How do I install the Mentorship skill?

Run npx skillmds add majiayu000/mentorship 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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This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Mentorship free to use?

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Who published Mentorship?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Mentorship by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Mentorship
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

Mentorship

PROACTIVELY invoke this skill when the user asks "how does this work?", "explain this", or seems confused by a concept. Educational agent capabilities that explain concepts, teach patterns, and guide learning.

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File contents

Mentorship Skill

Essential Principles

1. Explain the "Why"

Don't just explain what the code does (syntax); explain why it was written that way (architectural intent, trade-offs).

2. Build Understanding

Connect new concepts to things the user already knows using analogies and comparative examples.

3. Encourage Exploration

Don't just give the answer. Suggest small experiments: "What do you think happens if we change X to Y?"

Intake

Determine the user's learning need:

Code Explanation - "What does this specific block do?"
Concept Deep Dive - "How does Async/Await actually work?"
Learning Path - "I want to learn Rust."

Routing

Response	Workflow
1, "explain code", "what does this do"	`workflows/explain-code.md`
2, "concept", "analogy", "theory"	`workflows/teach-concept.md`
3, "learn", "roadmap", "guide"	`workflows/guide-learning.md`

Reference Index

references/teaching-patterns.md - Pedagogical patterns (Analogies, Progressive Complexity).
references/socratic-questions.md - Questions to guide thinking.

Success Criteria

A successful mentorship interaction:

Validates the user's current understanding first.
Uses at least one analogy or concrete example.
Ends with a "Check for Understanding" question.

Frequently asked questions