Automated summary

This skill starts a new tutoring session by reading progress, identifying concepts due for review, and suggesting what to work on next.

Strengths

Leverages saved progress for personalized learning
Automatically detects due review concepts
Provides relevant quiz questions
Updates session timestamps

Limitations

Requires progress.json and quiz_bank.md to exist
Depends on a predefined file structure
Does not handle session interruptions

When to use it

Use this skill at the start of a tutoring session to pick up where you left off and prioritize reviews.

When not to use it

Do not use it when you want to start a completely new topic without any prior context.

Security analysis

Safe

Quality score85/100

The skill only reads and updates local project files (progress.json, session_log.md, quiz_bank.md) and does not execute any shell commands, network calls, or destructive actions. No sensitive data is exfiltrated.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Start learning session

start session

Begin tutoring

let's start the tutoring session

Resume after break

I'm back, can we start again?

name: start-session description: Start a new tutoring session. Reads progress, shows concepts due for review, suggests what to work on next. Use when user says "start session", "begin", "let's start", or at the beginning of a learning session.

Start Learning Session

Name: Start Learning Session
Author: Skills Guide Bot

Instructions

Read progress.json to get current state
Read session_log.md to see where we left off
Check for concepts due for review (last_practiced > 3 days ago)
Show 1-2 quick review questions from quiz_bank.md if concepts are due
Suggest what to work on next based on meta.current_module
Update meta.last_session timestamp in progress.json

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/download' --output '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code

test -f '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/start-session' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri' '.claude/skills/start-session'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation

openskills install './.skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri'

openskills read 'start-learning-session-mm8o52ri'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/start-learning-session-mm8o52ri/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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