AI Engineering Placement Quiz
rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch
Runs a 10-question quiz across five areas to place a learner in the AI Engineering from Scratch curriculum, so they skip what they already know.
Design and revise a course's goal, progression, prerequisites, and sources.
Install Course Design
$ npx skills add madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install madhvantyagi/Gnos course-design --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/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/course-design .claude/skills/course-design && 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 "course-design" agent skill from https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-design into .claude/skills/course-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "course-design", 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/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-designType 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 madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install madhvantyagi/Gnos course-design --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/course-design .agents/skills/course-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "course-design" agent skill from https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-design into .agents/skills/course-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "course-design", 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 madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install madhvantyagi/Gnos course-design --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/course-design .cursor/skills/course-design && 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 "course-design" agent skill from https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-design into .cursor/skills/course-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "course-design", 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/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git --path skills/course-design--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 madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install madhvantyagi/Gnos course-design --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/course-design .gemini/skills/course-design && 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 "course-design" agent skill from https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-design into .gemini/skills/course-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "course-design", 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 madhvantyagi/Gnos course-designInstalls 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 madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/course-design .github/skills/course-design && 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 "course-design" agent skill from https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-design into .github/skills/course-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "course-design", 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 madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install madhvantyagi/Gnos course-design --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/course-design .opencode/skills/course-design && 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 "course-design" agent skill from https://github.com/madhvantyagi/Gnos/tree/main/skills/course-design into .opencode/skills/course-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "course-design", 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
course-design- GitHub stars
- 337
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 689 words
- Files
- 17 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Design and revise a course's goal, progression, prerequisites, and sources.
- Tasks that involve Curriculum and course design
- SKILL.md covers Establish depth and duration, Research and plan the course, Validate and enroll and Hand the current topic to…, plus 1 more section
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
What it does
Course Design is an agent skill from madhvantyagi/Gnos. Design and revise a course's goal, progression, prerequisites, and sources. Record depth and duration, validate and enroll course.json, then hand the current topic to lesson-design.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 18 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/artifact-manifest.md`, `references/course-contract.md` and `references/course-research.md`).
It sits in Education, covering Curriculum and course design. The repository describes itself as: Teaching harness , help you to learn anything , It teaches like real teacher , design curriculum , generate videos , simulations , images , pdfs , tracks your learning style etc. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Curriculum and course design
Example prompts
- “/course-design”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit be0e47c. 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
Ships 12 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3
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
Course Design loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 689 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from madhvantyagi/Gnos at commit be0e47c, republished under its MIT licence (© madhvantyagi). 689 words, ~1,425 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/course-design/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 16 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- course-design
- description
- Design and revise a course's goal, progression, prerequisites, and sources. Record depth and duration, validate and enroll course.json, then hand the current topic to lesson-design.
Course design
Use this skill when a learning goal needs several sessions or a sequence of prerequisites. Answer a small local question directly in chat. For a course, design the progression from the learner's starting point to the agreed goal. Lesson design develops each topic into a complete lesson.
Establish depth and duration
Before designing, establish how deeply the learner wants to study and how
much time they have. Ask for whichever information they have not already
provided. Record both in course.json:
depth:surveyfor understanding the central ideas and connections,workingfor applying them independently, ormasteryfor justifying methods and examining their limits.length: the learner's intended duration, such as one session, six weeks, or a term.
Use these answers to choose the scope, pace, research, and useful media. A shorter course should cover fewer ideas well rather than abbreviating every explanation.
Research and plan the course
Read course-research.md. Consult accessible books, course materials, or documentation to check prerequisites, definitions, and suitable exercises. Record what you actually opened and which sections the course will use.
When a current topic or its blocking prerequisite might have a Khan Academy
resource, send lesson design to check the Khan Academy skill.
Record the verified item as a course source, add its ID to that topic's
resource_ids, add the Khan skill route to the topic's skill_routes, and use
representation kind khan when the plan names one; leave clip selection and
placement to lesson design. Do not expand the course around a broad Khan match
when the learner needs one bridge.
Read course-contract.md and write
course.json. Organize chapters and topics so their outcomes build toward the
course goal. Identify the current topic and leave uncertain later topics
provisional.
Read the selected subject guide through skills/subject/SKILL.md and its
assigned teacher's SOUL.md when one exists. Use its matching subfield to
check the starting case, difficult distinction, and evidence the topic needs.
Leave media, worked examples, and block order to lesson design using
representation choices.
Keep existing representation plans binding until explicitly revised; new plans
need not prescribe media before the lesson's reasoning is developed.
