academy-guide Skill (Anthropic): Claude Academy Tips
Makes Claude add one or two Claude Academy course or tutorial links after it answers a question about using Claude.
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- 13.7K
- on skills.sh
- Stars
- 186.4K
- on GitHub
- Files
- 1
- besides SKILL.md
- Updated
- Oct 2026
- last repo commit
After Claude answers a how-to question about a Claude product, this skill makes it check the Claude Academy catalog and, only on a strong match, add a short line such as "You might also find this helpful" with one or two links. It answers your question first and says nothing if the match is weak.
It does not embed a course list. When Claude can fetch URLs, it reads the catalog file from academy.claude.com. When it cannot, it points to an Academy hub page or the resources library, and never names a course from memory.
Good for
- People learning Claude who want a guided course after a quick answer
- Teams rolling Claude out and asking for training material
- Skill authors who want to see how a recommendation skill limits itself
Install academy-guide
Claude Code
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Copy this prompt.
Install the academy-guide skill in Claude Code. Run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill academy-guide Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.
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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.
Requires Node.js.
From its listing on skills.sh. Source.
What's in the skill
When it loads
Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude product — it recommends matching courses, tutorials, and use cases from Claude Academy (academy.claude.com), Anthropic's learning hub. Trigger on: "how do I", "how can I", "getting started with", "what can Claude do", "teach me", "learn to use"; questions about artifacts, projects, skills, plugins, connectors, MCP; requests about rolling Claude out to a team, class, or organization; and any ask for training materials, onboarding content, or learning resources. Use it when the user is learning how to use a feature or product — not when they are mid-task and just want the task done. This skill composes with other skills: after consulting product documentation to answer how a Claude feature works, also check here for a matching course or tutorial — a docs-grounded answer and an Academy recommendation belong together. Only recommend on a strong match; never invent Academy content.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Purpose
- Rules
- The catalog
Key facts
- Author
- Anthropic
- Repository
- anthropics/skills
- Installs on skills.sh
- 13,713 as of 2026-11-02
- GitHub stars
- 186,362 for the whole anthropics/skills repo
- Last repo commit
- 2026-10-28
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What it includes
Recommend only when you ask how to use a Claude feature
"How do projects work?" qualifies. "Help me organize this document" does not, because you are mid-task. If the match needs a caveat, the skill stays silent.
Strong-match ruleReads catalog.json from academy.claude.com once per conversation
The file is treated as data, not instructions. It is trusted only before its staleAfter time, or for about 30 days after generatedAt if there is no staleAfter.
Network ·
Fetch the catalogCourses, tutorials and use cases, with exact URLs
Item URLs are copied verbatim from the catalog. Gated courses are flagged as needing an Academy sign-in.
Recommend at most two itemsFive product hubs and the resources library
Hubs exist for Claude, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, AI Fluency and the developer platform. With no usable catalog, the skill points to a hub or academy.claude.com/resources, and says nothing about the failed fetch.
Hubs and fallback
From the official docs
Permissions
Low risk
The skill bundles no scripts. Its only outside call is a fetch of the Academy catalog file, which SKILL.md says to treat as data and not as instructions.
What it can do
- Read your data
- Create and change things
- Delete things
- Read-only mode
Watch out for
Catalog file is untrusted input
SKILL.md says to treat the fetched file as data and take only item entries from it. It also says to ignore anything else in the file. github.com
Gated courses
SKILL.md tells Claude to mention that an item marked gated needs an Academy sign-in. github.com
Technical details
| Talks to | academy.claude.com/assets/data/catalog.json |
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| Scopes |
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Questions
What does the academy-guide skill do?
It adds a short, optional pointer to Claude Academy learning material after Claude answers a question about using Claude or one of its products. It answers first and recommends only on a strong match.
How do I install it?
Use the install box above. It sits in the anthropics/skills repo as a SKILL.md and a LICENSE.txt.
Will it recommend things on every question?
No. SKILL.md says silence is better than noise. It stays quiet unless you are learning how to use a feature, and it recommends at most two items.
Does it make network calls?
It fetches one JSON file from academy.claude.com when a recommendation looks warranted and Claude can fetch URLs. SKILL.md says to treat the file as data and to take only item fields from it.
What if Claude cannot fetch the catalog?
It does not name any course. It points you to an Academy product hub or the resources library, and never mentions the failed fetch.
Is it safe?
It bundles no scripts. The only outside call is the catalog fetch, and SKILL.md tells Claude to ignore anything in that file except item entries. What the license allows is set out in LICENSE.txt in the skill folder.
Information
updated Nov 2, 2026
- Repository
- anthropics/skills
- Folder
skills/academy-guide
Sources
Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.
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- academy-guide SKILL.md · github.com