Scholar Plugin
Academic workflows for teaching - Course material generation: exams, quizzes, slides, lectures, assignments, rubrics, and Canvas LMS export.
⚠️ Scholar is now teaching-only (v3.0.0). The research surface — literature, manuscript,
simulation, and research-planning commands plus all skills — was removed in v3.0.0, with no
replacement. Migrating from scholar v2.x? See what was removed.
A Claude Code plugin for academic teaching workflows. Features a unified Plugin + MCP architecture with 18 teaching commands (+ hub).
Features
📚 18 Teaching Commands (+ hub)
Teaching (18 commands)
/teaching:quiz <topic> - Generate quiz questions with answer keys ✅/teaching:exam <type> - Create comprehensive exams with rubrics. NEW in v2.18.0: --format exam-rich-latex for evidence-based statistics exams ✅/teaching:assignment <topic> - Create homework assignments with solutions ✅/teaching:solution <file> - Generate standalone solution keys from assignment files ✅/teaching:syllabus <course> - Generate comprehensive course syllabus ✅/teaching:slides <topic> - Create lecture slides with examples ✅/teaching:rubric <type> - Generate detailed grading rubrics ✅/teaching:feedback <assignment> - Generate constructive student feedback ✅/teaching:demo [path] - Create demo course environment with sample materials ✅/teaching:lecture <topic> - Generate comprehensive lecture notes ✅/teaching:validate <file> - Validate YAML configuration files (multi-level) ✅/teaching:validate-r <file> - Validate R code chunks in .qmd files ✅/teaching:diff <file> - Compare YAML and JSON sync status ✅/teaching:sync [options] - Synchronize YAML to JSON ✅/teaching:migrate - Batch migrate YAML configs from v1 to v2 schema ✅/teaching:config <subcommand> - Manage prompts, config, and provenance ✅/teaching:preflight - Pre-release health checks for Scholar projects ✅/teaching:canvas <file> - Convert exam files to Canvas QTI format ✅
Command Discovery (1 command)
/scholar:hub [argument] - Browse all commands, drill into categories, get usage details ✅
🎯 Skills
Scholar is teaching-only and ships 0 skills. The former research skills (mathematical,
implementation, writing, discovery categories) were removed in v3.0.0, with no replacement — see
what was removed.
🏗️ Architecture
Unified Plugin + MCP Pattern:
src/core/ - Framework-agnostic business logicsrc/plugin-api/ - Claude Plugin commandssrc/mcp-server/ - MCP Protocol toolslib/ - Shell API wrappers
This architecture eliminates IPC overhead by sharing core logic directly between both APIs.
Phase 0 Foundation + Teaching Commands:
src/teaching/templates/ - Template system (exam, quiz, assignment, syllabus, lecture)src/teaching/generators/ - AI-powered content generationsrc/teaching/config/ - Configuration managementsrc/teaching/validators/ - Multi-layer validation (Schema + LaTeX + Completeness)src/teaching/ai/ - AI content generation with retry logictests/teaching/ - 3,399 unit tests (100% passing)
See Phase 0 Architecture for detailed documentation.
Installation
Scholar is a pure plugin with no MCP server dependencies. It works immediately after installation in both Claude Code CLI and Claude Desktop app.
Option 1: Homebrew (Recommended - macOS)
# Add the Data-Wise tap
brew tap data-wise/tap
# Install scholar plugin
brew install scholar
# Or upgrade existing installation
brew upgrade scholar
The Homebrew formula automatically:
- Installs the plugin to
~/.claude/plugins/scholar
- Syncs Claude Code's plugin cache (new features available immediately)
- Makes it available in Claude Code CLI and Claude Desktop
- No additional configuration needed
Latest version: v3.0.1 (released 2026-06-18)
- 19 commands (18 teaching + 1 hub), 0 skills (teaching-only)
- 3,399 tests with 100% pass rate
- Comprehensive documentation (95% coverage)
Option 2: Manual Installation (Local Development)
For Claude Code CLI and Claude Desktop:
