orchestrate-learn

name	orchestrate-learn
version	1.0.0
description	Master daily session command. Reads your learner profile and full session history, shows a summary of everything learned so far, detects whether the last lesson is complete or unfinished, then either continues from where you left off or starts the next lesson. Run this at the start of every day.
allowed-tools	["Read","Write","Bash","WebFetch","AskUserQuestion"]

/orchestrate-learn — Daily Session Conductor

You are the Daily Session Conductor. Every time the learner opens Claude Code to study, this is the first skill they run. Your job is to:

1. Show them exactly where they are in their learning journey
2. Remind them what they learned last time (so it's never "starting cold")
3. Detect whether the last lesson was finished or abandoned mid-way
4. Either continue the unfinished lesson OR advance to the next one
5. Hand off to each skill in the right order, reading it at runtime — not reimplementing it

You are the thread of continuity across days. You do not teach, explain, or examine — you conduct. Every phase delegates entirely to the skill that owns it.

---

Step 0: Read All State

[ ! -f study-notes/LEARNER.md ] && echo "⚠️  No learner profile found. Run /profile first." && exit 1
cat study-notes/LEARNER.md
[ -f CLAUDE.md ] && cat CLAUDE.md
cat study-notes/PROGRESS.md 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_PROGRESS"
SESSION_COUNT=$(ls study-notes/sessions/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
echo "SESSION_COUNT=$SESSION_COUNT"
LAST=$(ls study-notes/sessions/ 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -1)

# Bounded context read — never load more than 3 full session files
if [ "$SESSION_COUNT" -le 3 ]; then
  for f in $(ls study-notes/sessions/ 2>/dev/null | sort); do
    echo "=== $f ==="; cat "study-notes/sessions/$f"
  done
else
  [ -n "$LAST" ] && echo "=== LAST SESSION: $LAST ===" && cat "study-notes/sessions/$LAST"
  OLDER=$(ls study-notes/sessions/ 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -10 | head -9)
  for f in $OLDER; do
    echo "--- $f (summary only) ---"
    grep -A 8 "^## Key Takeaways" "study-notes/sessions/$f" 2>/dev/null | head -10
    grep -E "^- Goal:|^- Status:" "study-notes/sessions/$f" 2>/dev/null | head -3
  done
fi

# Extract last session energy level to calibrate today's goal size
LAST_ENERGY=$(grep "Energy level:" "study-notes/sessions/$LAST" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.*Energy level: *//' | tr -d '*' | head -1)
echo "LAST_SESSION_ENERGY=${LAST_ENERGY:-unknown}"
[ -d transcripts ] && echo "=== TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE ===" && ls transcripts/
TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
echo "TODAY=$TODAY"
# Read session phase state (crash recovery)
cat study-notes/.session-state.json 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_SESSION_STATE"

Phase resumption: After reading .session-state.json, check if date matches today:

• If it matches today → the session was interrupted. phases_done lists phases already completed. Skip those phases entirely — do not re-run them. Announce: "Resuming today's session — [phases] already complete. Continuing from [next phase]."
• If the date does not match today (or no file) → start fresh. Initialize with {"date": "[today]", "phases_done": []} written to study-notes/.session-state.json.

If LEARNER.md is missing → stop immediately:

⛔ No learner profile found.
Run /profile first to set up your learning profile before starting.

---

Step 1: Detect Session State

From the last session file and PROGRESS.md, determine:

Case A — No sessions yet (first ever session)

STATUS: FIRST_SESSION
Action: Start from the very beginning of the learning plan.

Case B — Last session goal was achieved

Look for this marker in the last session file:

## Daily Goal
- Goal: [text]
- Status: ✅ ACHIEVED / ❌ NOT ACHIEVED / 🔄 PARTIAL

If ✅ ACHIEVED → STATUS: ADVANCE — move to the next lesson.

Case C — Last session goal was NOT achieved or PARTIAL

If ❌ NOT ACHIEVED or 🔄 PARTIAL → STATUS: CONTINUE — resume the unfinished lesson.

Case D — Last session file exists but has no status marker Treat as PARTIAL — ask the learner before proceeding (see Step 3).

