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scaffold-exercises

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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.

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

8 rules. 4 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.

  • 4

    Common

    Most of the 17 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 0

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 4

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Very specific:

    Create exercise directory structures that pass pnpm ai-hero-cli internal lint, then commit with git commit.

    line 8
  2. Very specific:

    When stubbing, default to explainer/ unless the plan specifies otherwise.

    line 25
  3. Common:

    When stubbing, create a minimal readme with a title and a description:

    line 34
  4. Very specific:

    If the subfolder has code, it also needs a main.ts (>1 line).

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  5. Common:

    No broken links in readmes

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  6. Common:

    When renumbering or moving exercises:

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  7. Very specific:

    Use git mv (not mv) to rename directories - preserves git history

    line 69
  8. Common:

    Update the numeric prefix to maintain order

    line 70

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 17 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

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SKILL.md

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/ inside exercises/ (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 TODOs
  • solution/ - reference implementation
  • explainer/ - 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

  1. Parse the plan - extract section names, exercise names, and variant types
  2. Create directories - mkdir -p for each path
  3. Create stub readmes - one readme.md per variant folder with a title
  4. Run lint - pnpm ai-hero-cli internal lint to validate
  5. 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/, or explainer.1/ exists
  • readme.md exists and is non-empty in the primary subfolder
  • No .gitkeep files
  • No speaker-notes.md files
  • No broken links in readmes
  • No pnpm run exercise commands in readmes
  • main.ts required per subfolder unless it's readme-only

Moving/renaming exercises

When renumbering or moving exercises:

  1. Use git mv (not mv) to rename directories - preserves git history
  2. Update the numeric prefix to maintain order
  3. Re-run lint after moves

Example:

git mv exercises/01-retrieval/01.03-embeddings exercises/01-retrieval/01.04-embeddings

Example: stubbing from a plan

Given a plan like:

Section 05: Memory Skill Building
- 05.01 Introduction to Memory
- 05.02 Short-term Memory (explainer + problem + solution)
- 05.03 Long-term Memory

Create:

mkdir -p exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.01-introduction-to-memory/explainer
mkdir -p exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.02-short-term-memory/{explainer,problem,solution}
mkdir -p exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.03-long-term-memory/explainer

Then create readme stubs:

exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.01-introduction-to-memory/explainer/readme.md -> "# Introduction to Memory"
exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.02-short-term-memory/explainer/readme.md -> "# Short-term Memory"
exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.02-short-term-memory/problem/readme.md -> "# Short-term Memory"
exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.02-short-term-memory/solution/readme.md -> "# Short-term Memory"
exercises/05-memory-skill-building/05.03-long-term-memory/explainer/readme.md -> "# Long-term Memory"

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