Best Claude skills for education and teaching
Education skills support teachers and learners: lesson planning, feedback, quizzes and turning books into study companions. Evidence-grounded packs for teachers and school leaders are growing fast.
73 education skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
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Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
Academy Guide
Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude product — it recommends matching courses, tutorials, and use cases from Claude Academy…
Pack192k3.8MScore 89 - 3#3
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
GitHub
Add Educational Comments
Add educational comments to the file specified, or prompt asking for file to comment if one is not provided.
Pack41k2.4MScore 83 - 4#4
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
K-Dense
Aeon
This skill should be used for time series machine learning tasks including classification, regression, clustering, forecasting, anomaly detection, segmentation, and similarity search. Use…
Pack57k328kScore 82 - 5#5
JimLiu
Baoyu Comic
Knowledge comic creator supporting multiple art styles and tones. Creates original educational comics with detailed panel layouts and batch-capable image generation. Use when user asks to…
Pack27k614kScore 82 - 6#6
OpenAI
Skills
OpenAI
Figma Generate Library
Build or update a professional-grade design system in Figma from a codebase. Use when the user wants to create variables/tokens, build component libraries, set up theming (light/dark…
Pack29k225kScore 80 - 7#7
Garry Tan
Gstack
Garry Tan
Sync Gbrain
Keep gbrain current with this repo's code and refresh agent search guidance in CLAUDE.md. (gstack)
Pack141k47kScore 80 - 8#8
dotnet
Skills
dotnet
Technology Selection
Guides technology selection and implementation of AI and ML features in .NET 8+ applications using ML.NET, Microsoft.Extensions.AI (MEAI), Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF), GitHub Copilot…
Pack5.9k439kScore 75 - 9#9
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Orchestra Research
Fine Tuning With Trl
Fine-tune LLMs using reinforcement learning with TRL - SFT for instruction tuning, DPO for preference alignment, PPO/GRPO for reward optimization, and reward model training. Use when need…
Pack14k103kScore 73 - 10#10
Orchestra Research
AI Research SKILLs
Verl Rl Training
Provides guidance for training LLMs with reinforcement learning using verl (Volcano Engine RL). Use when implementing RLHF, GRPO, PPO, or other RL algorithms for LLM post-training at scale…
Pack14k103kScore 73
Matt Pocock What makes a great education skill.
Grounding in learning science, not just content generation.
Age-appropriate output controls.
Ways to check understanding, not only explain.
All 73 education skills.
bevibing
Tutor Skills
bevibingtutor-setup
Transforms knowledge sources into an Obsidian StudyVault. Two modes: (1) Document Mode — PDF/text/web sources → study notes with practice questions. (2) Codebase Mode — source code project…
bevibing
Tutor Skills
bevibingtutor
Interactive quiz tutor for Obsidian StudyVault learning. Use when the user wants to: (1) Take a diagnostic assessment of their knowledge, (2) Study or review specific sections/topics, (3)…
lingxling
Awesome Skills Cn
lingxlingacademy-guide
Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude product — it recommends matching courses, tutorials, and use cases from Claude Academy…
sno-airem-reflect
Self Learning from this machine's Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, OpenClaw and Cursor sessions. Decide skill changes and lessons with accept/reject/tbd; recall lessons at session start.
MobiusQuantopenmobius-skill
Provides multi-school trading Q&A, chart/OHLCV analysis, annotation, and fresh-market workflows covering ICT/SMC, ChanLun, Wyckoff, Price Action, Order Flow, VSA, and Elliott Wave. Use for…
JuneYaooo
Teacher To Skills
JuneYaoooteacher-to-skills
Distill a teacher into a coaching Skill. Turn their courses, books, video, audio, PDFs, slides, transcripts, OCR, notes, and long-form materials into source-grounded learning Skills that…
Neeeophytee
Finding Unknowns Skills
Neeeophyteechange-quiz
After a working session, produce a report on what changed plus a quiz the user must pass before merging. Use when the user asks "what did we actually do," wants to review a large change, or…
tudoumashu
AI Memory Skillpack
tudoumashuproject-mastery-coach
Train strict project ownership from repo-local docs/ai memory and central LLM Wiki project entities. Use when Codex or Claude Code should initialize a learning question bank, quiz or grade…
bevibing
Socrates Skill
bevibingsocrates
Socratic method teaching skill that guides users to discover answers themselves through questioning, never giving direct answers. TRIGGER when: user's message contains 'socratic'…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-facilitated-collaborative-learning-designer
Design AI-supported collaborative tasks that structure group interaction and address participation problems. Use when students struggle to collaborate effectively on group tasks.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-feedback-design-principles
Audit and redesign AI-generated feedback for pedagogical quality, timing, and learning impact. Use when building or reviewing automated feedback in digital learning tools.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-hallucination-fact-check-protocol
Design a fact-checking protocol for AI-generated text, extending SIFT with AI-specific adaptations for hallucination detection. Use when students need to verify AI claims and citations.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-learning-boundary-mapper
Map which elements of an assignment benefit from AI assistance vs. which AI use undermines. Use when redesigning tasks for AI-age classrooms or setting defensible AI use policies for…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-output-critical-audit-designer
Design a structured protocol for auditing AI-generated text against Ennis's six CT standards. Use when students need to critically evaluate AI output in any subject.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningai-socratic-dialogue-designer
Design a multi-round questioning sequence for interrogating AI chatbot answers, tracking how responses shift and distinguishing genuine updates from sycophantic capitulation. Use when…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningassessment-validity-checker