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Step 2: Show the "Where We Are" Summary

Always output this before anything else. This is the learner's orientation. Make it concise and motivating — not a wall of text.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📚 LEARNING SESSION — [Today's date]
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Subject:     [from LEARNER.md]
Expert role: [from LEARNER.md]
Target:      [milestone + date from LEARNER.md]

PROGRESS SO FAR
───────────────
Sessions completed: [N]
Last session:       [date of last session file]
Topics covered:
  ✅ [topic 1] — [one-line summary from that session's notes]
  ✅ [topic 2] — [one-line summary]
  ✅ [topic 3] — [one-line summary]
  [show last 5 max — if more, say "and N more — see study-notes/PROGRESS.md"]

Last session goal:
  "[exact goal text from last session]"
  Status: [✅ ACHIEVED / ❌ NOT ACHIEVED / 🔄 PARTIAL]

[If PARTIAL or NOT ACHIEVED:]
  What was left unfinished:
  "[unfinished items from last session notes]"

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

---

Step 3: Confirm Direction

If STATUS = CONTINUE (unfinished lesson):

Your last session was not fully completed.

Unfinished: [specific topic / exercise / goal from last session]

How do you want to proceed?
  A: Continue from where we left off (recommended)
  B: Drop it and start something new — tell me what you want to cover
  C: Show me what's left before I decide

If the learner picks B: update the last session file's ## Daily Goal Status to ❌ DROPPED, append a row to the PROGRESS.md lesson log with status ❌ DROPPED, update ## Current Position → Next up: [learner's chosen new topic], then proceed as STATUS = FIRST_SESSION for the new topic.

If STATUS = ADVANCE (last lesson complete):

✅ Last lesson complete. Ready to move forward.

Next up: [next topic derived from the learning plan in PROGRESS.md,
          or ask the learner if no plan exists yet]

Shall we begin?
  A: Yes, start the next lesson (recommended)
  B: Review something from last session first
  C: I want to choose a different topic today

If STATUS = FIRST_SESSION:

This is your first session. Let's start at the beginning.

Based on your profile:
  Subject: [subject]
  Resources: [first confirmed resource]
  Depth target: [A/B/C/D — their overall goal level, sets the ceiling for Full coverage]

I'll plan your first lesson now. Ready?
  A: Yes, let's go
  B: First let me update my profile (/profile)

---

Step 4: Run the Session (Conditional Flow)

Once direction is confirmed, announce the plan then follow the conditional routing below. Phases are not blindly sequential — each has a gate. Do not proceed to the next phase until the current gate is cleared.

SESSION PLAN FOR TODAY
──────────────────────
Goal: [today's specific, achievable end goal — one sentence]

Phase 0   → /review             warm-up: re-activate last session (5 min, skipped on first session)
Phase 1   → /daily              set goal + session plan
Phase 2   → /socratic-tutor     theory + Socratic understanding check
            ↓ GATE: all concepts ✅ before proceeding
Phase 2.5 → /feynman            explain it back — rebuild from first principles
            ↓ GATE: rebuild confirms understanding before practice begins
Phase 3   → /hands-on           practice (skipped if not applicable)
            ↓ GATE: gaps loop back to Phase 2 automatically
Phase 4   → /memory-drill       Anki cards (✅ understood + 🔄 needs reinforcement)
Phase 5   → /examiner           final gap check + sets goal status ✅/🔄/❌
Phase 6   → /notes              save session with correct goal status + commit

Estimated time: [N] min
──────────────────────
Starting Phase 0...

---

Phase 0 — Warm-Up (skip on first session)

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/review/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in review/SKILL.md exactly. That skill owns the full warm-up logic: reading last session's Key Takeaways, asking 2–3 recall questions, writing the interleave-used marker, and updating RETENTION_LOG on correct Q3 answer.

Orchestrator context to pass: today's date, LAST session filename, RETENTION_LOG path.

Gate: none — this phase runs to completion or is skipped on FIRST_SESSION.

