Use Understanding by Design (UbD) to plan one OpenMAIC classroom or a course series around transferable conceptual understanding. Use when the user wants backward design, enduring understandings, essential questions, GRASPS performance evidence, WHERETO learning experiences, or a concept-centered lesson rather than a list of facts.
Install
npx skills add THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC --skill understanding-by-designnpx skills add THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC --skill understanding-by-design -a claude-code -gnpx skills add THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC --skill understanding-by-design -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC.git --path skills/agent-runtime/understanding-by-designgh skill install THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC understanding-by-designgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC /tmp/THU-MAIC__OpenMAIC
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/THU-MAIC__OpenMAIC/skills/agent-runtime/understanding-by-design ~/.claude/skills/understanding-by-design # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/THU-MAIC__OpenMAIC/skills/agent-runtime/understanding-by-design ~/.agents/skills/understanding-by-design # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode