# Skills ยท AI Engineering from Scratch Canonical page: https://aiengineeringfromscratch.com/skills Install every skill: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch`. One skill: add `--skill `. Works with Claude, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, or any agent that reads SKILL.md. ## 01 Start Use these once, on your first day with the course. ### start-learning (v1.0.0) Asks about your goals and time, runs the placement quiz, and writes a study plan the other skills follow. - Say: "start learning", "set up the course" - Writes: LEARNING.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill start-learning` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/start-learning/SKILL.md ### find-your-level (v1.0.0) A short adaptive quiz that tells you which phase to start in and which lessons you can skip. - Say: "find my level", "where should I start" - Writes: Nothing. It prints a starting point. - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill find-your-level` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/find-your-level/SKILL.md ### course-guide (v1.0.0) Give it a topic, a question, or an error. It names the lessons that teach it and the next command to run. - Say: "which lesson covers RAG", "I am stuck on attention" - Writes: Nothing. It points you to lessons. - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill course-guide` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/course-guide/SKILL.md ## 02 Learn and practise Use these every session. They read and update your plan. ### learn (v1.0.0) Teaches your next lesson section by section in the terminal, asks questions, and records what you finished. - Say: "/learn", "teach me the next lesson" - Writes: LEARNING.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill learn` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/learn/SKILL.md ### check-understanding (v1.0.0) Quizzes you on a phase and tells you which lessons to read again before you move on. - Say: "quiz me on phase 3", "check my understanding" - Writes: Nothing. It prints your score and what to review. - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill check-understanding` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/check-understanding/SKILL.md ### build-project (v1.0.0) Guides one stage of a course project per session. It gives hints only. You write the code and run the stage grader. - Say: "build a project", "continue my project" - Writes: PROJECTS-LEARNING.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill build-project` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/build-project/SKILL.md ## 03 Focused paths Use these to study one topic lesson by lesson. ### learn-mcp (v1.0.0) One lesson at a time through the Model Context Protocol path: clients, servers, transports, security, gateways, and conformance. - Say: "teach me MCP", "continue the MCP path" - Writes: MCP-LEARNING.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill learn-mcp` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/learn-mcp/SKILL.md ### learn-agent-skills (v1.0.0) One lesson at a time through the Agent Skills path: write, find, run, secure, test, package, and port skills. - Say: "teach me agent skills", "continue the skills path" - Writes: AGENT-SKILLS-LEARNING.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill learn-agent-skills` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/learn-agent-skills/SKILL.md ## 04 Certification prep Use these to prepare for an exam with lessons, labs, and timed practice. ### claude-certification (v1.0.0) Tutor for the four independent Claude certification tracks: choose a track, learn lesson by lesson, run labs, and take practice exams. - Say: "prepare for the Claude certification", "resume my certification" - Writes: CLAUDE-CERTIFICATION.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill claude-certification` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/claude-certification/SKILL.md ### mcpa-certification (v1.0.0) Tutor for the Model Context Protocol Associate exam: lessons, practical labs, and practice questions with feedback. - Say: "prepare for MCPA", "MCPA practice exam" - Writes: MCPA-CERTIFICATION.md - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill mcpa-certification` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/mcpa-certification/SKILL.md ## 05 Make figures and manuals Use these to make figures and manuals that match this site. ### course-style (v1.0.0) Colours for light and dark, fonts, figure labels, and the plain technical English rules. The other skills in this group read it. - Say: "use the course style", "check this text for plain English" - Writes: Nothing. Other skills read it. - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill course-style` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/course-style/SKILL.md ### blueprint-figure (v1.0.0) Static SVG figures for lessons, READMEs, and manuals. It has nine figure kinds, colour rules, and checks for label size and overlap. - Say: "draw a figure of the request path", "make FIG_012 for this lesson" - Writes: An SVG file - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill blueprint-figure` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/blueprint-figure/SKILL.md ### motion-figure (v1.1.0) Animated and interactive figures: SVG animations, slider widgets, figures with controls and a computed result, and dither bands like the one at the top of this page. - Say: "animate this concept", "show how this system works" - Writes: A lesson figure, a standalone figure, or a dither band - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill motion-figure` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/motion-figure/SKILL.md ### isometric-explainer (v1.0.0) An interactive isometric machine that shows a process step by step. A tested state model drives it. Controls let you break a part and see what fails. - Say: "explain how a cache evicts entries as a machine", "make an isometric explainer for this lesson" - Writes: A standalone HTML page and its source - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill isometric-explainer` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/isometric-explainer/SKILL.md ### write-manual (v1.0.0) A long manual about one tool at one pinned version, with sources, a table of contents, offline captures of every listing, figures, and an audit. - Say: "write a manual for this tool", "start a 101 manual" - Writes: A manual folder: manual.json, sections, figures, captures - Install: `npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch --skill write-manual` - Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch/blob/main/skills/write-manual/SKILL.md ## 06 Lesson artifacts 395 skills and 100 prompts live under `phases/**/outputs/`. Install with `python3 scripts/install_skills.py --phase ` or `--tag `.