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.
56 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…
192k3.8MScore 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.
41k2.4MScore 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…
57k328kScore 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…
27k614kScore 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…
29k225kScore 80 - 7#7
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…
14k103kScore 73 - 8#8
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…
14k103kScore 73 - 9#9
virgiliojr94
Book To Skill
Converts books and documents (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, plain text, RTF, MOBI/AZW with Calibre) into structured agent skills, extracting frameworks, mental models, principles…
38k9.3kScore 72 - 10#10
Hugging Face
Skills
Hugging Face
Transformers Js
Use Transformers.js to run state-of-the-art machine learning models directly in JavaScript/TypeScript. Supports NLP (text classification, translation, summarization), computer vision (image…
11k42kScore 72
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 56 education skills.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningdifferentiation-adapter
Adapt a classroom task for specific learner needs while preserving the core learning objective intact. Use when differentiating for SEND, EAL, gifted, ADHD, dyslexia, or anxiety.
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
GarethManningdiscipline-specific-critical-thinking-task-designer
Design discipline-specific critical thinking tasks grounded in knowledge-contingent reasoning rather than generic skills. Use when embedding higher-order thinking into subject content.
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
GarethManningformative-assessment-technique-selector
Select the right formative assessment technique for a specific learning moment, purpose, and age group. Use when choosing how to check understanding during, between, or after lessons.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManninggap-analysis-from-student-work
Analyse student work against criteria to identify specific gaps between current performance and learning objectives. Use when reviewing submissions, planning feedback, or diagnosing…
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
GarethManninglanguage-demand-analyser
Analyse the language demands of a classroom task to identify barriers for EAL and multilingual learners. Use when adapting tasks, planning support, or assessing linguistic accessibility.
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
GarethManninglearning-progression-builder
Build a learning progression showing prerequisite-to-mastery steps for a target skill or understanding. Use when sequencing content, designing diagnostics, or mapping prerequisite gaps.
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
GarethManningproject-brief-designer
Design a project-based learning brief with a driving question, milestones, and assessment criteria. Use when planning PBL units, inquiry projects, or extended investigations.
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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