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name: samio-curriculum-lookup
description: Answer "what does the curriculum expect" questions for primary school (ages 4–12) in any of 60+ countries using Samio's official-curriculum tools. Use when a parent, tutor or teacher asks what a grade or age covers in a subject, what a child should know by a given year, or wants the official source for a curriculum claim.
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# Curriculum lookup with Samio

## When
Questions like "what does grade 3 maths cover in Spain?", "what should a 7-year-old in the Netherlands be able to read?", "which competencies does the German science curriculum list for Klasse 2?", "is fractions in the Portuguese year 4 programme?".

## Steps
1. Resolve codes. If unsure of the country code, grade numbering or subject name, call `list_countries_grades_subjects` (optionally with `country`). Samio grades are stages 1–7 (1 ≈ age 4–5 … 7 ≈ age 11–13); pass `age` instead of `grade` when the user gives an age.
2. Call `search_curriculum_standards` with `country`, `subject` and `grade` **or** `age`. Add `query` (in the curriculum's language when possible: "breuken", "fracciones", "Brüche") to rank units for a topic, and `language` only if the user wants a specific language of the curriculum text.
3. For one unit in depth, call `get_curriculum_unit` with the `standardId` and `unitId` from step 2.
4. Answer in the user's language, but keep unit and skill names in the curriculum's language with a translation in brackets. Quote the official source name (`standard.source.name`) and, when present, its URL.

## Rules
- Samio covers ages 4–12 / primary school only. For secondary school say so; do not extrapolate.
- Never describe Samio as "PISA-aligned" or as preparing children for PISA. It builds the foundations that later assessments measure; that is the most that can be claimed.
- Do not invent units, criteria or sources. If the gateway answers `NO_CURRICULUM`, say the country/grade/subject is not covered and offer the coverage list.
- Keep answers short: the standard header, the matching units with their skills, and the assessment criteria that apply.