DeepTutor CLI
HKUDS/DeepTutor
Teaches the agent to set up and run DeepTutor from the command line: chat and capabilities, knowledge bases, partners, memory, sessions, notebooks and the server or Web app.
Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail.
Install Teach Me In Layers
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills teach-me-in-layers --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/teach-me-in-layers .claude/skills/teach-me-in-layers && 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 "teach-me-in-layers" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layers into .claude/skills/teach-me-in-layers/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach-me-in-layers", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layersType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills teach-me-in-layers --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/teach-me-in-layers .agents/skills/teach-me-in-layers && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "teach-me-in-layers" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layers into .agents/skills/teach-me-in-layers/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach-me-in-layers", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills teach-me-in-layers --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/teach-me-in-layers .cursor/skills/teach-me-in-layers && 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 "teach-me-in-layers" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layers into .cursor/skills/teach-me-in-layers/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach-me-in-layers", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/teach-me-in-layers--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills teach-me-in-layers --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/teach-me-in-layers .gemini/skills/teach-me-in-layers && 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 "teach-me-in-layers" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layers into .gemini/skills/teach-me-in-layers/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach-me-in-layers", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills teach-me-in-layersInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/teach-me-in-layers .github/skills/teach-me-in-layers && 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 "teach-me-in-layers" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layers into .github/skills/teach-me-in-layers/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach-me-in-layers", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills teach-me-in-layers --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/teach-me-in-layers .opencode/skills/teach-me-in-layers && 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 "teach-me-in-layers" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/teach-me-in-layers into .opencode/skills/teach-me-in-layers/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach-me-in-layers", 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
teach-me-in-layers- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~980 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 508 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail.
- Works in 5 steps: Start with the one-sentence gist. A… → Add the shape. The key components and… → Check it landed. Confirm each layer… → …
- Asked explain this in layers
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Build The Scaffold,… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Teach Me In Layers is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail. Use when asked explain this in layers, teach me X from simple to deep, I need to understand this progressively, or start simple then go deeper. Produces a topic explained at escalating depth (ELI5 → informed-adult → the real thing), each layer building on the last, checkpoints to make sure a layer landed before the next, and where to stop for…
Its SKILL.md is about 980 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Education, covering Tutoring and explanations. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked explain this in layers
- Teach me X from simple to deep
- I need to understand this progressively
- Start simple then go deeper
Example prompts
- “/teach-me-in-layers”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Start with the one-sentence gist. A simple, even slightly-imperfect first version gives a hook — everything else attaches to it.
- Add the shape. The key components and how they relate — the paragraph version — before any detail.
- Check it landed. Confirm each layer makes sense before going deeper; a layer built on a misunderstanding collapses.
- Then add real depth. With the scaffold in place, the nuances and mechanisms have somewhere to attach instead of floating loose.
- Stop at the right layer. Match the final depth to the person's need — don't force layer 3 on someone who needed the gist, and offer to go…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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
Teach Me In Layers loads about 980 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 154 tokens; SKILL.md has 508 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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 508 words, ~980 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/teach-me-in-layers/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- teach-me-in-layers
- description
- Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail. Use when asked explain this in layers, teach me X from simple to deep, I need to understand this progressively, or start simple then go deeper. Produces a topic explained at escalating depth (ELI5 → informed-adult → the real thing), each layer building on the last, checkpoints to make sure a layer landed before the next, and where to stop for your actual need — so you never get lost in detail without a frame to hang it on.
Teach Me in Layers
Dumping the full complexity of a topic on a beginner guarantees they drown — no scaffold to hang the details on. Learning in layers fixes that: first the one-sentence gist, then a paragraph with the key pieces, then the real depth, each layer giving you a frame for the next. This teaches any topic that way, checking each layer landed before going deeper, and stopping at the depth you actually need.
What This Skill Produces
- Layer 1 — the gist — a one-sentence, ELI5 version that gives you a mental hook
- Layer 2 — the shape — a paragraph with the key components and how they fit (the informed-adult version)
- Layer 3 — the real thing — the actual depth, nuance, and mechanisms, now that there's a scaffold to hold them
- Checkpoints — a quick "does this layer make sense?" before adding the next, so nothing is built on a gap
- A stop point — the layer that's deep enough for your need (you don't always need layer 3)
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The topic — what you want to understand
- Why — the depth you actually need (curiosity, a decision, an exam, teaching it)
- Your starting point — total beginner or some background
- How deep — just the gist, or all the way
Framework: Build The Scaffold, Then Fill It
- Start with the one-sentence gist. A simple, even slightly-imperfect first version gives a hook — everything else attaches to it.
- Add the shape. The key components and how they relate — the paragraph version — before any detail.
- Check it landed. Confirm each layer makes sense before going deeper; a layer built on a misunderstanding collapses.
- Then add real depth. With the scaffold in place, the nuances and mechanisms have somewhere to attach instead of floating loose.
- Stop at the right layer. Match the final depth to the person's need — don't force layer 3 on someone who needed the gist, and offer to go deeper if they want.
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Output Format
Topic: [what you're learning] · depth needed: [x]
🥚 Layer 1 (the gist): [one plain sentence]. Make sense? → 🐣 Layer 2 (the shape): [a paragraph: key pieces + how they fit]. Still with it? → 🐔 Layer 3 (the real thing): [the actual depth, nuance, mechanisms].
Deep enough for you at: [the layer that matches your need]. Want to go further? [offer].
Quality Checks
- Starts with a genuine one-sentence gist
- Each layer builds on the previous scaffold
- Checkpoints confirm a layer landed before deepening
- Depth escalates from ELI5 to real nuance
- Stops at (or offers) the depth matching the person's need
Anti-Patterns
- Full complexity up front with no scaffold.
- Layers that don't build on each other.
- Skipping the "did that land?" checks.
- Forcing maximum depth on someone who needed the gist.
- An oversimplified gist that's actually wrong (imperfect-but-useful is fine; wrong isn't).
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Explain how the immune system works, in layers."
- "Teach me blockchain from simple to deep."
- "I need to understand inflation progressively — start simple."
- "Explain quantum computing, building up gradually."
- "Give me the gist first, then go deeper if I get it."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/teach-me-in-layers of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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| Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Stylevoidful/hung-yi-lee-skill | 1.3k | — | ~13k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Claude Certification Tutorrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 67k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| StudyVault Quiz Tutorbevibing/tutor-skills | 1.3k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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What does Teach Me In Layers do?
Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail. Teach Me In Layers is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail.
When should I use Teach Me In Layers?
Teach Me In Layers fits situations like: asked explain this in layers; teach me X from simple to deep; I need to understand this progressively; start simple then go deeper.
How do I install Teach Me In Layers in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/teach-me-in-layers in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/teach-me-in-layers in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Teach Me In Layers in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/teach-me-in-layers in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/teach-me-in-layers in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Teach Me In Layers 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill teach-me-in-layers -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/teach-me-in-layers, .gemini/skills/teach-me-in-layers, .github/skills/teach-me-in-layers and .opencode/skills/teach-me-in-layers in your project.
What does Teach Me In Layers need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Teach Me In Layers is instructions for the agent only.
Does Teach Me In Layers 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 Teach Me In Layers 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 Teach Me In Layers use?
Teach Me In Layers 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 Teach Me In Layers use?
About 980 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Teach Me In Layers?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Teach Me In Layers: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Project Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 67k stars), Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Style (voidful/hung-yi-lee-skill, 1.3k stars) and Claude Certification Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 67k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Teach Me In Layers?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.