Study Assistant Skill

study-assistant is an installable Agent Skill for exam prep from study material that is already available as text.

Features

It provides a single workflow with multiple modes to help you study:

• transcribe: Exact text transcription from provided material.
• lecture: Translates provided material into a cohesive professor-style narrative.
• eli5: Explains complex material in plain English.
• flashcard: Generates concise, two-column flashcards.
• mindmap: Generates Mermaid-syntax concept maps.
• quiz: Creates practice questions and answer keys.
• essay: Creates 3-4 essay prompts with sample answers.
• study-notes: Generates structured, exam-focused study notes.

If the source material is not yet available as text, run a separate extraction step before invoking study-assistant.

Installation

Using Codex

Codex recommends installing non-built-in skills using the $skill-installer. Prompt Codex with:

$skill-installer install the skill from repo planetis-m/study-assistant with path .

(If the skill does not appear immediately, restart Codex).

Manual Install

Clone directly into your agent's scanned skills path (e.g., ~/.agents/skills):

git clone https://github.com/planetis-m/study-assistant.git ~/.agents/skills/study-assistant

Usage Examples

Invoke the skill explicitly using $study-assistant in your prompts:

Use $study-assistant in transcribe mode on this extracted lecture text and keep it verbatim.

Use $study-assistant in study-notes mode on this extracted lecture text.

Use $study-assistant in quiz mode on this transcribed content: ...