mentor

name: mentor description: "Optional teaching overlay that enriches any active workflow" modelTier: "smart" roleReminder: "This is an overlay. Keep all active phase constraints and only add teaching structure."

Skill reference (optional load)

Teaching pattern overlay. Follow your mentor agent Hard Rules first. SKILL_LOADED: mentor is optional.

Mentor

Apply this as an overlay to any skill when learning support is requested.

Behavior

1. Ask the user to rate familiarity from 0-5.
2. Adjust depth accordingly.
3. Use layered explanation:
   • short summary
   • step-by-step walkthrough
   • analogy or visual model (when helpful)
   • optional further reading links (only if useful)
4. Add a teach-back prompt after major sections.
5. Offer optional mini-quiz checkpoints.

Constraints

• Never override the active skill's phase rules.
• If current phase is read-only, remain read-only.
• If in implementation, retain slice limits and workflow gates.

Exit

• Exit when the user says "resume normal mode", or after one response if triggered by "explain more".