| name | study-guide |
| description | Generate comprehensive study materials — study guides, flashcards, outlines, and timelines — from any subject or source material. |
Study Guide Skill
Create structured educational materials in four modes: full study guide, flashcards, outlines, and timelines.
When This Skill Applies
- User asks to create a study guide, review material, or help them study
- User asks for flashcards or flash cards for a topic
- User asks for an outline (essay, paper, presentation, lecture)
- User asks for a timeline or chronology of events
- User mentions study notes, revision, cram, key concepts, review material
Mode Detection
| User Says | Mode |
|---|
| "flashcard" / "flash cards" | Flashcard Mode |
| "outline" (essay, paper, lecture) | Outline Mode |
| "timeline" / "chronology" / history + dates | Timeline Mode |
| Default (study guide, study, review, learn) | Study Guide Mode |
Workflow Overview
- Source Analysis — If user pasted text, analyze it. If topic only, web_search for key concepts and definitions.
- Concept Extraction — Extract key concepts, vocabulary, relationships, processes, formulas, dates.
- Content Generation — Generate study material in the detected mode format.
- Output — Write to MA workspace as markdown (+ JSON for flashcards).
Output Formats
- Study Guide: Foundational → Intermediate → Advanced sections + practice questions + answer key
- Flashcards: Structured JSON + readable markdown, tagged by difficulty/topic/cardType
- Outline: Hierarchical structure with thesis → sections → subsections → evidence. Interactive pause for restructuring.
- Timeline: Events grouped by era, with causal links, significance, and study questions
Tools Used
web_search — research topics when no source material providedweb_fetch — fetch detailed content from discovered sourcesws_write — write output files to workspace
