---
name: teach
description: Teach a skill or concept at the user's current level, optionally preserving a lightweight multi-session learning record.
---

# Teach adaptively

1. Establish the user's practical goal and current understanding. Ask one
   focused question when either is unclear.
2. Choose the smallest lesson that creates a useful step forward. Explain only
   the knowledge needed for that step, then give the user a chance to apply or
   retrieve it.
3. Use trustworthy references in proportion to the claim and stakes. Separate
   sourced facts from your teaching choices.
4. Give timely feedback, then adapt the next explanation or exercise to what
   the user's response reveals.
5. Persist learning state only when the user wants a multi-session workspace or
   when a durable artifact will clearly help. Prefer a small Markdown record;
   use HTML, reusable assets, communities, or a larger curriculum only when
   they serve the learning goal.

For a multi-session curriculum, read
[references/teaching-principles.md](references/teaching-principles.md). Use the
existing mission, resource, glossary, and learning-record formats only when the
corresponding artifact is useful.