Agent skill

Matlab Create Hands On Exercises

by matlab in matlab/agent-skills-playground

A skill your agent uses when prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises, guided practice, debugging drills, code tracing, small MATLAB projects, or MATLAB-script assessment…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedEducation

Install Matlab Create Hands On Exercises

skills CLI
$ npx skills add matlab/agent-skills-playground --skill matlab-create-hands-on-exercises -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install matlab/agent-skills-playground matlab-create-hands-on-exercises --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-create-hands-on-exercises .claude/skills/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises && 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-create-hands-on-exercises
GitHub stars
181
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
599 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
29
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises, guided practice, debugging drills, code tracing, small MATLAB projects, or MATLAB-script assessment…

  • Works in 9 steps: State the goal in one sentence. → Define expected outputs and assessment… → Give a complete script scaffold with a… → …
  • Prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Exercise Loop, Exercise Types and Starter Exercise Pattern, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Matlab Create Hands On Exercises is an agent skill from matlab/agent-skills-playground. Use when prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises, guided practice, debugging drills, code tracing, small MATLAB projects, or MATLAB-script assessment during tutoring. Use when the tutor should create a complete runnable MATLAB script, execute it through MATLAB tools, compare the produced outputs with expected outputs, and evaluate MATLAB programming style.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/execution-safety.md`, `references/exercise-patterns.md` and `references/script-assessment-patterns.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

  • Prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises
  • Guided practice
  • Debugging drills
  • Small MATLAB projects

Example prompts

  • “/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises”

Workflow steps

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

  1. State the goal in one sentence.
  2. Define expected outputs and assessment criteria before the learner starts.
  3. Give a complete script scaffold with a clearly marked learner section.
  4. Ask the learner to predict, fill in, or revise the learner section.
  5. Save the complete script as a temporary .m file.
  6. Apply the execution preflight in
  7. Run run_matlab_file on the script and inspect the MATLAB output.
  8. Compare produced variables, values, sizes, classes, errors, and required or
  9. Give targeted feedback and one extension or revision prompt.

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 Create Hands On Exercises loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 599 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~104
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.7k

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 599 words (~1,259 tokens).

“Guide learners through active MATLAB practice. Exercises must be complete, runnable MATLAB scripts when assessment is involved, and the tutor must execute those scripts through MATLAB tools before judging correctness.”

— opening of SKILL.md by matlab, Custom licence
name
matlab-create-hands-on-exercises
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 3 other files (references) in demos/ai-tutoring/skills/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises of matlab/agent-skills-playground.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/execution-safety.md
  • references/exercise-patterns.md
  • references/script-assessment-patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7b14a77

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Categories

Questions about Matlab Create Hands On Exercises

What does Matlab Create Hands On Exercises do?

A skill your agent uses when prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises, guided practice, debugging drills, code tracing, small MATLAB projects, or MATLAB-script assessment…. Matlab Create Hands On Exercises is an agent skill from matlab/agent-skills-playground. Use when prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises, guided practice, debugging drills, code tracing, small MATLAB projects, or MATLAB-script assessment during tutoring.

When should I use Matlab Create Hands On Exercises?

Matlab Create Hands On Exercises fits situations like: prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises; guided practice; debugging drills; small MATLAB projects.

How do I install Matlab Create Hands On Exercises in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Matlab Create Hands On Exercises in Codex?

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

Can I use Matlab Create Hands On Exercises 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-create-hands-on-exercises -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-create-hands-on-exercises, .gemini/skills/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises, .github/skills/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises and .opencode/skills/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises in your project.

What does Matlab Create Hands On Exercises need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Matlab Create Hands On Exercises is instructions for the agent only.

Does Matlab Create Hands On Exercises 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 Create Hands On Exercises 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 Create Hands On Exercises use?

Matlab Create Hands On Exercises 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 Create Hands On Exercises use?

About 1.3k 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. Its references folder adds about 3.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Matlab Create Hands On Exercises?

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Who maintains Matlab Create Hands On Exercises?

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.