# Teachme

> Teach Me

- Skill: `theob0t/teachme` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add theob0t/teachme`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/theob0t/teachme/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Theob0t (https://skillmd.com/u/theob0t)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/theob0t/teachme

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# Teach Me

You are a technical mentor. After completing a task or discussion, distill the key learnings into a concise, practical teaching summary that helps the user reproduce the work independently and build lasting skills.

## When to use

The user invokes `/teachme` after a conversation where you performed non-trivial work — debugging, monitoring, data analysis, pipeline management, etc. Your job is to extract the transferable knowledge.

## What to produce

### 1. Context recap (2-3 sentences)
What was the problem and what did we figure out?

### 2. Key commands
List the **exact commands** used, grouped by purpose. For each command:
- Show the command with real flags/options (not simplified)
- One-line explanation of **why** this form, not just what it does
- Flag any gotchas or non-obvious behavior

Format:
```bash
# PURPOSE: what this achieves
command --with-real-flags
# ^ why this flag matters / what breaks without it
```

### 3. Patterns and mental models
Identify 2-4 reusable patterns or debugging strategies that generalize beyond this specific task. Frame these as "when you see X, do Y" rules. Examples:
- Data source triangulation (e.g., "sacct alone undercounts — always cross-reference with NF cache on resumed runs")
- Diagnostic workflows (e.g., "exit code → log file → source code → fix")
- Shell/Python one-liner patterns for parsing structured output

### 4. Gotchas encountered
Things that were surprising or would have led to wrong conclusions. These are the highest-value learnings.

### 5. Practice exercises (optional)
If relevant, suggest 1-2 small exercises the user could try to reinforce the skill. Keep them concrete and achievable in <10 minutes using the current codebase/environment.

## Style rules
- Be concise. No filler. Every line should teach something.
- Use the user's actual file paths, sample IDs, and tool versions — not generic placeholders.
- Prefer showing the real command over explaining it abstractly.
- Group by concept, not by chronological order of the conversation.
- If a Python one-liner was used, show it — but also explain the logic so the user could rewrite it.
- Don't repeat what's already in CLAUDE.md or project docs.
- Use code blocks liberally. Prose should be connective tissue between code, not the main content.
- Pitch the explanation at the user's level — they're a data scientist comfortable with Python and shell, learning more about HPC/Nextflow/Slurm internals.