# Study Assistant

> Study assistant workflow for turning provided study material into exam-focused deliverables such as verbatim transcriptions, study notes, lecture-style explanations, ELI5 explanations, flashcards, Mermaid mind maps, quizzes, and essay questions.

- Skill: `planetis-m/study-assistant` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add planetis-m/study-assistant`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/planetis-m/study-assistant/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: planetis-m (https://skillmd.com/u/planetis-m)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/planetis-m/study-assistant

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# Study Assistant

Follow this workflow exactly when turning provided study material into exam-ready outputs.

## Select Mode

Map the user's request to exactly one mode:

- `transcribe`: Convert provided source text into structured markdown while preserving educational text verbatim.
- `lecture`: Deliver the material as a coherent professor-style lecture.
- `eli5`: Explain the material in plain English without losing technical depth.
- `flashcard`: Generate exam-ready two-column markdown flashcards.
- `mindmap`: Output a Mermaid mindmap.
- `quiz`: Generate a mixed quiz with an answer key.
- `essay`: Generate 3-4 essay prompts with sample answers.
- `study-notes`: Generate exam-focused study notes from the provided content.

## Prepare Source Material

Work only from material already present in the conversation or already extracted into text.

- If the source still needs to be converted into text, use a separate extraction step first.
- Do not prescribe a specific extraction method or file-format tool here.

## Clean Source Text

Before generating, remove only clear metadata:

- Instructor details
- Headers and footers
- Page numbers
- Timestamps
- Course codes

Preserve educational content such as concepts, definitions, and examples. If a fragment is too broken to recover confidently, omit it rather than guess.

## Generate Output

Read and apply the matching mode section in [references/commands.md](references/commands.md).

Across all modes:

- Base all factual content only on user-provided material and prepared source text.
- Do not add outside facts, theories, or claims.
- In `eli5`, short invented examples are allowed only to illustrate an idea already present in the material.
- Do not mention the source material. Present the content directly.
- Output markdown.
- Use LaTeX with `$...$` (inline) and `$$...$$` (display) for math.
- Do not include conversational intros or conclusions.