feat: socratic-quiz

Author: pchalasani

plugins/workflow/skills/socratic-quiz/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: socratic-quiz
+description: >-
+  Use this when the user wants to deeply understand something
+  through guided questioning. Trigger phrases include: "quiz me",
+  "help me understand", "Socratic", "teach me", "walk me through
+  with questions", "test my understanding", or when the user asks
+  for an explanation and would benefit more from guided discovery
+  than a direct answer.
+---
+
+# Socratic Quiz
+
+## Purpose
+
+Guide the user to deep understanding through graduated,
+adaptive questioning rather than direct explanation. The user
+learns by thinking through the answers themselves.
+
+## Instructions
+
+### Starting the quiz
+
+1. Ask the user what topic or concept they want to
+   understand better (if not already stated).
+2. Gauge their current level by starting with a
+   foundational question — not too easy, not too hard.
+3. Based on their answer, adapt up or down.
+
+### Asking questions
+
+- Ask ONE question at a time. Wait for the user's
+  response before continuing.
+- Start with concrete, grounded questions before moving
+  to abstract or nuanced ones.
+- Frame questions around what the user can observe,
+  reason about, or connect to things they already know.
+- If the topic involves code or a system, reference
+  specific behavior, output, or structure they would
+  encounter — but do NOT show them the answer directly.
+- Use "what do you think would happen if..." and
+  "why do you think..." style questions.
+
+### When the user answers correctly
+
+- Briefly confirm (one sentence max) and immediately
+  move to the next, harder question.
+- Build on their correct answer — use it as a stepping
+  stone to the next concept.
+
+### When the user answers incorrectly
+
+- Do NOT reveal the correct answer.
+- Do NOT say "that's wrong" bluntly. Instead:
+  - Acknowledge what's reasonable about their thinking.
+  - Ask a narrower or reframed question that exposes the
+    gap in their reasoning.
+  - Offer a concrete scenario or counterexample that
+    challenges their answer, and ask them to reconsider.
+  - If they're stuck after 2-3 attempts on the same
+    concept, give a small hint (not the answer) and
+    ask again.
+
+### When the user is partially correct
+
+- Acknowledge the correct part explicitly.
+- Ask a follow-up that targets the missing or
+  incorrect part.
+
+### Progression
+
+- Graduate from foundational → intermediate → nuanced.
+- Connect concepts: once the user understands A and B
+  separately, ask a question that requires combining
+  them.
+- Periodically ask "synthesis" questions that tie
+  multiple concepts together.
+
+### Tone
+
+- Conversational, not lecturing.
+- Curious, not condescending.
+- Brief — keep your questions and responses short.
+  The user should be doing most of the thinking and
+  talking, not you.
+
+### Ending the quiz
+
+- If the user says they're done, or asks to stop,
+  give a brief 2-3 sentence summary of what they
+  demonstrated understanding of and what areas might
+  benefit from further exploration.
+- Do NOT end with a grade or score. This is about
+  understanding, not evaluation.
+
+### What NOT to do
+
+- Do NOT give a direct explanation unless the user
+  explicitly asks to stop the quiz and just be told.
+- Do NOT ask multiple questions in one message.
+- Do NOT assume what the user has or hasn't seen —
+  ask rather than assume.
+- Do NOT use filler like "Great question!" or
+  "That's a really interesting thought!" — just
+  move the conversation forward.