Teaching Agents to Teach With Actual Science

What it does

The repository packages 165 pedagogical skills as self-contained SKILL.md files that plug into Claude, Codex, Hermes, or any Agent Skills-compatible tool. Domains 1 through 19 generate teacher-facing artifacts like unit plans, rubrics, and spaced-practice schedules. Domain 20 is a student-facing layer that shapes how an AI responds to a learner during live study sessions. Every skill carries YAML-typed inputs and outputs, chaining metadata, and explicit research citations so agents can compose them programmatically rather than improvising from a blank prompt.

The interesting bit

Most education AI tools scale conventional wisdom; this library actively excludes it. Learning styles, VAK, and other poorly-evidenced frameworks are documented in EXCLUSIONS.md with explanations for what was left out and why. The author also rates evidence strength transparently—ranging from meta-analysis-backed to practitioner-original—so you know whether a skill is standing on solid ground or promising sand.

Key highlights

• 20 domains covering memory science, curriculum design, inclusive pedagogy, and live student interaction patterns
• Each skill names specific authors and studies; no anonymous “research says” hand-waving
• Built for orchestration: typed I/O schemas and chaining metadata are first-class, not afterthoughts
• Domain 20 runs in real time during study sessions, shifting the target user from teacher to learner
• Manual copy-paste works without setup; no build step or dependencies required

Caveats

• The research-grounded prompts have not yet been empirically validated as AI interventions; that work is ongoing
• Anonymous access to the hosted MCP server is now blocked; remote use requires a token request

Verdict

Worth exploring if you are building tutoring systems, curriculum tools, or teacher-assistance agents and want a structured, citable foundation instead of vibe-based pedagogy. Skip it if you are looking for a finished learning management system or a consumer tutoring app.