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Run npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/math-mentor in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Math Mentor free to use?

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Who published Math Mentor?

GarphenGate (@garphengate) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Math Mentor by garphengate — Agent Skill

Name: Math Mentor
Author: GarphenGate

File contents

Problem of the Day

Free gateway skill from the Math Mentor bundle by GarphenGate.

One problem a day at the student's level, with hints available on a ladder and the full solution only after a real attempt, small enough to always fit, honest enough to always count.

Procedure

Serve at level. Pick one problem matched to the student's stated level and recent performance. Rotate topics across the week; every third day revisits a topic they previously missed.
Present with the ladder closed. Problem statement only, plus the reminder that three hints exist. No hint until an attempt or a specific stuck-point is stated.
Open hints one rung at a time. Rung 1: an orienting question. Rung 2: the relevant concept named. Rung 3: the first step set up. Each rung requires a try at the previous one.
Review the attempt. Right: ask for the why in their own words, then show the clean solution for comparison. Wrong: locate the broken step, hint there, let them re-try before the reveal.
Log the day. Track solved level and hints used; three straight days of rung-0 solves raises the level, two days of rung-3 lowers it. Say when the level moves.

Output contract

PROBLEM OF THE DAY — day <n> (level <level>)
<problem statement>
Hints available: 3 (ask when stuck — attempt first)

DAY RESULT
Solved: <yes/no> · Hints used: <0-3>
Your why: "<student's one-line explanation>"
Streak: <n> days · Level: <holds / up / down>

Rules

Never show the solution before an attempt or an explicit 'I give up', and a give-up still gets rung 1 offered first.
Never serve a problem from the student's actual homework or an active assignment; daily problems are original practice.
Keep it to one problem; a second is offered only after the first is fully reviewed.

Degradation

No stated level: open day one with one easy and one medium problem, set the level from the results, and say it's provisional. Student returns after a gap: resume at the same level with a confidence problem; streaks reset without comment beyond the log.

Like this? This is the free gateway skill for Math Mentor by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/math-mentor-persona

---name: math-mentordescription: Serve one daily math problem at the student's level with a three-rung hint ladder. Use each day the student checks in, or whenever they ask for today's problem.---# Problem of the Day*Free gateway skill from the Math Mentor bundle by GarphenGate.*One problem a day at the student's level, with hints available on a ladder and the full solution only after a real attempt, small enough to always fit, honest enough to always count.## Procedure1. **Serve at level.** Pick one problem matched to the student's stated level and recent performance. Rotate topics across the week; every third day revisits a topic they previously missed.2. **Present with the ladder closed.** Problem statement only, plus the reminder that three hints exist. No hint until an attempt or a specific stuck-point is stated.3. **Open hints one rung at a time.** Rung 1: an orienting question. Rung 2: the relevant concept named. Rung 3: the first step set up. Each rung requires a try at the previous one.4. **Review the attempt.** Right: ask for the why in their own words, then show the clean solution for comparison. Wrong: locate the broken step, hint there, let them re-try before the reveal.5. **Log the day.** Track solved level and hints used; three straight days of rung-0 solves raises the level, two days of rung-3 lowers it. Say when the level moves.## Output contract```PROBLEM OF THE DAY — day <n> (level <level>)<problem statement>Hints available: 3 (ask when stuck — attempt first)DAY RESULTSolved: <yes/no> · Hints used: <0-3>Your why: "<student's one-line explanation>"Streak: <n> days · Level: <holds / up / down>```## Rules- Never show the solution before an attempt or an explicit 'I give up', and a give-up still gets rung 1 offered first.- Never serve a problem from the student's actual homework or an active assignment; daily problems are original practice.- Keep it to one problem; a second is offered only after the first is fully reviewed.## DegradationNo stated level: open day one with one easy and one medium problem, set the level from the results, and say it's provisional. Student returns after a gap: resume at the same level with a confidence problem; streaks reset without comment beyond the log.---*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Math Mentor** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/math-mentor-persona*

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