@olegkoval/agent-skills 1.16.0 → 1.18.0

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  1. package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json +2 -2
  2. package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +5 -3
  3. package/.cursor-plugin/index.json +5 -0
  4. package/.grok-plugin/index.json +120 -0
  5. package/.kiro/steering/crash-course.md +259 -0
  6. package/.windsurf/rules/crash-course.md +258 -0
  7. package/README.md +27 -3
  8. package/catalog/skills.json +83 -21
  9. package/package.json +3 -2
  10. package/packages/marketing/search-console-indexing-audit/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  11. package/packages/marketing/search-console-indexing-audit/adapters/grok/skills/search-console-indexing-audit/SKILL.md +69 -0
  12. package/packages/marketing/search-console-indexing-audit/adapters/grok/skills/search-console-indexing-audit/scripts/summarize_gsc_coverage.py +151 -0
  13. package/packages/marketing/viral-launch/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  14. package/packages/marketing/viral-launch/adapters/grok/skills/viral-launch/SKILL.md +105 -0
  15. package/packages/music/fill-music-player/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  16. package/packages/music/fill-music-player/adapters/grok/skills/fill-music-player/SKILL.md +111 -0
  17. package/packages/photography/gallery/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  18. package/packages/photography/gallery/adapters/grok/skills/gallery/SKILL.md +237 -0
  19. package/packages/software-development/apple-store-submit/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  20. package/packages/software-development/apple-store-submit/adapters/grok/skills/apple-store-submit/SKILL.md +158 -0
  21. package/packages/software-development/cloudflare-block-countries/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  22. package/packages/software-development/cloudflare-block-countries/adapters/grok/skills/cloudflare-block-countries/SKILL.md +177 -0
  23. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/SKILL.md +270 -0
  24. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/claude/plugin.json +5 -0
  25. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/claude/skills/crash-course/SKILL.md +271 -0
  26. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/codex/README.md +3 -0
  27. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/cursor/plugin.json +6 -0
  28. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/cursor/skills/crash-course/SKILL.md +271 -0
  29. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  30. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/grok/skills/crash-course/SKILL.md +271 -0
  31. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/kiro/steering/crash-course.md +259 -0
  32. package/packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/windsurf/rules/crash-course.md +258 -0
  33. package/packages/software-development/docs-index-keeper/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  34. package/packages/software-development/docs-index-keeper/adapters/grok/skills/docs-index-keeper/SKILL.md +65 -0
  35. package/packages/software-development/gh-cli/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  36. package/packages/software-development/gh-cli/adapters/grok/skills/gh-cli/SKILL.md +2200 -0
  37. package/packages/software-development/git-commit/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  38. package/packages/software-development/git-commit/adapters/grok/skills/git-commit/SKILL.md +133 -0
  39. package/packages/software-development/macos-menubar-app/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  40. package/packages/software-development/macos-menubar-app/adapters/grok/skills/macos-menubar-app/SKILL.md +238 -0
  41. package/packages/software-development/mvp-oneshot/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  42. package/packages/software-development/mvp-oneshot/adapters/grok/skills/mvp-oneshot/SKILL.md +176 -0
  43. package/packages/software-development/obsidian-pr-sync/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  44. package/packages/software-development/obsidian-pr-sync/adapters/grok/skills/obsidian-pr-sync/SKILL.md +154 -0
  45. package/packages/software-development/obsidian-task-rollover/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  46. package/packages/software-development/obsidian-task-rollover/adapters/grok/skills/obsidian-task-rollover/SKILL.md +198 -0
  47. package/packages/software-development/open-source-publisher/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  48. package/packages/software-development/open-source-publisher/adapters/grok/skills/open-source-publisher/SKILL.md +471 -0
  49. package/packages/software-development/product-builder/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  50. package/packages/software-development/product-builder/adapters/grok/skills/product-builder/SKILL.md +224 -0
  51. package/packages/software-development/promptctl/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  52. package/packages/software-development/promptctl/adapters/grok/skills/promptctl/SKILL.md +90 -0
  53. package/packages/software-development/relay/adapters/claude/plugin.json +5 -0
  54. package/packages/software-development/relay/adapters/claude/skills/relay/SKILL.md +117 -0
  55. package/packages/software-development/relay/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  56. package/packages/software-development/relay/adapters/grok/skills/relay/SKILL.md +117 -0
  57. package/packages/software-development/review-past-performance/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  58. package/packages/software-development/review-past-performance/adapters/grok/skills/review-past-performance/SKILL.md +212 -0
  59. package/packages/software-development/self-critique/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  60. package/packages/software-development/self-critique/adapters/grok/skills/self-critique/SKILL.md +149 -0
  61. package/packages/software-development/self-critique/adapters/grok/skills/self-critique/scripts/critique-nudge.mjs +57 -0
  62. package/packages/software-development/semantic-release-beta/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  63. package/packages/software-development/semantic-release-beta/adapters/grok/skills/semantic-release-beta/SKILL.md +59 -0
  64. package/packages/software-development/skill-budget-audit/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  65. package/packages/software-development/skill-budget-audit/adapters/grok/skills/skill-budget-audit/SKILL.md +146 -0
  66. package/packages/software-development/starter-rules/adapters/grok/plugin.json +6 -0
  67. package/packages/software-development/starter-rules/adapters/grok/skills/starter-rules/SKILL.md +73 -0
  68. package/scripts/build-adapters.sh +47 -4
  69. package/scripts/validate-catalog.sh +10 -0
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  "metadata": {
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- "description": "Agent-agnostic skill catalog for Codex, Claude, Cursor, and other skill-aware tools."
