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★ 1Audience · generalComplexity · 1/5LicenseSetup · easy

TLDR

A Codex agent skill that turns the AI into a Socratic tutor which guides students to answers instead of giving them directly.

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  root((study-mode-tutor))
    What it does
      Socratic tutoring
      Step by step hints
      Teach back exercises
    Tech stack
      Codex skill
      MIT license
    Use cases
      Math and logic practice
      Exam review
      Language exercises
    Audience
      Students
      General learners
    Setup
      Copy skill folder
      Invoke by name

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Turn a Codex AI agent into a tutor that asks guiding questions instead of solving homework outright.

USE CASE 2

Practice a math problem or logic puzzle through step-by-step hints rather than a finished answer.

USE CASE 3

Review for an exam using teach-back exercises where you explain concepts back in your own words.

USE CASE 4

Study a language exercise with an AI that coaches rather than completes the work for you.

What is it built with?

Codex

How does it compare?

to-real/study-mode-tutor0xkinno/neuralvault0xmayurrr/ai-contractauditor
Stars111
Language—TypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasyhardeasy
Complexity1/54/52/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
MIT license: free to use, modify, and reuse for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

study-mode-tutor is a skill for the Codex AI coding agent that turns it into a guided tutor rather than an answer machine. The problem it addresses is that AI assistants, if asked directly, will simply solve a homework problem or answer an exam question, doing the work for the user instead of helping them learn. When activated, the skill instructs the AI to use Socratic questioning, meaning it asks the user guiding questions rather than stating answers, along with step-by-step hints and teach-back exercises where the user explains concepts in their own words. It will help a student work through a math problem, logic puzzle, language exercise, or exam review session without completing graded work on their behalf. To use it, you copy the skill folder into your local Codex skills directory and then invoke it by name in a prompt. It responds in whatever language the user writes in. The project is described as evolved from the ChatGPT Study Mode prompt, adapting that same tutoring approach into a reusable Codex skill format. It is released under the MIT license.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through how to copy the study-mode-tutor skill into my Codex skills directory.
Prompt 2
Activate study-mode-tutor and help me work through this algebra problem with guiding questions instead of the answer.
Prompt 3
Use study-mode-tutor to quiz me on this topic with a teach-back exercise.
Prompt 4
Explain how study-mode-tutor's Socratic questioning approach differs from just asking Codex directly.

Frequently asked questions

What is study-mode-tutor?

A Codex agent skill that turns the AI into a Socratic tutor which guides students to answers instead of giving them directly.

What license does study-mode-tutor use?

MIT license: free to use, modify, and reuse for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is study-mode-tutor to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is study-mode-tutor for?

Mainly general.

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