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.
Interview the learner and write .alvar/LEARNER.md so one teacher can fit one mind — pace, voice, solid ground, and how they want to struggle.
Install Learn Profile
$ npx skills add vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod learn-profile --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/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/learn-profile .claude/skills/learn-profile && 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 "learn-profile" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profile into .claude/skills/learn-profile/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "learn-profile", 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/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profileType 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod learn-profile --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/learn-profile .agents/skills/learn-profile && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "learn-profile" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profile into .agents/skills/learn-profile/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "learn-profile", 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod learn-profile --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/learn-profile .cursor/skills/learn-profile && 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 "learn-profile" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profile into .cursor/skills/learn-profile/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "learn-profile", 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/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git --path skills/learn-profile--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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod learn-profile --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/learn-profile .gemini/skills/learn-profile && 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 "learn-profile" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profile into .gemini/skills/learn-profile/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "learn-profile", 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod learn-profileInstalls 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/learn-profile .github/skills/learn-profile && 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 "learn-profile" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profile into .github/skills/learn-profile/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "learn-profile", 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod learn-profile --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/learn-profile .opencode/skills/learn-profile && 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 "learn-profile" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/learn-profile into .opencode/skills/learn-profile/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "learn-profile", 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
learn-profile- GitHub stars
- 163
- Token cost
- ~412 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 172 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. assets)
- Skills in repo
- 5
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Interview the learner and write .alvar/LEARNER.md so one teacher can fit one mind — pace, voice, solid ground, and how they want to struggle.
- Works in 6 steps: Solid ground — what they already hold… → Goal — what "done" looks like for the… → Pace — default is one reasoning step,… → …
- The user runs /learn-profile
- SKILL.md covers Interview (one cluster at a…, Write and After
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Learn Profile is an agent skill from vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod. Interview the learner and write .alvar/LEARNER.md so one teacher can fit one mind — pace, voice, solid ground, and how they want to struggle. Use when the user runs /learn-profile or /skill:learn-profile, or says how I learn, learning philosophy, teaching style, set up tutoring, or install my learning preferences.
Its SKILL.md is about 410 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including assets (for example `assets/LEARNER.md`).
It sits in Education, covering Tutoring and explanations. The repository describes itself as: One-to-one AI teaching skills (Alvar method) for Codex, Claude Code, Grok, Pi, and OpenCode. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user runs /learn-profile
- /skill:learn-profile
- Says how I learn
- Learning philosophy
Example prompts
- “/learn-profile”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Solid ground — what they already hold thoroughly (subjects, notations).
- Goal — what "done" looks like for the next stretch.
- Pace — default is one reasoning step, then a quiz. Only change if they insist.
- Struggle — they keep the hard thinking; you keep logistics. Ask what kind of problems they want.
- Voice — density, tone, hated LLM habits, language.
- Artifacts — Obsidian / markdown / no files.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5d39056. 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
Learn Profile loads about 412 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 172 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod at commit 5d39056, republished under its MIT licence (© vasanthsreeram). 172 words, ~412 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/learn-profile/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- learn-profile
- description
- Interview the learner and write .alvar/LEARNER.md so one teacher can fit one mind — pace, voice, solid ground, and how they want to struggle. Use when the user runs /learn-profile or /skill:learn-profile, or says how I learn, learning philosophy, teaching style, set up tutoring, or install my learning preferences.
- license
- MIT
- metadata.author
- vasanthsreeram
- metadata.version
- 1.0
- metadata.source
- Eero Alvar — How I Use AI to Learn Things https://youtu.be/kzcI5F4tGiU
Learn profile
Install how this mind wants to be taught. The file is the teacher. Do not cram style rules into every later prompt.
Interview (one cluster at a time)
- Solid ground — what they already hold thoroughly (subjects, notations).
- Goal — what "done" looks like for the next stretch.
- Pace — default is one reasoning step, then a quiz. Only change if they insist.
- Struggle — they keep the hard thinking; you keep logistics. Ask what kind of problems they want.
- Voice — density, tone, hated LLM habits, language.
- Artifacts — Obsidian / markdown / no files.
Do not ask all six in one message. 2–3 questions per turn, through the harness quiz UI in ../teach/references/quiz-ui.md — not as a markdown list.
Write
Create .alvar/LEARNER.md from assets/LEARNER.md. Use their words where you can. Do not invent hobbies or a persona.
If a file already exists, show a diff of proposed edits and wait.
After
Show the file. Tell them teach will read it every session. Offer to start a probe on the current goal.
© vasanthsreeram, 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 1 other file (assets) in skills/learn-profile of vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.
- SKILL.md
- assets/LEARNER.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5d39056
Compare with similar skills
Learn Profile next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learn Profile this skillvasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod | 163 | — | ~412 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| DeepTutor CLIHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| AI Engineering Project Tutorrohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch | 67k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| 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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Questions about Learn Profile
What does Learn Profile do?
Interview the learner and write .alvar/LEARNER.md so one teacher can fit one mind — pace, voice, solid ground, and how they want to struggle. Learn Profile is an agent skill from vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.md so one teacher can fit one mind — pace, voice, solid ground, and how they want to struggle.
When should I use Learn Profile?
Learn Profile fits situations like: the user runs /learn-profile; /skill:learn-profile; says how I learn; learning philosophy.
How do I install Learn Profile in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/learn-profile in vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod) into .claude/skills/learn-profile in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Learn Profile in Codex?
Run `npx skills add vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/learn-profile in vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod) into .agents/skills/learn-profile in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Learn Profile 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 vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill learn-profile -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/learn-profile, .gemini/skills/learn-profile, .github/skills/learn-profile and .opencode/skills/learn-profile in your project.
What does Learn Profile need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Learn Profile is instructions for the agent only.
Does Learn Profile 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 Learn Profile 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 Learn Profile use?
Learn Profile is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Learn Profile use?
About 412 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Learn Profile?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Learn Profile: 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 Learn Profile?
vasanthsreeram (a GitHub user) maintains it in vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod, which has 163 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 16, 2026.
Source: vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.