Frequently asked questions

A free, open-source set of 11 AI skills and 3 optional agents that help K-12 teachers plan lessons and make teaching materials: objectives, unit and lesson plans, slide outlines, worksheets, quizzes with answer keys, rubrics, differentiation, feedback on student work, and messages to families.

A skill is an instruction file for one kind of material, like a rubric. An agent in this kit is a short file that names which skills to use, in what order, for a bigger job like planning a whole unit. Agents are optional; every skill is designed to be used on its own.

Not yet. The repository documents where each AI tool looks for skills, based on each tool’s own documentation, but the skills haven’t been tested live in any tool yet. The project includes automated checks that the skill files are correctly formatted. That checks the files, not how an AI tool uses them. Please try it and tell us how it goes.

The skills are written for K-12 teachers and aren’t tied to a subject. The worked examples cover Grade 3 math, Grade 8 science, and Grade 11 English.

The skills are written for any curriculum: Common Core, NGSS, a state or national curriculum, or your own goals. They use only the standard codes you give them, and write [standard: ask teacher] instead of making one up. Always check alignment yourself.

Yes. Each skill is a plain-text file. You can open, say, the rubric-builder skill, see why it uses four levels, and change it to five.

No coding is needed to use it: you ask in plain English. Setup means copying a few commands into a terminal (the window where you type commands). The Get started page walks you through each one.

The repository documents setup for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok (Grok Build CLI), and OpenCode. These tools can load skills from a folder. For chat assistants without a skills folder, you can paste or attach a skill file into the conversation (not verified). None of these has been tested live yet.

You need Git to run the download command on the Get started page. You don’t need Node.js or anything else to use the skills.

Yes, and you should. Every draft is a starting point.

The documented setup is for Windows, Mac, and Linux. [TBD: Chromebook/tablet guidance (Q-START-3)] Either way, check with your school’s IT team first.

The kit is free, under the MIT License. To use it, you need your own AI tool, which you choose and pay for yourself. EduAgentsKit doesn’t sell, include, or bill for any AI tool.

Any tool from the list above. Check its pricing and your school’s rules. If your school already provides one, you may not need to buy anything.

Not to download or use the kit, since it’s public. You need a free GitHub account only to open an issue or contribute changes. You can always email us instead.

No. Describe your class in general terms instead. Don’t paste names, ID numbers, IEP or 504 documents, health information, or photos of students.

The kit itself is just plain-text instruction files. It has no server, no accounts, and nothing that sends data to EduAgentsKit. What you type goes to the AI tool you use and its provider. Check that tool’s privacy terms and your school’s guidance.

The skills tell the AI to replace names it sees with “Student A” or initials. But by then the text has already reached your AI provider, so remove names before you paste.

Treat it like a first draft from a new colleague: often helpful, sometimes wrong. The skills ask the AI to work answer keys and flag uncertain facts with [verify], but always review before sharing.

No. The skills and agents are written for teachers preparing materials. Follow your school’s policies on student use of AI.

No. This website doesn’t use analytics or tracking cookies. [TBD: owner confirmation before launch (Q-LEGAL-6)] See our Cookie notice and Privacy policy.

Not right now. You can reach us by email on the Contact page.

Absolutely. Reports from real classroom use are the most useful contributions of all, especially now, before live testing. See the Contribute page.

It’s an open-source project, developed in the open on GitHub by the EduAgentsKit contributors. Learn more on our About page.