Socratic Learning — AI skill for Claude Code

Socratic Learning — "Reverse Questioning" Agent Skill


Let the AI question *you* instead — turn an "answer machine" into a "strategy advisor".

An **Agent Skill** for the moments when your thinking is messy, you have no direction, or you're stuck. Instead of giving answers, the AI **flips the script** and leads the conversation with a series of sharp, probing questions — guiding you to clarify your own thinking, break down the problem, find the real bottleneck, and co-create an **actionable plan**.

Inspired by the viral "AI reverse operation" TikTok technique, battle-tested in high-school exam prep (all subjects), and equally useful for career choices, decision-making, and review.

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What It Solves

Scenario	Default AI behavior	This Skill's behavior
"I want to improve all six subjects but don't know where to start"	Dumps a plan on you	Questions out your real situation → forces out your priorities → builds a battle map together
"I have no idea how to do this problem"	Walks through the solution	Asks level by level until you discover for yourself which step is stuck and what's missing
"I have an exam, help me review"	Lists knowledge points	Finds the exact spots you can't answer — your real blind spots — and targets them


**Core boundary**: treats "can't think clearly", NOT "doesn't know the fundamentals" — explain the principle first when concepts aren't memorized; answer directly when an answer is explicitly requested.

Quick Start

Install as an Agent Skill

Drop the `socratic-learning/` folder into your agent's skills directory (e.g. `~/.claude/skills/`, `/var/minis/skills/`), or have the agent read `SKILL.md`.

Use Without Installing

Copy any prompt from `references/prompts.md` to any AI and it works immediately.


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