What This Skill Does

Seven-role depersonalised panel review of framework artefacts (KUD, criterion bank, LT definition, crosswalk, scope-and-sequence) in…

Context cost
15.2k tokensestimated from the bundle, loaded when it triggers
Bundle
1 file · 60.6 kBtext throughout, nothing executable
Licence
Source-availablethe author’s own terms
Last change
—v1.0.0
Servers it uses
Noneruns standalone

What it does

Seven-role depersonalised panel review of framework artefacts (KUD, criterion bank, LT definition, crosswalk, scope-and-sequence) in sequential-isolation mode. Gate rule mean>=88 AND no role<70.

What this skill changes about the agent has not been set out here as a list. Its SKILL.md, shown below, says it in the author’s own words.

curriculum-reviewdocumentationframework-validationpanel-reviewprofessional-learningquality-assurance

The skill itself

A skill is instructions the model reads, so you can see what you are getting: below is the start of its SKILL.md. The front matter loads with every session, the body loads when the skill triggers, and the whole file comes with the install.

SKILL.md60.6 kB · preview
--- name: panel-review disable-model-invocation: true user-invocable: true effort: high skill_id: professional-learning/panel-review skill_name: Panel review — seven-role independent-mode review of framework artefacts domain: professional-learning version: "1.0.0" evidence_strength: medium evidence_sources: - "Wiliam, D. (2011) — Embedded Formative Assessment, Solution Tree: formative feedback architecture, inter-rater reliability, scoreability as the test of a criterion." - "Claxton, G. (2002) — Building Learning Power, TLO: dispositions as ongoing stance rather than episodic performance; cultivation over training." - "Roffey, S. (2014) — Circle Solutions for Student Wellbeing (2nd ed.), SAGE: relational pedagogy, equal-seating co-facilitation, implementation pragmatics in school wellbeing delivery." - "Christodoulou, D. (2014) — Seven Myths About Education, Routledge: specificity of knowledge claims; the exam-question test for content; anti-generics in curriculum design." - "Perry, B. D. & Szalavitz, M. (2006) — The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Basic Books: trauma-informed developmental expertise; Neurosequential Model; age-appropriateness for regulatory capacity." - "Furedi, F. (2009) — Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating, Continuum: critique of therapeutic-education drift; medicalisation of ordinary childhood difficulty; teacher-as-therapist scope concerns." - "Sweller, J. (1988) — Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning, Cognitive Science 12(2), 257–285: working-memory constraints on learning design; foundations of cognitive-load theory." input_schema: required: - field: artefact type: string - field: artefact_type type: string optional: - field: artefact_context type: string output_schema: type: object fields: - field: artefact_type type: string - field: timestamp type: string - field: per_role type: array - field: aggregate type: object - field: caveats type: array chains_well_with: - kud-chart-author - learning-target-authoring-guide - curriculum-crosswalk - coverage-audit - coherent-rubric-logic-builder - criterion-referenced-rubric-generator - scope-and-sequence-designer - developmental-progression-synthesis teacher_time: 30 minutes tags: - panel-review - quality-assurance - framework-validation - professional-learning - curriculum-review ---
68# What This Skill Does
69
70This skill executes a seven-role panel review of a curriculum framework artefact and returns structured scores, prose critiques, and a gate verdict. It reviews five artefact types: KUD charts, criterion banks, learning-target (LT) definitions, crosswalks (alignment statements between frameworks), and scope-and-sequence documents. Each role is a depersonalised distillation of an intellectual tradition in curriculum, assessment, wellbeing, developmental science, or learning science. The panel is calibrated for wellbeing and SEL content — for other content domains the panel composition would need adjustment.
71
72The skill operates in **sequential-isolation mode**, which is not the same as parallel-API multi-agent review and does not claim to be. Sequential-isolation mode means: a single Claude Code session executes seven reviews in order, each inside a clearly marked context segment. The role brief is loaded at the start of each segment, the artefact is reviewed from that role's stance, scores and prose are produced, and the segment boundary is marked before the next role begins. Within a segment the prior role's critique is not referenced. This is a meaningful improvement on shared-context review — where seven voices get averaged into a single aggregated critique — but it does not fully eliminate cross-role influence the way a parallel-API architecture would. True parallel-API mode is deferred to a future version of this skill. The gate verdict is produced by an explicit aggregation rule (mean_overall >= 88 AND no role mean < 70) rather than by vibe-check synthesis.
73
74# Evidence Foundation
75
76The seven roles are grounded in real bodies of educational and psychological research, but the roles are not impersonations of any living academic. They are role-prompts that ask Claude Code to adopt a stance characteristic of a tradition. Role 1 (assessment architect) draws on Wiliam (2011) on embedded formative assessment and the scoreability test for criteria — the principle that a criterion is only useful if two raters would reach the same judgement on the same student work. Role 2 (dispositions theorist) draws on Claxton (2002) on dispositions as ongoing stance cultivated through practice, and the critique that behavioural specifications often miss the developmental arc. Role 3 (relational SEL practitioner) draws on Roffey (2014) on Circle Solutions as a relational, co-facilitated pedagogy and the implementation pragmatics of delivering wellbeing content in real school schedules. Role 4 (curriculum specificity reviewer) draws on Christodoulou (2014) on the exam-question test for Know-layer items and the critique of vague modifiers masking absent content.
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78Role 5 (developmental neuroscience reviewer) draws on Perry & Szalavitz (2006) and the Neurosequential Model tradition for age-appropriateness and window-of-tolerance considerations — strong on "is this developmentally safe" and acknowledged as weaker on "is this well-designed as a learning experience." Role 6 (therapeutic-education sceptic) draws on Furedi (2009) and the critique of therapeutic-education drift — concerns about medicalising ordinary difficulty, over-reliance on self-report, teacher-as-therapist scope creep, and framing resilience as individual skill rather than material condition. Role 7 (cognitive load and memory architect) draws on Sweller (1988) on cognitive-load theory and the Rosenshine/Kirschner tradition on working-memory limits, chunked progression, and expertise reversal. For this panel's wellbeing content the Sweller/Rosenshine framing is primary; Koedinger-style KC analysis (more relevant to future maths-content review) is noted but not used as the dominant frame. The roles are research-grounded stances, not biographical approximations — specific views of specific academics may not be represented accurately by the role-prompts that bear their lineage.
79
80# Input Schema
81
82**Required.**
83
84- **artefact** — The full artefact to be reviewed. Paste as text or JSON. For a KUD chart this is the full table with all bands and cells. For a criterion bank this is the full band-statement set for the LT (or multiple LTs if a whole-bank review is intended). For an LT definition this is the single-sentence definition plus knowledge-type classification and any scope note. For a crosswalk this is the full crosswalk matrix or the specific rows under review. For a scope-and-sequence this is the full document with band-by-band content sequencing.
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86- **artefact_type** — One of: kud, criterion_bank, lt_definition, crosswalk, scope_and_sequence. Determines which dimension set is used by each role.
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on trigger
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What is in the bundle

