What is progressive-hint-ladder?
progressive-hint-ladder is a Claude skill by GarethManning that provides graduated hints while preserving learner thinking and agency. It is listed under Marketing & growth and has 876 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | GarethManning |
| Repository | GarethManning/education-agent-skills |
| Popularity | 876 GitHub stars |
| Category | Marketing & growth |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #703 of 1,262 Claude skills; #57 in Marketing & growth |
| SKILL.md length | 249 lines |
| Last commit | 2026-08-28 |
| Stars this week | +29 |
Is progressive-hint-ladder safe to install?
progressive-hint-ladder scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 9 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| No network requests | Pass |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
How do I install progressive-hint-ladder?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill progressive-hint-ladder
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills cp -r education-agent-skills/skills/student-learning/progressive-hint-ladder ~/.claude/skills/progressive-hint-ladder
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the progressive-hint-ladder skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs progressive-hint-ladder for you:
Install the "progressive-hint-ladder" skill from https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/student-learning/progressive-hint-ladder into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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