| name | exercise-builder |
| description | Creates hands-on student exercises and practice activities for learning prompt engineering. Use when the user asks to create student activities, practice exercises, or hands-on learning tasks. Generates exercises with examples, solutions, and differentiation. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Task |
Exercise Builder Skill
This skill creates hands-on, engaging exercises that help students practice and master prompt engineering techniques.
When to Use
Use this skill when the user:
- Asks to create student exercises or activities
- Wants practice problems for specific techniques
- Needs hands-on learning tasks
- Requests examples for students to try
- Wants differentiated practice at multiple levels
What This Skill Does
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Gathers Requirements:
- Exercise topic or skill to practice
- Target grade level(s)
- Time allocation for the exercise
- Specific learning objective
- Related class session
- Difficulty level desired
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Invokes Subagents to create:
- prompt-engineer subagent: Designs the prompting technique practice
- lesson-planner subagent: Structures the exercise format
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Creates Exercise Content:
- Clear, student-facing instructions
- Specific prompting technique to practice
- Example prompts at different skill levels
- Success criteria (what good looks like)
- Solution examples and variations
- Common mistakes and how to fix them
- Extension activities for advanced students
- Scaffolding for struggling students
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Saves Exercise to:
prompt-engineering-curriculum/class-XX/exercises/exercise-name.md
Exercise Design Principles
- Immediately Useful: Use real homework scenarios
- Progressive Difficulty: Start simple, build complexity
- Clear Success Criteria: Students know when they've succeeded
- Real Examples: Authentic student work scenarios
- Iteration-Friendly: Encourage refinement and improvement
Output Structure
Exercises include:
- Learning Objective: What students will practice
- Time Allocation: How long the exercise should take
- Instructions: Step-by-step, student-facing
- Examples: Model prompts and responses
- Success Criteria: What indicates mastery
- Solutions: Multiple correct approaches
- Troubleshooting: Common issues and fixes
- Extensions: Challenges for advanced students
- Differentiation: Support for various skill levels
Example Usage
User: "Create an exercise for students to practice role-based prompting with their math homework"
This skill will generate a complete exercise with instructions, examples, and solutions.