Validate and enroll
Validate the plan and enroll it in the same turn:
python3 skills/course-design/scripts/validate_course.py <course.json>
python3 skills/learner-tracking/scripts/learner_state.py init <learner>
python3 skills/learner-tracking/scripts/learner_state.py enroll <learner> --course <course.json>Use the learner's name, or learner when no name was given. Confirm that the
canonical workspace at learners/<learner>/courses/<course-id>/course.json
exists before handing the topic to lesson design. Do not stop at saving a plan
under outputs/; enroll it so lesson design can use the canonical course.
Briefly explain the course goal, agreed depth and duration, and current topic. Describe what the current topic will help the learner understand. Use enough detail to make the plan understandable without reciting its fields.
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Hand the current topic to lesson design
After enrollment, continue with lesson-design. Read its teaching reference and load the current topic, teacher, subject guidance, and learner evidence. When using the context loader, switch to lesson authoring explicitly:
python3 skills/learning-orchestrator/scripts/assemble_context.py --subject <subject> \
--learner <learner> --course-id <course-id> --mode lessonLesson design must develop and review the explanation before publishing a
ready lesson. Do not turn topic outcomes or representation purposes into short
paragraphs and call that the lesson. Its finished content belongs in
lessons/<lesson-id>/lesson.json. Course design stops authoring at the plan;
the same host continues the work under lesson design's instructions.
Show the finished lesson
Ask "Do you want to see the course now?" unless the learner already requested or approved it. This question controls opening the page, not whether lesson design runs. On yes, use course-viewer and render
python3 skills/course-viewer/scripts/render_viewer.py learners/<learner>/courses/<course-id> --require-current-lessonReturn the portal/ link with the current lesson to open. An explicit request
for only an outline may render before a lesson exists; identify that result
as the course outline. For teaching, complete the lesson handoff before
delivering the page. Re-render after changes to the lesson or its artifacts.
If lesson design discovers a missing concept, source, or topic boundary,
revise that part of the course. Record the reason in revision_notes, validate
and enroll the revised plan, then return to lesson design. A media change stays
with lesson design unless it changes a binding representation plan.
Use learner evidence to revise future topics as the course progresses. Preserve stable IDs and record why the sequence, sources, or scope changed, following course-contract.md.
© madhvantyagi, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 16 other files (scripts, references) in skills/course-design of madhvantyagi/Gnos.
- SKILL.md
- references/artifact-manifest.md
- references/course-contract.md
- references/course-research.md
- references/portal-interactions.md
- scripts/artifact_manifest.py
- scripts/course_contract.py
- scripts/course_edits.py
- scripts/course_progress.py
- scripts/course_workspace.py
- scripts/lesson_contract.py
- scripts/manage_artifact.py
- scripts/manage_interaction.py
- scripts/portal_interactions.py
- scripts/portal_views.py
- scripts/validate_course.py
- scripts/validate_lesson.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit be0e47c
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| Course Design this skillmadhvantyagi/Gnos | 337 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AI Engineering Placement Quizrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 66k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| K-12 Core Literacy Lesson DesignTHU-MAIC/OpenMAIC | 40k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AnythingAtlasLiuziyu77/AnythingAtlas | 195 | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Codex Skill Self-AssessmentFlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide | 6.1k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | |
| Curriculum PlannerTHU-MAIC/OpenMAIC | 40k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Course Design
What does Course Design do?
Design and revise a course's goal, progression, prerequisites, and sources. Course Design is an agent skill from madhvantyagi/Gnos. Design and revise a course's goal, progression, prerequisites, and sources.
When should I use Course Design?
Course Design fits situations like: tasks that involve Curriculum and course design.
How do I install Course Design in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/course-design in madhvantyagi/Gnos) into .claude/skills/course-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Course Design in Codex?
Run `npx skills add madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/course-design in madhvantyagi/Gnos) into .agents/skills/course-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Course Design 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 madhvantyagi/Gnos --skill course-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/course-design, .gemini/skills/course-design, .github/skills/course-design and .opencode/skills/course-design in your project.
What does Course Design need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Course Design needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Course Design 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 Course Design 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Course Design use?
Course Design is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Course Design use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Course Design?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Course Design: AI Engineering Placement Quiz (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars), K-12 Core Literacy Lesson Design (THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC, 40k stars), AnythingAtlas (Liuziyu77/AnythingAtlas, 195 stars) and Codex Skill Self-Assessment (FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide, 6.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Course Design?
madhvantyagi (a GitHub user) maintains it in madhvantyagi/Gnos, which has 337 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: madhvantyagi/Gnos on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.