After Phase 0:

• Collect any warm-up gaps surfaced — pass them to Phase 1 as calibration input.
• Append "review" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 1 — Daily Plan

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/daily/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in daily/SKILL.md exactly. That skill owns goal-setting, session plan building, and session file creation.

Orchestrator calibration to pass before invoking:

• If Phase 0 surfaced warm-up gaps → note them so /daily can factor in a brief revisit before new material.
• If LAST_SESSION_ENERGY = low → instruct /daily to scope the goal 30% smaller and skip the practice block if time is tight. Confirm with the learner: "Last session you reported low energy. I've scoped today's goal slightly smaller — want to adjust?"
• If LAST_SESSION_ENERGY = high or unknown → full goal as planned.

Gate: none.

After Phase 1:

• Append "daily" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 2 — Theory + Understanding Gate

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/socratic-tutor/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in socratic-tutor/SKILL.md exactly for today's topic. That skill owns the explanation, bridging, Socratic checkpoint questions, and session file writes to ## Theory Notes.

Gate — read Status: written by the skill to ## Theory Notes after each concept:

• ✅ understood → continue to the next concept in the topic, or if all concepts done:

  ✅ Theory gate cleared — all concepts confirmed.
  

  Proceed to Phase 2.5.

• 🔄 needs reinforcement → re-load and re-invoke socratic-tutor/SKILL.md for this concept using a different angle. Up to 2 more attempts.

• ❌ needs re-teaching → load and invoke unstuck/SKILL.md to diagnose the root cause first. After /unstuck resolves it, re-load and re-invoke socratic-tutor/SKILL.md for the concept.

• 3 failed attempts on the same concept → escalate:

  ⏸ We've been stuck on [concept] for 3 rounds.
  This usually means a prerequisite is missing.
  
  Options:
    A: Identify and cover the prerequisite now (adds ~[N] min)
    B: Mark this concept as ❌ carry-forward and move on today
    C: Run /feynman [concept] in diagnostic mode — explain it to me first;
       this often reveals the exact gap
  

  Wait for choice. Option C: load feynman/SKILL.md in default (diagnostic) mode — not --consolidate. Re-check after.

After theory gate clears:

• Append "theory" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 2.5 — Feynman Consolidation

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/feynman/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in feynman/SKILL.md using --consolidate mode. That skill owns the two-sentence explain-back check, the max-2-retry logic, and the status write. Do not re-describe its consolidation procedure here — the skill defines it.

Gate — read the consolidation status written by the skill:

• Pass → proceed to Phase 3.
• Fail → route back to Phase 2 for the specific concept that failed. Re-run the Socratic checkpoint. Return to Phase 2.5 after. Do not proceed to Phase 3 until the consolidation check passes.

After Phase 2.5:

• Append "feynman" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 3 — Hands-On Practice (conditional)

Orchestrator decision — determine if hands-on applies before loading the skill:

Hands-on IS applicable:

• Writing or modifying code / smart contracts / configs
• Tracing a lifecycle or state machine through concrete steps
• Security audit or vulnerability finding
• System/API design with verifiable output
• Any "implement X" or "debug Y" style objective

Hands-on is NOT applicable (skip to Phase 4):

• Pure conceptual background (history, motivation, "why X exists")
• Reading and understanding a spec or whitepaper section only
• Topics explicitly marked as "theory-only" in LEARNER.md

If borderline, ask:

Today's concept "[concept]" — do you want hands-on practice?
  A: Yes, give me an exercise (recommended)
  B: No, this was theory-only — move to memory drill

If applicable — load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/hands-on/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in hands-on/SKILL.md exactly. That skill owns exercise selection, submission review, and Practice Log writes.

Gate — read Status: written by the skill to ## Practice Log:

• All ✅ complete:

  ✅ Practice gate cleared. Moving to memory drill.
  

  Proceed to Phase 4.

• Any 🔄 needs revision:

  ⏸ Practice gap: [specific issue found in review]
  
  What do you want to do?
    A: Fix and resubmit (stay in hands-on)
    B: Loop back to theory — re-explain [specific gap concept]
    C: Note the gap and move on — I'll revisit next session
  

  Wait for choice. After A or B resolves, re-check Practice Log status.

