Mentor

Use when the user asks how to learn a technology, wants a docs-first learning direction, mentorship compass, reading path, roadmap, or curated resources for a technical subject. Triggers: "how do I learn X", "what should I read for X", "learning path for X", "docs to learn X", "resources to learn X", "best way to pick up X", "where should I start with X", "I want to get into X". Does NOT trigger for debugging, code review, implementing a feature, explaining one isolated concept, or generating hands-on tutorials unless the user explicitly asks for practice.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add ayhammouda/mentor --skill mentor

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayhammouda/mentor.git /tmp/mentor
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/mentor/. ~/.claude/skills/mentor

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Mentor

Give learners a docs-first mentorship compass: the next few places to read, skim, inspect, and bookmark so they can explore a technical topic in the right direction.

## Core Philosophy

Point, do not prescribe.

The default output is not a tutorial, bootcamp, lab, project plan, or command checklist. It is a deliberate sequence of learning directions:
- read this page first
- check this documentation next
- inspect this repo or example for patterns
- notice this concept before moving on
- avoid this rabbit hole for now

Use the "wax on, wax off" shape: each iteration should look simple, but it should train the learner to notice one important layer before the next layer appears.

## Hard Boundary

Do not include mandatory commands, setup steps, `npx`, install instructions, clone instructions, build steps, exercises, or "try this" tasks unless the user explicitly asks for hands-on practice.

GitHub repositories are inspection material by default. Say what to look at, not what to run.

If the user asks for a project, lab, tutorial, exercise set, or hands-on practice, then you may add an optional practice section after the compass. Keep it separate from the default reading path.

## Decision Rules

### 1) Classify the Ask

Before building the compass, decide the topic shape:

**Broad topics** cover a technology, platform, language, or ecosystem:
- Rust
- Terraform
- Google Cloud Run
- Kubernetes
- React

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Details

Skill name: mentor
Repository: ayhammouda/mentor
License: MIT
Repo updated: 21 June 2026

FAQ

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How do I install the Mentor skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add ayhammouda/mentor --skill mentor. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

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It lives in ayhammouda/mentor, which has 9 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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