Audit a proposed assessment for construct validity, reliability, and alignment to learning objectives. Use when reviewing or quality-assuring assessments before deployment.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningbackwards-design-unit-planner
Plan a unit using backwards design from desired outcomes through assessment evidence to learning activities. Use when starting a new unit or redesigning an existing one from standards.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningcognitive-tutoring-architecture-designer
Map knowledge components and skill hierarchies for a cognitive tutoring system or adaptive learning platform. Use when designing intelligent tutoring software or skill-based mastery systems.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningcompetency-unpacker
Unpack a broad standard or competency descriptor into specific, assessable success criteria and sub-skills. Use when interpreting curriculum standards or writing learning objectives.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningcoverage-audit
Takes a curriculum framework and a statutory or accreditation requirement list; produces a coverage table, gap summary, and CSV showing which framework content covers each requirement and…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningcriterion-referenced-rubric-generator
Generate a criterion-referenced rubric with descriptive performance levels for a task or objective. Use for marking guides and general curriculum contexts. For Manning programmes where…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningcurriculum-crosswalk
Compares two or more band-tagged frameworks and produces a framework-neutral topic matrix showing coverage and gaps across all inputs, plus an optional reference-centric PLC crosswalk…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningdevelopmental-band-translator
Tags harness-decomposed curriculum items (KUDs, LTs, criteria) with a school's developmental band metadata while preserving source voice and labels. Supply the band schema; the skill…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningdigital-worked-example-sequence
Create an interactive digital worked example sequence with fading for online or blended delivery. Use when building e-learning modules, LMS content, or app-based instruction.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningdisciplinary-ai-literacy-sequence-designer
Design a sequence where students compare AI's handling of the same question across disciplines, developing a mental model of where AI is reliable vs. distorting based on knowledge type.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningerroneous-example-designer
Design deliberately flawed examples that develop error-detection skills and deepen understanding. Use when students make characteristic errors and need practice spotting mistakes.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningformative-assessment-loop-designer
Design an adaptive assessment loop where each student response triggers the next instructional move. Use when building technology-enhanced formative assessment cycles.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningindividual-spacing-algorithm-explainer
Explain and configure individual spacing algorithms using student performance data and forgetting curves. Use when personalising retention schedules in adaptive learning platforms.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningintelligent-tutoring-dialogue-designer
Script a multi-turn tutoring dialogue with branching responses for anticipated student difficulties. Use when designing AI tutors, chatbot interactions, or structured one-to-one support…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningkud-chart-author
Authors or reviews Know/Understand/Do charts for competency-based learning targets across developmental bands. Handles seven input types from raw curriculum documents to existing LT sets…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManninglearning-analytics-interpretation-guide
Interpret learning analytics data and translate dashboard findings into actionable teaching decisions. Use when reviewing LMS data, quiz patterns, or engagement metrics.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningmetacognitive-monitoring-ai-contexts
Design metacognitive checkpoints that prevent AI-assisted learning from bypassing genuine understanding. Use when students use AI tools and may overestimate their own comprehension.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningproductive-failure-desirable-difficulty-designer
Redesign a direct instruction sequence to include productive struggle before the explanation phase. Use when teaching concepts that benefit from failure-first approaches.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningprompt-literacy-sequence-designer
Design a learning sequence teaching prompt quality — comparing vague vs. refined prompts to show why specificity and context transform AI output. Use when students use AI without…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningself-explanation-prompt-designer
Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams. Use when students read material passively without engaging with underlying principles.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningworked-example-to-problem-solving-transition-designer
Design the transition from worked examples to independent problem-solving using expertise-reversal principles. Use when students follow examples but cannot solve problems alone.
Education skills, explained.
Also searched as: education skills, teacher agent skills, tutor skill, study skill.
What are the best Claude skills for education and teaching?
Right now the top-ranked education skills on Alyn are Teach (Matt Pocock), Academy Guide (Anthropic), Add Educational Comments (GitHub). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
Can I turn a book into a skill?
Yes. book-to-skill converts a technical book PDF into a Claude Code skill you can study and reference.
Are there skills for teachers?
education-agent-skills includes more than 160 evidence-grounded skills for teachers and school leaders.
How do I install a education skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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