# Syllabus

Build or restructure a course syllabus from a topic list or reading list, course...

- Repository: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow (1676 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-09-27
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill syllabus -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill syllabus -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill syllabus -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill syllabus -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Build or restructure a course syllabus from a topic list or reading list, course description + prerequisites, week-by-week schedule (topic → readings → deliverables), measurable learning objectives, an assessment scheme + rubric, standard policies (late work, AI use, academic integrity, accessibility), and a per-week work-list to hand to `/create-lecture`. Use when user says "build a syllabus", "structure my course", "turn this reading list into a schedule", "draft a course outline", "make a syllabus for Econ 7xx", or "map weeks to lectures". Economics-aware (PhD metrics/micro/macro sequences, undergrad); generic enough for any field.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Build a Course Syllabus

Turn a bare topic list or reading list into a teachable syllabus: a course description, a sequenced weekly schedule, measurable objectives, an assessment scheme with a rubric, the boilerplate policies every syllabus needs, and a week→lecture work-list you can feed straight into `/create-lecture`. The instructor owns the academic judgment; this skill structures it.

## When to use

- You have a pile of topics or papers and need them ordered into a term.
- You are converting last year's syllabus to a new length, level, or modality.
- You want the schedule's weeks pre-mapped to lecture decks before you start building slides.

Not for building the slides themselves (`/create-lecture`), reviewing a deck's pedagogy (`/pedagogy-review`), or assembling the reading list from scratch (`/lit-review`).

## Phase 0: Intake (elicit before drafting)

A syllabus is shaped almost entirely by three parameters. Resolve them first, from flags, then by asking. Do **not** start sequencing until all three are pinned.

1. **Level + audience**, `--level` (`phd` / `grad` / `undergrad`). For economics, name the sequence (first-year metrics, micro theory, macro, field course, undergrad intermediate). Level sets reading depth, proof-vs-application balance, and assessment type.
2. **Length + cadence**, `--weeks` (default 14) and `--sessions-per-week` (default 2). A reading seminar and a problem-set course at the same length need very different schedules.
3. **Material**, the topic list or reading list (`$ARGUMENTS`, a file path, or a `.bib`). If the user points at a `.bib` or a folder of PDFs, `Glob`/`Read` to inventory it; if topics are bare, ask for 1-2 anchor texts per topic.

Echo a short **Intake Report** (level, weeks, cadence, N topics / N readings, any gaps) and get confirmation before Phase 1.

## Phase 1: Sequence topics into weeks

The rest: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/syllabus/SKILL.md