Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills --skill teaching-methodsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills/teaching-methods)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills/teaching-methods"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills/teaching-methods.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00021 | $0.00472 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00236 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00004 | $0.00094 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00002 | $0.00047 |
Grade A, and why
teaching-methods scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
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.
What it actually says
Teaching Methods
Effective teaching approaches for different learning contexts.
Methods Overview
| Method | Teacher Role | Student Role | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Instruction | Expert, guide | Active listener | Foundational skills, procedures |
| Inquiry-Based | Facilitator | Investigator | Critical thinking, curiosity |
| Project-Based | Coach | Creator, problem-solver | Real-world application |
| Flipped Classroom | Mentor | Self-directed learner | Active class time |
| Socratic | Questioner | Critical thinker | Deep understanding |
Direct Instruction
Structure: I Do → We Do → You Do
- I Do: Model the skill, think aloud
- We Do: Guided practice with feedback
- You Do: Independent practice
When to Use
- New concepts or skills
- Procedural knowledge (math, coding syntax)
- Safety-critical topics
Inquiry-Based Learning
- Present a question or problem
- Students explore, ask questions, investigate
- Guide toward conclusions through questioning
- Debrief and formalize learning
Example Prompt
"How could we determine the most efficient sorting algorithm without looking it up? What experiments would you run?"
Project-Based Learning
Framework
- Driving Question: Open-ended, meaningful
- Sustained Inquiry: Multiple research cycles
- Authenticity: Real-world relevance
- Student Voice & Choice: Decisions throughout
- Reflection: Process and product
- Critique & Revision: Feedback loops
- Public Product: Presented to authentic audience
Differentiation
Adapt for different learners by adjusting:
- Content: What students learn (vary complexity)
- Process: How they learn (vary activities)
- Product: How they show learning (vary assessments)
- Environment: Where/how they learn (vary settings)
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 3d ago First seen · 62 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A c75e6bce6514
teaching-methods is a skill published in the GitHub repository cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills (471 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 472 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 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 2026-09-03.
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