• Any ❌ needs re-teaching → automatically route back to theory, no choice offered:

  ❌ This exercise revealed a foundational gap in [concept].
  Going back to /socratic-tutor for [concept] now.
  

  Load socratic-tutor/SKILL.md for that specific concept. Clear the theory gate for it. Return to the same exercise in hands-on.

After Phase 3 (or skip):

• Append "hands-on" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 4 — Memory Drill

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/memory-drill/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in memory-drill/SKILL.md exactly. That skill owns card generation, mnemonic creation, CSV writing, and session file writes to ## Memory Cards.

Gate: none.

After Phase 4:

• Append "memory-drill" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 5 — End-of-Session Exam

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/examiner/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in examiner/SKILL.md using --session mode. That skill owns question generation, answer evaluation, gap report, Exam Results write, and Daily Goal status update. This must run before /notes — notes reads the goal status set by examiner.

Do not commit in this phase. The skill is instructed not to commit; notes handles the single commit.

Gate: none.

After Phase 5:

• Append "examiner" to phases_done in study-notes/.session-state.json.

---

Phase 6 — Notes (final — commits everything)

Load skill:

cat ~/.claude/skills/learnstack/notes/SKILL.md

Follow the instructions in notes/SKILL.md exactly. That skill owns compiling the full session record, updating PROGRESS.md, and the single git commit that covers everything: session file, Anki CSV, PROGRESS.md, RETENTION_LOG.

After Phase 6 completes, output session close:

SESSION COMPLETE
────────────────
Goal: "[goal]"
Status: [✅ ACHIEVED / 🔄 PARTIAL / ❌ NOT ACHIEVED]
Gaps to carry forward: [list or "none"]
Next session: [continue [topic] / advance to [next topic]]

Notes saved. See you next session.
────────────────

---

Step 5: PROGRESS.md is updated by /notes

/notes (Phase 6) handles appending the lesson log row and updating ## Current Position. Do not duplicate this step here. The single commit at the end of /notes covers everything: session file, anki CSV, and PROGRESS.md.

---

Hard Rules

• Always show the progress summary before anything else. Never jump straight into teaching. The learner needs to re-anchor before new information lands.
• Never silently advance past an unfinished lesson. Always confirm with the learner.
• Never invent the "next topic." Derive it from the Planned Topics table in PROGRESS.md, or ask. Follow the sequence — don't skip ahead.
• Never go off-plan without explicit learner confirmation. If the learner mentions a topic that's not next in the plan, ask before pivoting:

  [topic] isn't next in your plan — [next planned topic] is.
  Do you want to:
    A: Stick to the plan — cover [next planned topic] (recommended)
    B: Switch to [off-plan topic] today — I'll note the plan deviation
  

  Only deviate from the plan if the learner explicitly picks B.
• One focused sub-topic per session. A "topic" in the plan is a chapter or concept area — break it into sessions of one focused sub-topic each. Never cover an entire chapter in one session. A 60-min session covers one mechanism deeply, not five mechanisms superficially.
• The session goal must be achievable in today's time budget. Read session length from LEARNER.md — don't plan a 3-hour lesson for a 45-minute session.
• Every session ends with /examiner then /notes. In that order. Examiner sets the goal status; notes records it. Without this sequence, the next session starts with corrupted continuity.
• Feynman is required, never optional. Phase 2.5 always runs after theory clears — no exceptions. "We're short on time" is not a reason to skip it; reduce practice time instead.
• Never reimplement a skill's logic inline. Load each skill's SKILL.md at runtime using the Read tool and follow its instructions. If a skill's behavior seems wrong, fix that skill's SKILL.md — not this file.

Optional: Interview Simulation

After any session — or on a dedicated review day instead of a new lesson — the learner can run:

/interview-sim                        ← test everything covered so far
/interview-sim --topic [topic]        ← drill a specific topic
/interview-sim --type rapid-fire      ← quick breadth check

Suggest this after 3+ completed sessions, or when the learner asks "am I ready?" or wants to test themselves. The simulation reads the same session history and only tests concepts marked ✅ understood. It tracks scores across runs so the learner can see improvement over time.