scaffold-exercises agent skill by mattpocock
Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Use when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section.
Source and license
| Publisher | mattpocock |
|---|---|
| Repository | mattpocock/skills |
| License | MIT |
| Snapshot | 2026-10-22 |
| Last repository commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Instruction size | 407 words; 101 lines |
| Bundled files | 2 |
Suede Skill Check: 75/100 · C
Report snapshot · · graded-v2
The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
Source revision: 49dd158d1076. Report version fcbd59bde491. Badge URLs follow the latest listing; save the report to keep this version.
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What to review next
- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Instruction depth: 4 of 7 points. 7 for a SKILL.md body of 500–3,000 words; 4 for 250–4,500; 1 for 100 or more.
Add declarations and bundled files when they describe the skill’s actual needs. Update the source, then request a fresh review with the changed commit or PR.
| Component | Points earned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 | 56 |
| Description length | 5 | 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 | 4 |
| Example request | 0 | 3 |
| Instruction depth | 4 | 7 |
| Reference files | 0 | 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 | 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 | 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 1 | 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 | 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 | 2 |
The published score is capped at 99. It measures the published files, documentation and maintenance signals. Security scan: not scanned. This assessment does not include a runtime test or a full installation-dependency review.
Install scaffold-exercises
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/misc/scaffold-exercises
tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/misc/scaffold-exercises .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"
tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .agents/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/misc/scaffold-exercises .agents/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"
For a user-level install, copy the folder to ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code) or ~/.agents/skills/ (Codex). Inside Codex, $skill-installer can also fetch a skill from GitHub. New to skills? Read How to install agent skills in Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
mattpocock/skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
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scaffold-exercises is listed with 75/100 · C. This badge links to its Suede AI listing. Skills scoring 80–99 add a numeric and a letter quality shield; the largest open points for scaffold-exercises are boundary clause (4), example request (3) and instruction depth (3). Send your repository and the points you want to raise, then request a fresh review after updating the skill. Publishers: read How to get your agent skill found in search and cited by AI assistants.
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