Coding Tutor

Skill Verified Active

Personalized coding tutorials that build on your existing knowledge and use your actual codebase for examples. Creates a persistent learning trail that compounds over time using the power of AI, spaced repetition and quizes.

Purpose

To provide a personalized and effective way for developers to learn new programming concepts by leveraging AI to create tailored tutorials based on their existing knowledge and current codebase.

Features

Creates personalized coding tutorials
Uses learner's codebase for examples
Builds persistent learning trails
Implements spaced repetition for quizzes
Manages tutorials and learner profiles locally

Use Cases

Learning a new programming concept with tailored examples
Reinforcing knowledge through spaced repetition quizzes
Tracking coding knowledge progression over time
Onboarding new learners with a structured AI tutor

Non-Goals

Acting as a general-purpose code editor or IDE
Providing generic programming examples unrelated to the user's codebase
Replacing direct mentorship or pair programming sessions

Workflow

Check for existing tutorials repository
Create repository and initial profile if new learner
Survey existing knowledge and identify learning gaps
Plan next tutorials based on gaps and goals
Create and write detailed tutorials using codebase examples
Engage learner with Q&A and quizzes
Update learner profile and tutorial scores

Practices

Spaced repetition
Personalized learning
Codebase-driven examples
Progress tracking

Prerequisites

Python 3 installed
Git installed (for repository setup)
GitHub CLI (`gh`) installed (optional, for GitHub repo creation)

Installation

First, add the marketplace

/plugin marketplace add EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin

/plugin install coding-tutor@compound-engineering-plugin

Quality Score

Verified

98 /100

Analyzed about 24 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commit1 day ago

GitHub owner EveryInc

Stars16.7k

Downloads 12.8k

LicenseMIT

Websiteevery.to

Status

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