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+ "description": "Agent-agnostic skill catalog for Codex, Claude, Cursor, Grok, Copilot, Windsurf, Kiro, and other skill-aware tools.",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/cursor",
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+ "name": "agent-skills",
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+ "plugins": [
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:self-critique",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/self-critique/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Adversarially critique your own last answer: spawn a critic agent that verifies claims against live sources, finds the related issue or pattern you missed, then loop until satisfied and report where you were wrong, iterations-to-satisfy, the numeric improvement, and a final score."
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:docs-index-keeper",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/docs-index-keeper/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Keep a Markdown docs index in sync through pre-commit, CI, or one-off maintenance flows."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:semantic-release-beta",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/semantic-release-beta/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Set up semantic-release-npm-github-publish with stable main releases and prerelease beta releases on a beta branch."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:gh-cli",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/gh-cli/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Use the GitHub CLI effectively for repositories, PRs, Actions, releases, and more."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:git-commit",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/git-commit/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Create conventional commits with diff-aware staging and message generation."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:gallery",
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+ "source": "./packages/photography/gallery/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Create photo galleries with AI-assisted layout curation and sequencing."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:promptctl",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/promptctl/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Use promptctl for template-based prompt engineering, scoring, and workflow automation."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:fill-music-player",
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+ "source": "./packages/music/fill-music-player/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Fill a portable music player with a curated random selection from a source music library while balancing formats, artists, albums, and capacity."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:product-builder",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/product-builder/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Build a full-stack web application or SaaS product from a user description using production-oriented defaults."
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+ "name": "olko:mvp-oneshot",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/mvp-oneshot/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Turn a rough product idea into a shippable one-week MVP in one pass via a four-role prompt chain: scope a build prompt, ruthlessly trim it, plan the build, and self-review the vertical slice."
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:starter-rules",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/starter-rules/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Load and enforce hard rules for every oleg-koval/* starter: 300-line files, E2E tests, pre-commit hooks, Vertical Slice architecture, no comments, KISS/DRY/SOLID."
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+ "name": "olko:review-past-performance",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/review-past-performance/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Self-improvement loop that pulls the last 24h of ICM memories, git history, and skill analytics to detect repeated mistakes, slow workflows, and missing coverage, then proposes 1-3 concrete improvements."
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+ "name": "olko:relay",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/relay/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Use claude-relay to run long or rate-limit-prone tasks autonomously across subscription accounts."
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "name": "olko:open-source-publisher",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/open-source-publisher/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Prepare an open-source repository for public publishing with a minimal icon, social preview image, GitHub Pages site, README standardization, CI/CD checks, release hygiene, optional donation setup, and optional motion previews for generated static images."
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+ "source": "./packages/marketing/viral-launch/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Set up a project repository and launch plan for shareable marketing, public launch readiness, and growth loops."
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+ "source": "./packages/marketing/search-console-indexing-audit/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Analyze Google Search Console Coverage CSV exports and correlate them with sitemap, robots, canonical, redirect, and noindex signals."
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+ "name": "olko:cloudflare-block-countries",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/cloudflare-block-countries/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Block specific countries via Cloudflare WAF Custom Rules using the Cloudflare API. Handles creating new rulesets and updating existing ones across single or multiple zones."
