What do I need to use Teach Me in Layers?

The topic; Why; Your starting point; How deep.

Is Teach Me in Layers free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Teach Me in Layers

Q: How do I know the Teach Me in Layers output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Starts with a genuine one-sentence gist; Each layer builds on the previous scaffold; Checkpoints confirm a layer landed before deepening; Depth escalates from ELI5 to real nuance.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-learning

Learn a complex topic in progressive layers — a one-sentence version, then a paragraph, then the real depth — so you build a mental scaffold instead of drowning in detail. Use when asked explain this in layers, teach me X from simple to deep, I need to understand this progressively, or start simple then go deeper. Produces a topic explained at escalating depth (ELI5 → informed-adult → the real thing), each layer building on the last, checkpoints to make sure a layer landed before the next, and where to stop for your actual need — so you never get lost in detail without a frame to hang it on.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“Explain how the immune system works, in layers.”“Teach me blockchain from simple to deep.”“I need to understand inflation progressively — start simple.”“Explain quantum computing, building up gradually.”“Give me the gist first, then go deeper if I get it.”

What to give it

▸The topic — what you want to understand

▸Why — the depth you actually need (curiosity, a decision, an exam, teaching it)

▸Your starting point — total beginner or some background

▸How deep — just the gist, or all the way

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Starts with a genuine one-sentence gist

✓Each layer builds on the previous scaffold

✓Checkpoints confirm a layer landed before deepening

✓Depth escalates from ELI5 to real nuance

✓Stops at (or offers) the depth matching the person's need

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Full complexity up front** with no scaffold.

**Layers that don't build** on each other.

**Skipping the "did that land?"** checks.

**Forcing maximum depth** on someone who needed the gist.

**An oversimplified gist** that's actually wrong (imperfect-but-useful is fine; wrong isn't).

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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