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What is the Learning Skill?

A Claude Code plugin that transforms any codebase into understandable learning materials. For everyone who wants to understand code — without having to read it.

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Overview & Vision

The Learning Skill is a plugin for Claude CodeClaude Code is Anthropic's official CLI for AI-assisted software development. The Learning Skill extends Claude Code with learning capabilities. that solves a fundamental challenge in software development: codebases are hard to understand — especially for people who haven't worked on the code themselves.

Instead of writing documentation manually, the Learning Skill analyzes the entire source code and automatically generates two types of learning material:

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Interactive HTML Courses

Structured, multi-level learning paths — from high-level overview to deep detail. Fully usable in the browser, no installation needed.

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Knowledge Graphs

Visual knowledge maps showing relationships between components, modules, and concepts as an interactive network.

The vision: everyone should be able to understand any codebase — regardless of technical background. The Learning Skill is the first step toward that goal.

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Who is it for?

The Learning Skill generates content for three different audiences. Each receives exactly the perspective they need:

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Users

Use the software, know no code. Get explanations of what the software does and how it works — without technical jargon.

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Developers

Work with the code. Get architecture, patterns, data flows, and implementation details — technically rigorous.

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Decision Makers

Responsible for the project. Get risks, dependencies, tech stack assessment, and strategic evaluations.

Audiences can be combined. A course can contain both user and developer perspectives simultaneously — the Learning Skill segments the content automatically.

🧩 Quick Check: Which perspective fits?

You need to explain to a new team member how the API endpoints are structured. Which audience do you choose?

Correct! API endpoints are a technical topic. The developer perspective provides exactly the details about routes, payloads, and data flows.
Not quite. API endpoints are a technical detail — the developer perspective is the right choice here.
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What do you get?

The Learning Skill produces three types of output formats. All are self-contained HTMLEach HTML file contains everything it needs: CSS, JavaScript, content. No server, no installation — just open in a browser. files that work directly in the browser:

The files can be sent via email, stored on a file server, or embedded in a wiki. No dependencies, no runtime requirements.

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Use Cases

The Learning Skill is useful wherever people need to understand codebases. Here are the most common scenarios:

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Onboarding

New team members understand the project in hours instead of weeks. Courses explain architecture, conventions, and relationships.

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Code Reviews

Reviewers get the context they need. The Knowledge Graph shows which parts are connected and what a change affects.

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Documentation

Instead of writing docs manually, the Skill generates current, interactive documentation directly from the code.

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Learning & Teaching

Open-source projects, tutorials, university courses — the Skill turns any code into teaching material with adjustable depth.

Whether small side project or enterprise monolith — the Learning Skill scales with the complexity of the codebase.