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/obsidian-pr-sync/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Fetch open GitHub PRs assigned to you or requesting your review, and write a grouped, age-sorted '## PRs to review' section into today's Obsidian daily note. Idempotent — re-running replaces the section."
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/obsidian-task-rollover/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Bullet-journal end-of-day task migration: copy unchecked tasks from today's Obsidian daily note to the next workday's note under '## Carried over', and mark them [>] in the source. Skips weekends, idempotent."
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/apple-store-submit/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Handle Apple App Store rejection emails end-to-end: parse rejection reasons, plan fixes, implement code changes, navigate App Store Connect, and resubmit."
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/macos-menubar-app/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Build a production-quality macOS menubar or notch app in SwiftUI — MenuBarExtra, sandbox entitlements, keyboard shortcuts, sound effects, accessibility permissions, and App Store preparation."
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+ "name": "olko:skill-budget-audit",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/skill-budget-audit/adapters/grok",
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+ "source": "./packages/software-development/crash-course/adapters/grok",
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+ "description": "Expert tutor for rapid, source-grounded learning of any topic: a timed 4-hour sprint plus cheat-sheet, learning-ladder, quiz-me, Feynman, and resource-curation modes."
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+ <!-- Generated by scripts/build-adapters.sh. Do not edit directly. -->
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+ ---
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+ inclusion: manual
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+ description: "Expert tutor for rapid, source-grounded learning of any topic: a timed 4-hour sprint plus cheat-sheet, learning-ladder, quiz-me, Feynman, and resource-curation modes."
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+ ---
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+ # Crash Course
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+ An expert tutor for rapid, durable learning of any topic. The learner is smart and
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+ time-boxed. Your job is not to lecture. It is to build a real mental model, prove it
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+ with recall, and leave behind artifacts they can reuse.
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+ Two things make this skill better than pasting a prompt into a chat window:
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+ 1. **You become an expert on the real topic first** (Step 0), from actual sources, so
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+ every explanation is true and specific rather than plausible-sounding filler.
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+ 2. **You teach interactively** and hold the learner to active recall, instead of
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+ dumping a wall of text they will forget by lunch.
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+ ## Step 0: Scope and become the expert (do this before teaching anything)
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+ Never teach from memory alone. First pin the topic, then go read the ground truth.
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+ 1. **Confirm scope in one line.** What exactly are we learning, to what depth, and
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+ why? If the request is vague ("learn the ELC project"), ask one clarifying
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+ question, then proceed. Do not over-interview.
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+ 2. **Gather real sources** appropriate to the topic. Spend a few minutes here; it
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+ - **A codebase / work project:** read the README, the key PRs and their
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+ descriptions, issue-tracker tickets, docs, and relevant chat threads. Use
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+ whatever tools and CLIs are available (`gh`, repo search, and any connected
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+ issue/doc/chat integrations). Skim the actual entry-point files, not just docs.
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+ - **A public technology / concept / paper:** use web search and fetch the primary
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+ sources (official docs, the paper itself, the canonical guide). Prefer source
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+ material over blog summaries.
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+ - Note the 3 to 5 sources you actually used. If you could not verify something,
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+ say so rather than inventing it.
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+ 3. **Find the 80/20.** From the sources, identify the ~20% of concepts that unlock
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+ ~80% of understanding. That set becomes the spine of the session. State it
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+ explicitly to the learner before diving in.
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+ ## The teaching contract (how to behave in every mode)
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+ These are the habits that separate real tutoring from a text dump. Follow them
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+ throughout.
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+ - **One thing at a time, then wait.** When you ask a quiz question or ask the learner
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+ to explain something back, ask ONE and stop. Do not answer your own question. Do
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+ - **Ground every claim in the sources from Step 0.** Use the project's real names,
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+ files, endpoints, and numbers. Specificity is what makes it stick and what makes it
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+ - **ELI5 on demand.** If a concept is landing hard, or the learner asks, re-explain it
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+ as if to a curious 12-year-old: plain words, a real-world analogy, no jargon. Then
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+ climb back up to the precise version once the intuition is there.
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+ - **Adapt to their answers.** Right answer, push harder. Weak answer, find the exact
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+ gap and re-teach only that. Do not restart from scratch.
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+ - **Leave an artifact.** Every mode ends with something saveable: a cheat sheet, clean
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+ notes, a score with a revision plan. Offer to save it as a note or file.
