Before any explanation or answer, require the learner to produce a free-recall attempt and confidence rating. Use when a student wants help understanding or reviewing a topic — this skill ensures the AI works from what the learner already knows.
Install
npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill retrieve-first-gatenpx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill retrieve-first-gate -a claude-code -gnpx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill retrieve-first-gate -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills.git --path skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gategh skill install GarethManning/education-agent-skills retrieve-first-gategit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills /tmp/GarethManning__education-agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/GarethManning__education-agent-skills/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate ~/.claude/skills/retrieve-first-gate # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/GarethManning__education-agent-skills/skills/student-learning/retrieve-first-gate ~/.agents/skills/retrieve-first-gate # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode