teach
🎯Skillfrom mattpocock/skills
Installation
npx vibeindex add mattpocock/skills --skill teachnpx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill teach~/.claude/skills/teach/SKILL.md
|A collection of composable engineering skills by Matt Pocock designed to fix common AI coding agent failure modes: misalignment via grilling sessions, verbosity through shared domain language (CONTEXT.md), code quality with TDD red-green-refactor loops, and codebase entropy with architecture improvement workflows.
Overview
The teach skill is part of Matt Pocock's "Skills For Real Engineers" collection, designed for production engineering rather than vibe coding. It focuses on teaching and knowledge transfer, helping AI agents explain code, create documentation, and facilitate learning. The collection is built on fundamentals: TDD, disciplined debugging, domain-driven design, and architecture improvement.
Key Features
- Composable skills addressing AI agent failure modes: misalignment, verbosity, broken code, and architectural decay
- /grill-with-docs for building shared language (CONTEXT.md) between developers and agents, reducing tokens ~75%
- Integration with /tdd (test-driven development), /diagnose (debugging), and /improve-codebase-architecture
- /zoom-out for explaining code in whole-system context rather than isolated functions
- Compatible with any AI model, installable via npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills
Who is this for?
- Senior engineers wanting AI agents to explain and document code following domain-driven design principles
- Development teams needing structured workflows for knowledge transfer, code review, and architectural decisions
- Developers wanting production-grade AI assistance based on software engineering fundamentals
Same repository
mattpocock/skills(55 items)
SKILL.md
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