1 file, 60.6 kB on disk. A bundle is text throughout: the instructions the model reads, plus the templates it fills in.

  • SKILL.md60.6 kB
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No dependencies and nothing executable: a skill is text the agent reads, so the bundle is 1 file you can review in full before installing. The Source-available licence covers the templates and examples as well as the instructions.

Install

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# What This Skill Does · 15.2k tokens when loaded · macOS, Linux mkdir -p .claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/garethmanning-what-this-skill-does/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/what-this-skill-does" ] && { [ ! -e .claude/skills/what-this-skill-does ] || { mv .claude/skills/what-this-skill-does "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/what-this-skill-does" .claude/skills/ && echo "Installed .claude/skills/what-this-skill-does"
On Windows, or any OS with Node 20+
npx mcprush@latest skill add garethmanning/what-this-skill-does

Windows PowerShell says 'running scripts is disabled on this system'? Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned once, or type npx.cmd instead of npx (codex.cmd, gemini.cmd, grok.cmd likewise). PowerShell 7 needs neither. Writes to .claude/skills/what-this-skill-does/ in the current project. For every project instead, run mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/garethmanning-what-this-skill-does/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/what-this-skill-does" ] && { [ ! -e ~/.claude/skills/what-this-skill-does ] || { mv ~/.claude/skills/what-this-skill-does "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/what-this-skill-does" ~/.claude/skills/ && echo "Installed ~/.claude/skills/what-this-skill-does" (macOS, Linux) — or add --global to the npx line. The curl line replaces .claude/skills/what-this-skill-does/ only after the download succeeds, so files left there by another skill of the same name, or by an older release, do not mix in. A copy already there is moved aside, not deleted, and the line prints where. It appears as panel-review in Gemini CLI, Codex, Copilot and Grok (its own name); Claude Code lists it by the folder name, what-this-skill-does.

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Claude Code.claude/skills/
Claude DesktopCustomize › Skills
ChatGPTSkills › Create › Upload
Cursor.cursor/skills/
VS Code.github/skills/
Codex CLI.agents/skills/
Gemini CLI.gemini/skills/
Grok Build.grok/skills/
Microsoft CopilotSkills › Upload a skill
PerplexityComputer › Skills › Upload a skill
DeepSeek Harness.dsh/skills/
Zed.agents/skills/
Devin Desktop.devin/skills/
Windsurf (legacy).windsurf/skills/
OpenAI Agents SDKInstructions or sandbox Skills
HTTP / APIa request parameter
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