knowledge-spaces: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

knowledge-spaces CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from vanderbilt-data-science/knowledge-spaces. It costs 1,265 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for Knowledge Space Theory, a method for representing learning items and their relationships. The project turns course materials into knowledge maps that can support assessment and adaptive teaching.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to extract knowledge items, break learning goals into testable parts, map concepts and competences, and support student assessment or curriculum updates.
Why use it?
It gives an AI agent a defined process for extracting concepts, connecting them, and maintaining the resulting learning structure.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code; mentions Codex.

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 86 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 86 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Knowledge Space Theory — Skill Suite

This project implements a suite of 10 Agent Skills that guide an AI agent through the full Knowledge Space Theory (KST) pipeline: from raw course materials to a usable knowledge graph that supports student assessment, adaptive instruction, and curriculum maintenance.

The skills follow the Agent Skills open standard and work across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other compatible platforms.

The suite supports both classical item-based KST and the newer Competence-Based KST (CbKST) framework (Heller & Stefanutti, 2024), which adds a latent skill/competence layer beneath observable items.

Skill Pipeline

Phase 1: Domain Analysis

  • Extracting Knowledge Items (/extracting-knowledge-items) — Extract atomic knowledge items from course materials
  • Decomposing Learning Objectives (/decomposing-learning-objectives) — Decompose learning objectives into testable items using taxonomic frameworks (Bloom's, DOK, SOLO, Marzano's, Fink's)
  • Mapping Concepts and Competences (/mapping-concepts-and-competences) — Build a concept map showing relationships between items; identify latent competences (CbKST)

Phase 2: Knowledge Structure Construction

  • Building Surmise Relations (/building-surmise-relations) — Construct the surmise relation (prerequisite quasi-order) via the QUERY algorithm, with CbKST competence relations
  • Constructing Knowledge Space (/constructing-knowledge-space) — Derive the full knowledge space (states, fringes, learning paths)
  • Validating Knowledge Structure (/validating-knowledge-structure) — Validate mathematical consistency, educational plausibility, and CbKST alignment

Phase 3: Application

  • Assessing Knowledge State (/assessing-knowledge-state) — Adaptive assessment of a student's knowledge state (BLIM/PoLIM)
  • Generating Learning Materials (/generating-learning-materials) — Generate bespoke learning materials targeting a student's outer fringe (UDL 3.0 aligned)
  • Planning Adaptive Instruction (/planning-adaptive-instruction) — JIT lecture/instruction planning from class-wide state analysis

Read the full file on GitHub · 86 lines

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knowledge-spaces CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository vanderbilt-data-science/knowledge-spaces (30 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,265 tokens to every session, about $0.0051 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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