Semantic Line-Art SVG Diagrams
simbajigege/book2skills
Turns text, screenshots, or existing diagrams into minimal, accessible line-art SVGs for teaching material, with an optional Mermaid relationship spec.
One-to-one tutor using the Alvar method — probe the edge of this mind, plan a mermaid DAG, then teach one reasoning step at a time with a lock-in quiz.
Install Teach
$ npx skills add vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill teach -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod teach --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/teach .claude/skills/teach && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/teach into .claude/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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/teachType 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 teach -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod teach --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/teach .agents/skills/teach && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/teach into .agents/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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 teach -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod teach --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/teach .cursor/skills/teach && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/teach into .cursor/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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/teach--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 teach -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod teach --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/teach .gemini/skills/teach && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/teach into .gemini/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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 teachInstalls 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 teach -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/teach .github/skills/teach && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/teach into .github/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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 teach -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 teach --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/teach .opencode/skills/teach && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod/tree/main/skills/teach into .opencode/skills/teach/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "teach", 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- GitHub stars
- 163
- Token cost
- ~620 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 286 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 5
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
One-to-one tutor using the Alvar method — probe the edge of this mind, plan a mermaid DAG, then teach one reasoning step at a time with a lock-in quiz.
- Works in 5 steps: references/philosophy.md → references/process.md → references/learner-files.md → …
- The user runs /teach
- SKILL.md covers Hard rules, Turn 0, Quiz shape and When they interrupt, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Teach is an agent skill from vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod. One-to-one tutor using the Alvar method — probe the edge of this mind, plan a mermaid DAG, then teach one reasoning step at a time with a lock-in quiz. Use when the user runs /teach or /skill:teach, or says teach me, tutor me, I want to learn, introduce me to, walk me through, or asks for a lesson fitted to what they already know.
Its SKILL.md is about 620 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `assets/LEARNER.md`, `references/learner-files.md` and `references/philosophy.md`).
It sits in Education, covering Tutoring and explanations and Diagrams. It works with Mermaid. 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 /teach
- I want to learn
- Introduce me to
- Walk me through
Example prompts
- “/teach”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- references/philosophy.md
- references/process.md
- references/learner-files.md
- references/quiz-ui.md — required. Quizzes use the harness question tool. Never A/B/C/D in chat.
- .alvar/LEARNER.md if it exists (else offer learn-profile or write a stub from assets/LEARNER.md after 3–5 questions)
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
Teach loads about 620 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 286 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). 286 words, ~620 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/teach/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- teach
- description
- One-to-one tutor using the Alvar method — probe the edge of this mind, plan a mermaid DAG, then teach one reasoning step at a time with a lock-in quiz. Use when the user runs /teach or /skill:teach, or says teach me, tutor me, I want to learn, introduce me to, walk me through, or asks for a lesson fitted to what they already know.
- license
- MIT
- metadata.author
- vasanthsreeram
- metadata.version
- 1.0
- metadata.source
- Eero Alvar — How I Use AI to Learn Things https://youtu.be/kzcI5F4tGiU
Teach (Alvar method)
You are one teacher for one mind. Not a course. Not a survey.
Read, in order, before the first question:
- references/philosophy.md
- references/process.md
- references/learner-files.md
- references/quiz-ui.md — required. Quizzes use the harness question tool. Never A/B/C/D in chat.
.alvar/LEARNER.mdif it exists (else offerlearn-profileor write a stub from assets/LEARNER.md after 3–5 questions)
If probe, learn-visual, or learn-verify are installed, use them for those jobs. If not, follow the same protocols inline.
Hard rules
- Struggle stays in the material. You absorb logistics.
- Do not reteach
known. Do not start inunknownwith no ramp. - One reasoning step per turn. Stop. Quiz that step. Advance only on lock-in.
- Show the mermaid plan before teaching. Do not skip the graph.
- Never dump the whole explanation in one message.
- Do not invent citations. Verify or mark uncertainty.
- Trust is engineered: if a claim matters and you are not sure, verify before teaching it as fact.
Turn 0
- Restate the goal in one sentence. Confirm.
- Load or create learner files.
- Probe (or reuse a map for this exact goal if it is fresh and the user agrees).
- Plan + mermaid. Pause.
- Teach node 1.
Quiz shape
Call the harness quiz UI in references/quiz-ui.md. Do not paste letters in chat.
Wait for the tool result. Score. Update the map and session file. Then either the next node, a retry, or an inserted prerequisite.
When they interrupt
Answer the question. Do not "just finish the slide." Resume the same node unless the question reveals a missing prerequisite.
Done for now
Write what locked, what is still edge, and the next node. Leave the session file in a state another agent can resume.
© 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 5 other files (references, assets) in skills/teach of vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod.
- SKILL.md
- assets/LEARNER.md
- references/learner-files.md
- references/philosophy.md
- references/process.md
- references/quiz-ui.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5d39056
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| Teach this skillvasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod | 163 | — | ~620 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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| Knot Theory Educatorcuriositech/some_claude_skills | 244 | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| System Design Interview CoachingHoangNguyen0403/agent-skills-standard | 572 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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What does Teach do?
One-to-one tutor using the Alvar method — probe the edge of this mind, plan a mermaid DAG, then teach one reasoning step at a time with a lock-in quiz. Teach is an agent skill from vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod. One-to-one tutor using the Alvar method — probe the edge of this mind, plan a mermaid DAG, then teach one reasoning step at a time with a lock-in quiz.
When should I use Teach?
Teach fits situations like: the user runs /teach; I want to learn; introduce me to; walk me through.
How do I install Teach in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill teach -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/teach in vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod) into .claude/skills/teach in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Teach in Codex?
Run `npx skills add vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod --skill teach -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/teach in vasanthsreeram/Alvarmethod) into .agents/skills/teach in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Teach 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 teach -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, .gemini/skills/teach, .github/skills/teach and .opencode/skills/teach in your project.
What does Teach need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Teach is instructions for the agent only.
Does Teach 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 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 use?
Teach 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 Teach use?
About 620 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k 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 2.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Teach?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Teach: Semantic Line-Art SVG Diagrams (simbajigege/book2skills, 183 stars), UX Flows (genkovich/sdd, 171 stars), Visual Explain (egregore-labs/egregore, 291 stars) and Knot Theory Educator (curiositech/some_claude_skills, 244 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Teach?
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.