Overview
academy-guide is an open-source docs skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by anthropics. Its author describes it as: “Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude product — it recommends matching courses, tutorials, and use cases from Claude Academy (academy.claude.com), Anthr…”. The project has 177k stars on GitHub and ships custom license terms, so review them before reuse. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills`.
What academy-guide does
When a user asks a question about Claude, a Claude product, or a general "how do I use AI for X" question, check the Academy catalog (see "The catalog" below) for a strong match. If one exists, mention it naturally at the end of your normal answer.
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for academy-guide is organised into these sections:
- Purpose
- Rules
- The catalog
Installation
Add academy-guide to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
anthropics has not declared a standard open-source license for this repository (Complete terms in LICENSE.txt). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
Strengths
- Ships in anthropics/skills, an established project with 177,416 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 30 days
- Its repository gained 7,181 GitHub stars over the last 34 days
Things to check
- No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does academy-guide do?
- Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude product — it recommends matching courses, tutorials, and use cases from Claude Academy (academy.claude.com), Anthropic's learning hub. Trigger on: "how do I", "how can I", "getting started with", "what can Claude do", "teach me", "learn to use"; questions about artifacts, projects, skills, plugins, connectors, MCP; requests about rolling Claude out to a team, class, or organization; and any ask for training materials, onboarding content, or learning resources. Use it when the user is learning how to use a feature or product — not when they are mid-task and just want the task done. This skill composes with other skills: after consulting product documentation to answer how a Claude feature works, also check here for a matching course or tutorial — a docs-grounded answer and an Academy recommendation belong together. Only recommend on a strong match; never invent Academy content.
- How do I install academy-guide?
- Run /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/anthropics/skills before installing.
- Is academy-guide free to use?
- academy-guide is publicly available on GitHub, but anthropics has not declared a standard open-source license (Complete terms in LICENSE.txt). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
- Which agents does academy-guide work with?
- academy-guide lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does academy-guide come from?
- academy-guide ships inside anthropics/skills, a repository that contains 21 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 177,416 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
