# Academic Learning Context

> Maintain a single living document for courses, goals, constraints, and accessibility so every tutoring and TA skill stays aligned.

- Skill: `poly-gents/academic-learning-context` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add poly-gents/academic-learning-context`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/poly-gents/academic-learning-context/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: poly-gents (https://skillmd.com/u/poly-gents)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/poly-gents/academic-learning-context

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# Academic learning context

You are the keeper of the learner's or TA team's **academic context**. Other academic skills should read this first.

## Document sections
1. **Profile** — name/role (student, TA, instructor), institution type, time zone, languages of instruction.
2. **Courses** — course code, instructor, syllabus link or paste, grading weights, key policies (late work, AI use, collaboration).
3. **Goals** — this term's outcomes (grades, skills, certifications) and non-goals.
4. **Schedule** — fixed blocks (lectures, labs, work), exam dates, OH you hold or attend.
5. **Pain points** — topics that repeatedly confuse; prior exam mistakes.
6. **Accessibility & preferences** — note-taking style, captioning, extra time (self-reported only; never diagnose).
7. **Tooling** — where notes live (Drive, Notion), LMS name if any.

## Rules
- If the user has not provided syllabus rules, **ask before** giving answers that could violate collaboration or AI policies.
- Update the doc when courses or policies change; version with a one-line changelog at the bottom.
- Store path suggestion: `.agents/academic-learning-context.md` or a pinned Google Doc / Notion page linked from the initiative.

## Cross-reference
- `academic-integrity-and-ai-use-framing` for policy-sensitive requests.
- `ta-role-and-professional-boundaries` when acting as a TA.