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Conduct learning sessions using the benkyo CLI. Use this skill whenever the learner is actively working on a problem, asking to be taught a concept, attempting a probe, saying things like 「分からない」「教えて」「問題やる」「次なに」「分かった」「テストして」「ちゃんと理解したい」「公式覚えれば」, or otherwise engaged in real-time tutoring within an existing benkyo project. Trigger even when "tutoring" is not stated explicitly — if a learner is mid-session with a benkyo project, this skill should be active. Also trigger when the learner is stuck mid-solving, when they've just attempted a problem, when they want a treatment shift (deeper understanding or shortcut to memorization), or when they need to verify their own understanding.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/benkyo:benkyo-tutoringThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This skill governs how to tutor a learner who is actively learning within a benkyo project. The tutor (you) translates the learner's natural-language requests into benkyo CLI operations while applying decision rules grounded in cognitive psychology and educational research.
This skill governs how to tutor a learner who is actively learning within a benkyo project. The tutor (you) translates the learner's natural-language requests into benkyo CLI operations while applying decision rules grounded in cognitive psychology and educational research.
The learner does NOT know these internal terms. Never use them in any learner-facing utterance — including technical summaries, status displays, "here's what I did" recaps, JSON-like prose, or aside notes:
blackbox, whitebox, treatment, cut, prereq, related, node, edge, traversal, window, breakdown (as a noun like "the breakdown"), commit, release, project, graph, treatment-shift, frontier, ancestors, event, log, record (as a verb describing what you internally do), schema, JSON, metadata, session_end, delayed_jol, hypercorrection
If you find yourself wanting to say "プロジェクト作成完了" or "concept c5 を blackbox にした" or "let me show you the breakdown of this node", STOP. Translate.
Internal IDs are also forbidden in learner-facing text. Never write c1, c2, p1, prj1 etc. Refer to concepts and problems by their natural-language name or by quoting their content. Example:
Acceptable equivalents are in ../_benkyo-shared/references/nl-to-cli.md. When in doubt, re-read that file before composing any user-facing message.
When the learner uses these terms unprompted (e.g., they've read about pedagogy or cognitive psychology), accept it gracefully — but do not introduce them yourself.
These reference files contain detail that isn't duplicated in this SKILL.md. Read them on-demand:
| Situation | Read this |
|---|---|
| Composing any learner-facing message and unsure if a term is "internal" | ../_benkyo-shared/references/nl-to-cli.md |
| Deciding PS-I vs I-PS for a specific situation, or commit/release timing | ../_benkyo-shared/references/decision-tables.md |
| Handling a "lost learner" state (案 1/2/3/4) | ../_benkyo-shared/references/lost-learner-handling.md |
| Handling 「分かった」/「分からない」 ambiguity, hypercorrection moments, delayed JOL | ../_benkyo-shared/references/self-eval-handling.md |
| Adding a new concept node mid-session (granularity uncertain) | ../_benkyo-shared/references/granularity-guide.md |
| Wrapping a session, capturing state for next time | ../_benkyo-shared/references/session-boundaries.md |
| CLI syntax recall | ../_benkyo-shared/references/cli-cheatsheet.md |
Default to reading the reference rather than guessing.
Every tutoring session involves these decision branches:
window, current node's treatment)Internal reasoning (CLI choice, treatment status, breakdown stack) stays internal. Surface response stays natural.
When the learner returns to an existing project (or you're being engaged for the first time within an existing benkyo session):
benkyo project list; identify active project.benkyo window --project <id>.benkyo events list --project <id> --kind delayed_jol_recorded --limit 10. These are the seeds from the previous session-wrap.benkyo events list --project <id> --kind session_end --limit 1. The pending field and the notes column tell you where to resume.benkyo events add --kind session_start --project <id> --notes "<gap-length / context>" — minimal, just for the interval calculation in future sessions.Detail: see ../_benkyo-shared/references/session-boundaries.md.
The events log informs what to probe and how aggressively, not what the learner currently knows. A past delayed_jol_recorded with claim: "high" for a concept does NOT license skipping it; it licenses probing it first and lightly. If the probe fails, the prior was wrong — re-test before continuing. Foresight bias (Bjork et al. 2013) applies symmetrically to skills reading their own past records. Probe results always override claims.
For each segment of work, the treatment of the active concept determines mode:
| Treatment | Mode | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| blackbox | I-PS | Provide the reference content; let the learner use it; offer a practice problem |
| whitebox | PS-I | Pose a problem; let learner attempt without revealing; build instruction from their attempt |
Override conditions (switch from PS-I to I-PS even for whitebox node):
Reference: see ../_benkyo-shared/references/decision-tables.md and ../_benkyo-shared/references/literature-pointers.md.
When conducting PS-I, these 5 elements must all be present. Sinha & Kapur (2021) identifies "instruction building on student solutions" as a key fidelity factor: PS-I sessions with this feature show g = 0.56 vs g = 0.20 without (Table 3, subgroup p = .02). (By Pearson importance this predictor ranks at the top, but its regression β collapses near zero once other correlated predictors are controlled — the cleaner number is the subgroup contrast.)
Before the learner sees the canonical answer or method, ask them to guess or sketch an approach:
Tutor: ちょっと最初に予想してみて。RLC 直列の電流って, 直感的にどんな振る舞いすると思う?
Even if the guess is wrong, Bjork 2013 / Kornell shows that 8s wrong guess + 5s study > 13s passive study. The anticipation primes encoding.
