OER schema + page-top stop-note/self-check blocks.

# Stage 1 — Desired Results: {unit}
## Priority filter
{each standard → outer / middle / inner ring}
## Big ideas
- {linchpin, transferable}
## Enduring understandings (propositions)
- Students will understand that ...
## Essential questions
- Overarching: {recur across course}
- Topical: {unit-specific}
- Entry: {student-friendly openers}
## Knowledge / Skills
- K (prerequisite): ... | K (resultant): ...
- S (prerequisite): ... | S (resultant): ... [cognitive level via grad-blooms]
## Predictable misunderstandings
- {misconception} → pre-assess: {component + placement}; confront: {component + placement}
## HAX handoff
- OER schema fields: {learningOutcome = U; educationalAlignment = G}
- Page-top blocks: {stop-note carrying Q + entry Q}
- Pre-assessment: {self-check / multiple-choice targeting each misconception}

© 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-stage1 of haxtheweb/haxcms-php.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3542096