Is the AI Tutor skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from ShawhinT/ai-tutor-skill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the AI Tutor SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install AI Tutor?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use AI Tutor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

AI Tutor

Turns dense AI/ML concepts into plain-English, narrative explanations pitched to the right audience.

by ShawhinT · ShawhinT/ai-tutor-skill

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 14, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 54c5c4b

Rewrote a vector-database explainer for a non-technical exec audience using the skill's What-Why-How framework; the skill version dropped all the cosine-similarity/embedding jargon the baseline leaned on and closed with one concrete support-ticket example.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What AI Tutor does

Reframes technical explanations using three narrative scaffolds (Status Quo->Problem->Solution, What->Why->How, What->So What->What Now) and enforces plain-English-first, jargon-stripped writing with one concrete example per concept. Triggers when the user asks to explain, break down, or understand a technical (especially AI/ML) topic. Also ships an optional YouTube-transcript script for pulling context from a video the user shares.

How to install AI Tutor

git clone https://github.com/ShawhinT/ai-tutor-skill
cd ai-tutor-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r . ~/.claude/skills/ai-tutor

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger AI Tutor

/ai-tutor Turns dense AI/ML concepts into plain-English, narrative explanations pitched to the right audience.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Explain transformers to me like I'm smart but new to machine learning
Break down how gradient descent works in plain English with an example
I don't understand attention mechanisms, can you explain it simply

Frequently asked questions

Is the AI Tutor skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from ShawhinT/ai-tutor-skill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does AI Tutor work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Rewrote a vector-database explainer for a non-technical exec audience using the skill's What-Why-How framework; the skill version dropped all the cosine-similarity/embedding jargon the baseline leaned on and closed with one concrete support-ticket example.
What is the AI Tutor SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install AI Tutor?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use AI Tutor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.