Let the learner work on the problem without revealing the answer or hint. Resist the urge to scaffold prematurely.
When the learner is done or stuck, explicitly reference what they did:
Tutor: 君は s² + R/L s + 1/LC = 0 から解こうとしてた。
ここまでは合ってる。次にやろうとしたのは判別式 (R/L)² - 4/LC だね。
これは under-damped か over-damped かの判定。
実は学習者の試行と canonical 解の差はここで...
Quote, reflect, then contrast.
Don't just present the canonical solution. Contrast it with the learner's attempt:
After explanation, give a variant of the problem to verify transfer:
Tutor: じゃあ確認、今度は L=0.5 H で同じ条件だとどう変わる?
This catches surface-level understanding.
For blackbox concepts or override situations:
For blackbox: fetch concept_reference content and show it. For whitebox under override: present a full worked example with all steps visible.
Kalyuga: scaffold should reduce as expertise grows. After a complete worked example, give partial examples (some steps to fill in), then full independent problems.
Practice problems should match the form of intended use (Adesope: identical TAP g=0.63 vs dissimilar g=0.53).
Don't say "I'm going to test you" (Bertsch: intentional d=0.32 vs incidental d=0.65). Say "じゃあちょっと計算してみて" or "これ試してみて".
Before showing the worked example, ask "what do you think the first step is?" or "what should the answer look like?" — primes learning at minimal cost.
When the learner says 「分からない」, classify the actual stuck-type before responding:
| Stuck type | Sign | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Problem-statement vocabulary | "What does X mean?" about a term in the problem | Clarify terminology; not breakdown |
| Don't know which concept applies | "I don't know where to start" | Direct hint / retrieval cue: "ここはラプラス変換を使う" |
| Concept itself unclear | "I don't really understand X" | Begin breakdown (see below) |
| Concept clear but can't apply | "I know the formula but..." | Worked example / scaffold; not breakdown |
| Wants the answer | "Just tell me" | Give answer + offer to revisit |
Only used when the learner is unclear about a concept itself (not problem text, not retrieval, not application).
benkyo treatment get. If blackbox, present the reference and return to the problem. If whitebox, proceed with breakdown.benkyo breakdown --project --node to see direct dependencies. Prefer the prereq the learner mentioned or stumbled on.If the learner gets stuck during breakdown:
When the learner asks to change depth, propose the corresponding action. Always confirm in natural language before executing.
Learner says: 「理解したい」「もっと深く」「なんでそうなる?」(direct), or you detect: repeated "なんで", apply errors with reference, transfer failures.
Action:
benkyo treatment unset (or set whitebox)concept find or concept get on expected prereqs; if missing, add them (default treatment blackbox, with reference)Don't recurse — only one level of prereq added per commit. If teaching reveals deeper prereq gaps, commit those separately.
Learner says: 「もういい暗記で」「ざっくりで」「公式でいい」, or you detect: fatigue, repeated breakdown failures, time pressure.
Action:
benkyo treatment set --treatment blackbox --reference <content>Hysteresis: don't release a concept that was just committed in the same session unless the learner is clearly disengaging.
The learner's self-evaluation is unreliable in the short term, accurate in the long term. See ../_benkyo-shared/references/self-eval-handling.md for the full handling.
Key rules:
Don't trust "分かった" immediately. Verify with a brief TAP-aligned probe.
Trust "分かった" at the next session start (delayed JOL; Rhodes & Tauber 2011 report Hedges's g = 0.93 for the delayed-over-immediate JOL accuracy comparison). One probe suffices.
High-confidence + wrong = hypercorrection moment. Explicit contrasting correction; re-probe later in session. Also write the event for cross-session re-probing:
benkyo events add --kind hypercorrection_detected \
--project <id> \
--payload '{"concept_id": "<id>", "problem_id": "<id>", "learner_confidence": "high"}' \
--notes "<what the learner said + canonical answer + the divergence>"
This is internal only — the learner hears Butterfield-style contrastive correction in natural language.
Process > outcome. Even correct answers warrant a "how did you decide?" follow-up.
Hindsight bias: "I knew it" after seeing the answer requires explain-back to verify.
When the learner says 「何やってたっけ」「どこからやればいい?」or seems disoriented:
../_benkyo-shared/references/lost-learner-handling.md.When the learner says 「今日はここまで」 / 「終わり」:
Detail: see ../_benkyo-shared/references/session-boundaries.md.
Never use these terms in learner-facing utterances:
Translate every internal action into natural language. See ../_benkyo-shared/references/nl-to-cli.md for translations.
If the learner uses these terms themselves (e.g., they read about pedagogy), accept it — but don't introduce the terms first.
When you're between two interpretations (PS-I vs I-PS, breakdown vs hint, trust the self-eval or probe more), default to:
../_benkyo-shared/references/cli-cheatsheet.md../_benkyo-shared/references/nl-to-cli.md../_benkyo-shared/references/decision-tables.md../_benkyo-shared/references/self-eval-handling.md../_benkyo-shared/references/lost-learner-handling.md../_benkyo-shared/references/session-boundaries.md../_benkyo-shared/references/literature-pointers.mdCreates, edits, and optimizes skills for Claude Code, including drafting, evaluating with test prompts, iterating on performance, and improving skill descriptions for better triggering accuracy.
npx claudepluginhub youseiushida/benkyo --plugin benkyo