FOR LEARNERS WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND, NOT JUST EXECUTE

10x Your Learning
Before You 10x
Your Productivity

AI can give you answers in seconds. But understanding—the kind that sticks, transfers, and compounds—requires real cognitive work.

INSTALL SKILLS

The Problem

You're stuck between two modes: going fast without understanding, or staying stuck because you don't know how to think through problems.

WHAT DOESN'T WORK

Productivity Tools

Copy-paste solutions. Tutorial dependency. Pattern memorization. Speed without comprehension. You move fast but hit ceilings.

WHAT WORKS

Thinking Tools

Structured cognitive frameworks. Socratic questioning. Enforced reflection. You do the work—the skill guides the process.

Six Thinking Frameworks

Guided Debugging

Systematic hypothesis testing. Root cause analysis. Not trial-and-error panic.

Explain Code Concepts

Connect syntax to underlying ideas. Climb the abstraction ladder.

Learn from Real Code

Extract design lessons from real codebases. Deliberate choice vs. compromise.

Find Core Ideas

First-principles thinking. What's foundational vs. what's derived.

Connect What You Know

Recognize structural patterns across domains. Build transfer learning.

Reason About Security

Adversarial thinking. Threat modeling. Systematic vulnerability analysis.

How It Works

Install

One command: npx skills add ricardogomes/learning-skills

Load in Claude

Works with Claude Code, Claude.ai, or any AI tool. The skill provides the structure.

Do the Cognitive Work

8 phases. Enforced gates. No shortcuts. You think, the skill guides. 20-45 min per session.

Questions

Why not just ask ChatGPT for the answer?

You can get answers anywhere. What you can't get is the thinking process that leads to good answers. These skills enforce cognitive gates—you can't skip the struggle. That's why the learning sticks.

How long does each session take?

20-45 minutes depending on complexity. The goal isn't speed—it's depth. Some phases take 2 minutes, others 15. The struggle is the point.

Which skill should I start with?

Start with your current learning moment: Code not working? → Guided Debugging. See a pattern but can't name it? → Explain Code Concepts. Memorizing, not understanding? → Find Core Ideas.

Do I need to be an expert?

No. Skills adapt to your level. Beginners get scaffolding. Advanced learners get pushed toward first principles. You'll be stretched, not overwhelmed.

10x Your Learning Before You 10x Your Productivity