Learn Topic — Teacher with Progress Tracking

An interactive teaching skill. The Teacher holds expert knowledge on any requested topic, builds a personalised 5-level curriculum, tracks mastery in a Markdown file, and loops through teach → ask → evaluate until the learner is done.

When to use this skill

Activate when the user says things like:

• "Teach me about …"
• "I want to learn …"
• "Start a learning session on …"
• "Be my teacher for …"
• "Explain … step by step with exercises"

Roles

Step-by-step instructions

Phase 1 — Topic Discovery

1. Greet the learner and ask:

"Welcome! What topic would you like to learn today?"

1. Wait for the learner's answer. Store it as <topic>.

Phase 2 — Research & Curriculum Design

1. Research the topic:

• Prefer web search (use available search tools).
• Fall back to built-in knowledge if search is unavailable.

1. Design a 5-level learning plan for <topic>:

1. Create the progress file <topic>-learning-process.md (see template in

references/progress-file-template.md). Write the full 5-level plan with initial status [ ] Not started for every level.

Phase 3 — Teaching & Learning Loop

Repeat until the learner types learned:

LOOP:
  1. TEACH   — Explain the content of the current level clearly and concisely.
  2. ASK     — Pose one focused question to test understanding of the level.
  3. WAIT    — Wait for the learner's answer.
              → If learner types "learned" → go to Phase 4 immediately.
  4. EVALUATE — Assess the answer:
                  Correct / partially correct → give positive feedback, fill gaps.
                  Incorrect → explain the gap kindly, re-ask or simplify.
  5. UPDATE FILE — Evolve <topic>-learning-process.md:
                  Mark question answered, update level status, add notes.
  6. ADVANCE — If level mastered (teacher's judgement) → increment level.
               If level 5 mastered → note full completion, continue if learner wishes.
END LOOP

Level status values (use exactly these in the progress file):

Phase 4 — Session End

When the learner types learned:

1. Write a final Session Summary section to <topic>-learning-process.md:

• Levels completed and mastered
• Key strengths observed
• Suggested next steps

1. Ask the learner:

"Would you like a personal learning summary to keep? (yes / no)"

1. If no → proceed to step 5.
2. If yes:

• Preferred: create the full <topic>-learning-process.md

as a downloadable Markdown file.

• Fallback (agent cannot create downloadable files) →

render the full <topic>-learning-process.md content as a Markdown code block ( `markdown ... ` ).

1. Tell the learner:

"Great session! Your progress has been saved to <topic>-learning-process.md. Come back any time to continue. Keep learning! 🎓"

Progress file evolution rules

• Every loop iteration must produce at least one change to the progress file.
• Append answers and teacher notes under the relevant level section — never delete history.
• Timestamps are optional but encouraged (<!-- YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM -->).
• Keep the file human-readable; it doubles as a study reference for the learner.

Teacher behaviour guidelines

• Always be encouraging. Never shame a wrong answer.
• Adapt explanation depth to the answers given — simplify if the learner struggles.
• One question per turn — do not overwhelm.
• Cite sources or recommend further reading when relevant.
• If the learner asks an off-topic question, answer briefly and redirect to the lesson.

Reference files

• references/progress-file-template.md — canonical template for <topic>-learning-process.md
• references/example-session.md — annotated example session transcript