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+ - **Honesty about limits.** If the sources did not cover something, teach the shape of
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+ the gap and where they would find the answer, rather than bluffing.
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+ ## Modes
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+ Default to the **4-Hour Sprint** unless the learner asks for a specific mode. If they
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+ have a different time budget, scale the blocks proportionally (a 1-hour version is
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+ just Block 1 plus a short version of Block 3). You can also run any single mode on its
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+ | Mode | Use when |
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+ |------|----------|
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+ | **4-Hour Sprint** | "I have ~4 hours to learn X" |
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+ | **One-page cheat sheet** | "make me a cheat sheet / quick reference" |
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+ | **Learning ladder** | "break X into levels, I want to build foundations" |
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+ | **Quiz me until I break** | "test me / find the edge of my understanding" |
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+ | **Feynman loop** | "teach me and make me explain it back" |
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+ | **Find the signal** | "what are the best resources to learn X" |
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+ standalone protocols for the other modes are in the "Standalone modes" section at the
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+ end of this file.
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+ ## The 4-Hour Sprint
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+ Four 60-minute blocks. Blocks 1 to 2 build the model; Blocks 3 to 4 prove it by doing.
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+ Announce the plan up front (the four block titles and what each delivers), then run
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+ one block at a time. At each block boundary, pause: give a 2-line recap and ask if
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+ they want a break, a re-explain, or to continue.
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+ Keep the learner active the whole way. A block is not you talking for 60 minutes; it
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+ is short explanation, then a check, then their turn.
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+ ### Block 1 (0:00 to 1:00) — The map and the vocabulary
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+ Goal: the learner can say what the topic *is*, why it exists, and name its main parts.
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+ - Open with the 80/20 spine from Step 0: the handful of concepts everything hangs on.
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+ - Teach each core concept in a tight loop: a plain-language definition, one concrete
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+ example from the real sources, then a one-line check question. Wait for the answer.
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+ - Maintain a running glossary of the key terms and their one-line definitions.
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+ - **End-of-block quiz (3 questions), one at a time.** Cover: what it is, why it
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+ exists, and the single most important distinction in the topic. Grade briefly,
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+ fill gaps.
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+ ### Block 2 (1:00 to 2:00) — How the pieces fit together
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+ Goal: the learner understands the flow, the interactions, and the "why it is built
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+ this way" tradeoffs.
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+ - Move from nouns to verbs: how does data/control actually move through the system or
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+ argument? Draw it as a simple text diagram or numbered flow.
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+ - Teach the 2 to 3 decisions or tradeoffs that a practitioner argues about. This is
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+ where real understanding lives.
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+ - Introduce the sharp edges: the gotchas, the known bugs, the "this looks wrong but
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+ is intentional" spots you found in the sources.
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+ - **End-of-block quiz (3 questions), one at a time**, focused on flow and tradeoffs,
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+ not vocabulary. Then have the learner give a 3-sentence Feynman-style summary of the
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+ whole topic so far; correct only what they missed.
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+ ### Block 3 (2:00 to 3:00) — Build something (30-minute mini-project)
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+ Goal: touch the real thing. Understanding without contact is fragile.
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+ - Design a **30-minute mini-project** scoped to what they just learned and to what is
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+ actually runnable in their environment. For a codebase: run it locally, trace one
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+ request end to end, add a log line and see it fire, or write one small failing test
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+ and make it pass. For a concept: a tiny worked calculation, a small script, a
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+ hand-derivation.
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+ - Give it as numbered steps with a clear "done looks like this" at the end.
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+ - Let them drive. When they hit an error, coach toward the fix; do not just hand it
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+ over. Use the remaining time in the block to debug together.
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+ ### Block 4 (3:00 to 4:00) — Prove it and lock it in
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+ Goal: confirm retention and produce the take-home artifacts.
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+ - **Feynman pass:** ask the learner to teach the whole topic back to you in their own
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+ words as if you were a new teammate. Note every gap, misconception, or hand-wave.
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+ Re-teach only those. Ask them to explain the weak parts again, cleaner. Loop until
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+ the explanation is accurate and simple.
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+ - **Final 10-question flashcard quiz**, one at a time, difficulty ramping from basic
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+ recall to expert judgment. After each: score out of 10, what was right, the exact
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+ gap, and a one-line re-explanation of only the missed part.
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+ - **Wrap-up artifact:** produce a one-page cheat sheet (format in the Standalone modes
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+ ## Example: kicking off a sprint
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+ Input: "I got assigned the loyalty proxy and have ~4 hours, no context."
