Overview
add-educational-comments is an open-source integrations skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by github. Its author describes it as: “Add educational comments to the file specified, or prompt asking for file to comment if one is not provided.”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/add-educational-comments`.
What add-educational-comments does
Add educational comments to code files so they become effective learning resources. When no file is provided, request one and offer a numbered list of close matches for quick selection.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for add-educational-comments is organised into these sections:
- Role
- Objectives
- Line Count Guidance
- Educational Commenting Rules
- Encoding and Formatting
- Content Expectations
- Safety and Compliance
- Workflow
- Configuration Reference
- Properties
- Parameters
- Default Configuration
Installation
Add add-educational-comments to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/add-educational-commentsReview 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
- GitHub Copilot — declared in the repository topics
License
add-educational-comments is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in github/awesome-copilot, an established project with 37,982 GitHub stars
- Works with GitHub Copilot
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does add-educational-comments do?
- Add educational comments to the file specified, or prompt asking for file to comment if one is not provided.
- How do I install add-educational-comments?
- Run git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot ~/.claude/skills/add-educational-comments in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot before installing.
- Is add-educational-comments free to use?
- Yes. add-educational-comments is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does add-educational-comments work with?
- add-educational-comments lists GitHub Copilot — 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 add-educational-comments come from?
- add-educational-comments ships inside github/awesome-copilot, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 37,982 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.