Agent skill

Matlab Coach Programming

by matlab in matlab/agent-skills-playground

A skill your agent uses when an AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts, MATLAB syntax, MATLAB errors, MATLAB code style, MATLAB projects, or MATLAB toolbox workflows.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedEducation

Install Matlab Coach Programming

skills CLI
$ npx skills add matlab/agent-skills-playground --skill matlab-coach-programming -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install matlab/agent-skills-playground matlab-coach-programming --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/matlab/agent-skills-playground.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/demos/ai-tutoring/skills/matlab-coach-programming .claude/skills/matlab-coach-programming && 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
matlab-coach-programming
GitHub stars
181
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
460 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
29
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when an AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts, MATLAB syntax, MATLAB errors, MATLAB code style, MATLAB projects, or MATLAB toolbox workflows.

  • An AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Topic Map, Route to MATLAB Agentic… and Teaching Rules, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • MATLAB code style

What it does

Matlab Coach Programming is an agent skill from matlab/agent-skills-playground. Use when an AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts, MATLAB syntax, MATLAB errors, MATLAB code style, MATLAB projects, or MATLAB toolbox workflows.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/toolkit-topic-map.md`).

It sits in Education, covering Tutoring and explanations. The repository describes itself as: A sandbox for prototyping and demonstrating Agent Skills for MATLAB and Simulink work.

When your agent uses it

  • An AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts
  • MATLAB code style
  • MATLAB projects
  • MATLAB toolbox workflows

Example prompts

  • “/matlab-coach-programming”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7b14a77. 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

Matlab Coach Programming loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 460 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~47
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.8k

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 460 words (~1,117 tokens).

“Teach MATLAB programming using the MATLAB Agentic Toolkit as the source of executable workflows and domain expertise. Use this skill with matlab-tutor-learners.”

— opening of SKILL.md by matlab, Custom licence
name
matlab-coach-programming
license
https://www.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/license/pmrl/license.md
metadata.author
MathWorks
metadata.version
1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in demos/ai-tutoring/skills/matlab-coach-programming of matlab/agent-skills-playground.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/toolkit-topic-map.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7b14a77

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Questions about Matlab Coach Programming

What does Matlab Coach Programming do?

A skill your agent uses when an AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts, MATLAB syntax, MATLAB errors, MATLAB code style, MATLAB projects, or MATLAB toolbox workflows. Matlab Coach Programming is an agent skill from matlab/agent-skills-playground. Use when an AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts, MATLAB syntax, MATLAB errors, MATLAB code style, MATLAB projects, or MATLAB toolbox workflows.

When should I use Matlab Coach Programming?

Matlab Coach Programming fits situations like: an AI tutor session concerns MATLAB programming concepts; MATLAB code style; MATLAB projects; MATLAB toolbox workflows.

How do I install Matlab Coach Programming in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add matlab/agent-skills-playground --skill matlab-coach-programming -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (demos/ai-tutoring/skills/matlab-coach-programming in matlab/agent-skills-playground) into .claude/skills/matlab-coach-programming in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Matlab Coach Programming in Codex?

Run `npx skills add matlab/agent-skills-playground --skill matlab-coach-programming -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (demos/ai-tutoring/skills/matlab-coach-programming in matlab/agent-skills-playground) into .agents/skills/matlab-coach-programming in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Matlab Coach Programming 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 matlab/agent-skills-playground --skill matlab-coach-programming -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/matlab-coach-programming, .gemini/skills/matlab-coach-programming, .github/skills/matlab-coach-programming and .opencode/skills/matlab-coach-programming in your project.

What does Matlab Coach Programming need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Matlab Coach Programming is instructions for the agent only.

Does Matlab Coach Programming 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 Matlab Coach Programming 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 Matlab Coach Programming use?

Matlab Coach Programming 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 Matlab Coach Programming use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 719 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Matlab Coach Programming?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Matlab Coach Programming: Knot Theory Educator (curiositech/some_claude_skills, 243 stars), DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Project Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 65k stars) and Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Style (voidful/hung-yi-lee-skill, 1.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Matlab Coach Programming?

matlab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in matlab/agent-skills-playground, which has 181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 10, 2026.

Source: matlab/agent-skills-playground on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.