Coursera Agent Skills
This repository contains Agent Skills for Coursera MCP-powered learning experiences. Skills are plain Markdown instruction packages that compatible agents can load when a user request matches the skill description.
The repository is intentionally skills-only. It does not include a Claude plugin manifest, Cursor plugin metadata, MCP server manifest, or MCP server code. The MCP app that consumes this repository is responsible for exposing the Coursera tools described by each skill.
Available Skills
learn-with-coursera
learn-with-coursera turns a learner's intent into a guided Coursera experience. It diagnoses the learner's topic, familiarity, and preferred modality, then routes to a course, project, video, or roleplay experience and follows up with a recommended path forward.
Skill package:
skills/learn-with-coursera/
+-- SKILL.md
+-- DIAGNOSE.md
+-- SEARCH-DELIVER.md
`-- PATH-FINDER.mdInstall Or Consume
For local agent use, copy the skill folder into the skills directory supported by your agent:
cp -R skills/learn-with-coursera ~/.claude/skills/learn-with-courseraOther Agent Skills-compatible tools use similar layouts, usually a top-level skills directory containing one folder per skill. The portable unit is the folder that contains SKILL.md and any supporting files beside it.
For an MCP app, keep this repository as the source of truth for skill instructions and package or sync skills/learn-with-coursera/ into the app's skill bundle during release. The MCP app should provide the tools listed below; the skill only describes when and how an agent should call them.
Skill Contract
learn-with-coursera expects the consuming MCP app or agent runtime to provide these tools:
| Tool | Purpose | | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | AskUserQuestion | Collect learner choices for diagnosis and roleplay refinement | | search_courses | Find Coursera courses for the learner's topic and context | | search_videos | Find a targeted short video | | search_hands_on_learning | Find guided projects or hands-on learning experiences | | coursera_roleplay_practice | Start a live roleplay practice session | | get_course_materials | Retrieve curriculum details for a selected course |
Tool schemas live in the consuming MCP app. Keep the skill prose aligned with those schemas when tool names, parameter names, or result shapes change.
Validation
Run the repository validator before publishing changes:
node scripts/validate-skills.mjsThe validator checks that every direct child of skills/ is a skill package, that each package has a valid SKILL.md frontmatter block, and that any Markdown files referenced from SKILL.md exist beside it.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for the editing checklist and validation expectations.
