Overview
learn is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Distill a reusable skill from anything — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or what you just did together — or refine an existing skill with new learnings. Use when the user says '/learn', 'learn this', 'turn this into…”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/learn`.
What learn does
Turn a source — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or the work just done in this conversation — into a clean, reusable NanoClaw skill. The output is a new `.claude/skills//SKILL.md` (plus optional `scripts/`, `references/`, `templates/`) authored to the project's skill guidelines.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for learn is organised into these sections:
- When to use
- Workflow
- 1. Identify the source — and whether this is a new skill or a refine
- 2. Gather the material
- 3. Distill — find the reusable procedure
- 4. Author the SKILL.md
- 5. Place and verify
- Example
- Notes
Installation
Add learn to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/learnReview 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 — declared in the repository topics
License
learn is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Alternatives to learn
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Frequently asked questions
- What does learn do?
- Distill a reusable skill from anything — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or what you just did together — or refine an existing skill with new learnings. Use when the user says '/learn', 'learn this', 'turn this into a skill', 'capture this workflow', 'make a skill from <source>', or 'improve/update the <name> skill'. Produces or updates a .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md authored to NanoClaw's skill guidelines. (This CREATES or REFINES a skill from a source; it does not install existing skills from a registry.)
- How do I install learn?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/learn in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is learn free to use?
- Yes. learn 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 learn work with?
- learn 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 learn come from?
- learn ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.