
Scaffold Exercises
Create course exercise folders with problems, solutions and explainers.
Install
npx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill scaffold-exercises -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- mattpocock/skills309k
- Category
- Writing
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 834 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Use when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section.
Scaffold Exercises
Create exercise directory structures that pass pnpm ai-hero-cli internal lint, then commit with git commit.
Directory naming
- Sections:
XX-section-name/insideexercises/(e.g.,01-retrieval-skill-building) - Exercises:
XX.YY-exercise-name/inside a section (e.g.,01.03-retrieval-with-bm25) - Section number =
XX, exercise number =XX.YY - Names are dash-case (lowercase, hyphens)
Exercise variants
Each exercise needs at least one of these subfolders:
problem/- student workspace with TODOssolution/- reference implementationexplainer/- conceptual material, no TODOs
When stubbing, default to explainer/ unless the plan specifies otherwise.
Required files
Each subfolder (problem/, solution/, explainer/) needs a readme.md that:
- Is not empty (must have real content, even a single title line works)
- Has no broken links
When stubbing, create a minimal readme with a title and a description:
# Exercise Title
Description here
If the subfolder has code, it also needs a main.ts (>1 line). But for stubs, a readme-only exercise is fine.
Workflow
- Parse the plan - extract section names, exercise names, and variant types
- Create directories -
mkdir -pfor each path - Create stub readmes - one
readme.mdper variant folder with a title - Run lint -
pnpm ai-hero-cli internal lintto validate - Fix any errors - iterate until lint passes
Lint rules summary
The linter (pnpm ai-hero-cli internal lint) checks:
- Each exercise has subfolders (
problem/,solution/,explainer/) - At least one of
problem/,explainer/, orexplainer.1/exists readme.mdexists and is non-empty in the primary subfolder- No
.gitkeepfiles - No
speaker-notes.mdfiles - No broken links in readmes
- No
pnpm run exercisecommands in readmes main.tsrequired per subfolder unless it's readme-only
