Education Agent Skills Library

What Education Agent Skills Library does

The library covers pedagogy, learning science, curriculum, assessment and regeneration. Domains 1 to 19 are aimed at teachers and designers, and domain 20 is the first student-facing domain, with live AI interaction patterns that shape how an AI responds to learners during study sessions. Each skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that has name and description frontmatter.

Hermes Agent users add the repository as a skills tap and install only the skills they need, since the README recommends a small starter pack over all 165 to keep the local index useful. Example skill paths include skills/memory-learning-science/spaced-practice-scheduler and skills/original-frameworks/learning-target-authoring-guide. The library also installs as a Claude plugin and a Codex plugin, and a hosted MCP server offers find_skills and suggest_skills tools. A separate Hermes plugin is not currently planned.

Key features

• 165 skills across 20 domains
• Hermes skills tap added with hermes skills tap add GarethManning/education-agent-skills
• Claude plugin, Codex plugin and manual copy options
• Student-facing domain 20 of live AI interaction patterns
• Hosted MCP tools find_skills and suggest_skills, with an access token required
• Standard Agent Skills layout with one SKILL.md per folder

When to use it

• Giving Hermes Agent an assessment-design or learning-target skill for a teaching workflow
• Choosing a small starter pack of education skills for a school team
• Building an EdTech tutor that uses the student-facing interaction skills

Who it is for: Teachers, school leaders and EdTech builders who use AI agents for pedagogy, curriculum and assessment work.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

The README has a Hermes Agent section that treats the repository as a skills tap and installs individual skills. It is a general Agent Skills library, and a separate Hermes plugin is not planned.

How to install Education Agent Skills Library

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

hermes skills tap add GarethManning/education-agent-skills
hermes skills install \
 GarethManning/education-agent-skills/skills/original-frameworks/learning-target-authoring-guide \
 --category education --yes

Note: The optional hosted MCP server requires an access token, but local installs and the Hermes skills tap do not.

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