How EduAgentsKit works
EduAgentsKit gives your AI tool a set of teacher-written instructions for lesson prep. Here’s what that means in practice, and where you fit in. (Spoiler: at the center.)
Skills and agents: a quick explanation
A skill
A skill is a short instruction file for one kind of material. It tells the AI what to ask you first, how to build the material, and what to hand back. The rubric-builder skill, for example, asks for the task and objectives, writes the top level of each criterion first, and adds a student checklist. Each skill is a folder with a file called SKILL.md, written in plain English.
An agent
An agent in this kit is an optional, even shorter file. It names the skills for a bigger job and the order to use them in. The lesson-planner agent goes from objectives to unit to lessons to materials to assessment, and stops after each step so you can approve or change it. Agents add no new teaching instructions; those all live in the skills.
You don’t need to remember which is which. Ask for what you need, and your AI tool matches your request to the right skill. You can also name one: “Use the edu-rubric-builder skill to…”
Built-in guardrails
Every skill ends with the same guardrails section. It instructs the AI to:
- use only standard codes you give it, and write
[standard: ask teacher]otherwise; - work without student names or identifying details;
- fit content to the grade, and flag safety and sensitive topics;
- work every answer key itself, and mark facts it’s unsure of with
[verify]; - draft only, leaving grades, placements, and IEP decisions to you and your school.
These are instructions to the AI, not guarantees. AI tools don’t always follow instructions perfectly, which is why your review matters.
From idea to classroom-ready, in four steps
Install the skills (once).
Copy the skill folders into your AI tool’s skills folder. Setup guide
Brief it like a colleague.
Include the grade and subject; topic or text; time (minutes per lesson, number of lessons); standards with codes, if your school uses them; what the class needs, described without names (“6 of 28 students are newcomers who speak Arabic”); and the format you want (print, slides, digital). The skills ask for anything missing, but a complete first request saves a round trip.
Review and refine.
Read the draft like you’d read a student teacher’s plan. Work the answer key or spot-check it. Search for
[verify]and[standard: ask teacher]and fill them in. Ask for changes (“make it shorter,” “add a hands-on activity”) until it’s right.Make it yours and use it.
Copy it into your usual tools, adjust it, print it, or share it. The slide-outline skill writes the outline; you build the deck in Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Keynote.
A good partnership
| You bring | The kit brings |
|---|---|
| Knowledge of your students | A structured first draft |
| Your curriculum, standards, and goals | Well-known planning frameworks: backward design, gradual release, Universal Design for Learning, Bloom’s and DOK levels |
| An AI tool of your choice | Instructions that tell it what to ask and what to produce |
| Professional judgment and the final decision | Answer keys, rationales, and [verify] flags to check |
You’re always the teacher
AI tools can be wrong, out of date, or miss what matters for your students. Treat every draft as a starting point, never a finished product.
Read the responsible-use guide