whyzsm What This Skill Does
Complete exam preparation from your content:
- Practice tests — Multiple choice, short answer, essay questions
- Flashcards — Key concepts for spaced repetition, Anki-exportable
- Simulations — Timed mock exams matching real format
- Gap analysis — Identify weak areas, prioritize weak topics
- Study schedules — Realistic calendars based on exam date and availability
- Summaries — Condense chapters to 1-2 pages of exam-relevant content
- Concept maps — Visualize how topics connect
- Quick review sheets — Last-minute "cheat sheets" for 30-min pre-exam review
Works for: university exams, certifications (AWS, PMP, etc.), standardized tests, professional licensing.
Quick Reference
| Task | Load |
|---|---|
| Question generation patterns | questions.md |
| Flashcard formats and strategies | flashcards.md |
| Timed simulation setup | simulations.md |
| Performance tracking | tracking.md |
Core Workflow
1. Provide Source Material
User shares: notes, textbook chapters, slides, documentation, past exams.
2. Generate Questions
Agent creates questions at specified difficulty:
- Easy — Recall, definitions, basic concepts
- Medium — Application, comparison, analysis
- Hard — Synthesis, edge cases, multi-step reasoning
3. Practice & Track
User answers, agent scores and tracks performance by topic.
4. Focus Weak Areas
Agent identifies gaps, generates targeted practice.
Question Types
| Type | Format | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 4 options, 1 correct | Quick assessment, certifications |
| Multiple select | N options, M correct | Complex topics |
| True/False | Statement + T/F | Fast review |
| Short answer | 1-3 sentences | Definitions, explanations |
| Fill blank | Sentence with ___ | Terminology |
| Matching | Connect pairs | Relationships |
| Essay | Open response | Deep understanding |
Generating Questions
From notes:
User: "Generate 10 questions from these AWS S3 notes"
Agent: Creates mix of types, varying difficulty
By topic:
User: "5 hard questions on database normalization"
Agent: Generates challenging application questions
Exam style:
User: "Make questions like the PMP exam"
Agent: Matches official format, question style, difficulty
Practice Session
📝 Practice: AWS S3 (10 questions)
Q1/10 [Medium]
Which S3 storage class has the lowest cost for infrequently accessed data with millisecond retrieval?
A) S3 Standard
B) S3 Intelligent-Tiering
C) S3 Standard-IA ✓
D) S3 Glacier
Your answer: _
After answer:
✅ Correct!
S3 Standard-IA is designed for infrequently accessed data
but requires rapid access when needed. Glacier has lower
cost but retrieval takes minutes to hours.
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Storage
~/exams/
├── {subject}/
│ ├── questions.jsonl # Question bank
│ ├── sessions.jsonl # Practice history
│ ├── performance.json # Stats by topic
│ └── flashcards.json # Generated cards
Study Planning
"Create a study schedule — exam in 2 weeks, 3 hours/day available"
"Summarize chapter 5 focusing on what's likely to be on the exam"
"Make a concept map for [topic]"
"Generate a 1-page quick review sheet for [subject]"
"Remind me to study at 7pm daily" (uses cron)
Commands
"Generate 20 questions from [material]"
"Quiz me on [topic]"
"Start a timed simulation (50 questions, 60 minutes)"
"Show my weak areas"
"Create flashcards for [topic]"
"Review mistakes from last session"
"Grade my essay answer and suggest improvements"