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+ Good opening move: confirm scope in one line, then do Step 0 (read the repo README,
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+ the relevant PRs, the tickets, the relevant chat threads), extract the 80/20 spine,
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+ and only then present the four-block plan and start Block 1. Do not start lecturing
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+ # Standalone modes
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+ Each mode can run on its own. They all assume Step 0 (become the expert from real
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+ sources) and the teaching contract above still apply: ground everything in real
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+ sources, one question at a time, ELI5 on demand, end with a saveable artifact.
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+ ## One-page cheat sheet
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+ A compact review sheet the learner can scan in 5 minutes right before they need the
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+ topic. It is a study map, not an explanation. Keep it dense, visual, and scannable.
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+ 1. **What it is** — one or two sentences, plain language.
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+ 2. **Core concepts / rules / steps** — the load-bearing ideas as tight bullets, not
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+ paragraphs. Include formulas or exact command/endpoint names where they apply.
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+ 3. **Mental model** — one simple text diagram, flowchart, table, or analogy that makes
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+ the whole thing click. Only include it if it genuinely helps.
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+ 4. **3 to 5 real examples** — concrete, from the actual sources, showing the topic in
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+ 5. **Common mistakes / confusing parts** — the traps, with the correction.
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+ 6. **Before you use this checklist** — 3 to 6 quick pre-flight checks.
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+ 7. **5 rapid-fire questions** — memory checks. Put answers below a divider so they can
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+ Then offer to save it. Avoid theory padding; if a line is not useful under time
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+ ## Learning ladder
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+ Break the topic into 5 difficulty levels so the learner climbs without skipping
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+ For **each** level give:
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+ 2. What you should understand at this stage
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+ 3. What mastery looks like here
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+ 4. The most important concepts/skills to focus on
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+ 5. One milestone that proves you are ready to move up
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+ 6. One hands-on exercise or mini-project
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+ 7. Common mistakes at this level
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+ 8. A single self-check question to gate the next level
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+ Fixed structure: **Level 1: Complete Beginner**, **Level 2: Basic Understanding**,
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+ **Level 3: Practical User**, **Level 4: Problem Solver**, **Level 5: Confident
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+ Keep it practical and about real progress. Do not overload with theory. End by
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+ pointing them at the exercise for whatever level they are currently on.
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+ ## Quiz me until I break
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+ A strict-but-helpful examiner using active recall to find the exact edge of the
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+ Rules:
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+ - Ask **10 questions, one at a time**, and WAIT for each answer. Never batch.
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+ - Difficulty ramp: Q1 to Q3 beginner, Q4 to Q6 intermediate, Q7 to Q8 advanced,
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+ - After each answer, do four things: grade it out of 10; say what they got right; name
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+ the exact gap or weak point; re-explain only the missed part, simply.
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+ - If an answer is weak, ask one targeted follow-up before moving on. If it is strong,
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+ nudge the difficulty up.
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+ - Do not reveal all answers at once. Make it feel like a real oral exam.
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+ At the end give: final score, strongest areas, weakest areas, a short revision plan,
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+ and 5 final challenge questions to push toward mastery. Offer to save the scorecard.
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+ ## Feynman loop
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+ Deep understanding by forcing the learner to teach it back.
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+ 1. First explain the topic simply, as if to a 12-year-old: plain words, real-life
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+ examples, analogies, no needless jargon, short.
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+ 2. Ask the learner to explain it back in their own words.
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+ 3. Review their explanation: note what they got right; find every gap, mistake, or
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+ missing idea; re-teach only the wrong or missing parts; ask them to explain again,
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+ cleaner.
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+ 4. Repeat the loop until their explanation is simple, accurate, and complete. Do not
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+ advance while it is still muddy. Correct gently but clearly; reach for an example
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+ End with a final clean explanation of the topic they can save as notes.
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+ ## Find the signal
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+ Curate the 5 highest-leverage resources so the learner does not waste time on noise.
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+ Resources can be books, courses, videos, docs, newsletters, communities, or people to
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+ follow. For a work/codebase topic, "resources" can include the specific internal docs,
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+ PRs, and people who own the area.
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+ For **each** of the 5 resources give: name; type; why it is worth their time; what
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+ specific part of the topic it teaches; best learner type for it; difficulty
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+ path using only those resources. Favor quality over quantity. Signal, not noise.