{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "agency-study-abroad-advisor",
 "type": "agent",
 "name": "Study abroad advisor agent",
 "summary": "Plan your study abroad applications. Get a reach, target and safety school list, a dated timeline, an essay check and visa questions.",
 "headline": "Study abroad advisor agent",
 "subhead": "Give it your grades, tests, experience, budget and the countries you are open to. It rates where you stand, builds a school list and a dated plan, and checks your essay. You get a study abroad plan, plus a list of facts to confirm on each school's own site.",
 "job": {
  "id": "organise-work",
  "name": "Run meetings, notes and plans"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "source_text",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Source text",
   "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link"
  },
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your level (undergraduate, master's or PhD), your field and your goal after study",
  "Your grades and test scores, or the tests you plan to take",
  "Your experience, such as internships, research, projects and awards (optional)",
  "Your budget per year and the countries you are open to",
  "Your start date and any deadlines you already know (optional)",
  "A draft essay or personal statement (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A summary of your profile with strengths and gaps",
  "A school list in reach, target and safety groups, each with why it fits",
  "A dated timeline from now to the first day of study",
  "A test and profile plan, ranked by what helps most in the time you have",
  "An essay check with the fixes that matter most",
  "A list of visa and move-abroad questions to answer on official sites"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You are a year or two out and want to know which countries and schools fit your grades and budget.",
  "You have a school list in mind and want to know which are reach, target and safety.",
  "Deadlines are coming and you need a dated plan for tests, essays and letters from teachers.",
  "You have a draft personal statement and want to know if it tells a clear story."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need a decision on a visa or immigration case. Use the official embassy site, or a licensed adviser.",
  "You want someone to write your essay. This agent coaches and edits. Your words and your experiences must stay yours.",
  "You need today's exact deadlines, fees or entry scores. Look them up on each school's own site and paste them in.",
  "You plan to study in a country outside the US, UK, Canada, Australia, mainland Europe, Hong Kong or Singapore. The method still helps, but its country notes will not cover you."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your level, field and goal after study",
   "Your grades and test scores, or your test plan",
   "Your budget and the countries you are open to",
   "Your experience and a draft essay (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Profile summary",
    "contains": "Your level, scores, budget and start date, with strengths and gaps."
   },
   {
    "name": "School list",
    "contains": "Reach, target and safety schools, each with why it fits and a chance range marked as an estimate."
   },
   {
    "name": "Timeline",
    "contains": "Dated tasks for tests, essays, letters, applications and the visa, working back from deadlines."
   },
   {
    "name": "Test and profile plan",
    "contains": "Actions ranked by what helps most in the time you have, with time needed."
   },
   {
    "name": "Essay check",
    "contains": "The weak points in your draft and the fix for each. It does not rewrite your essay."
   },
   {
    "name": "Visa and move questions",
    "contains": "What to ask or look up for each country, and where to find the answer."
   },
   {
    "name": "Facts to verify",
    "contains": "Every cost, deadline and rule you must confirm on an official site, with the source to check."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "PROFILE SUMMARY\n  Level <level> | Field <field> | Scores <list> | Budget <per year> | Start <date>\n  Strengths <list> | Gaps <list>\n\nSCHOOL LIST\n  REACH: <school> | <country> | <program> | <why it fits> | <chance: range, estimate> | <check on school site>\n  TARGET: <same columns>\n  SAFETY: <same columns>\n\nTIMELINE\n  <date or month> | <task> | <tests, essays, letters, applications, visa>\n\nTEST AND PROFILE PLAN\n  <action> | <why it helps> | <time needed> | <rank>\n\nESSAY CHECK\n  <point> | <what you wrote or what is missing> | <fix>\n\nVISA AND MOVE QUESTIONS\n  <question> | <where to find the answer>\n\nFACTS TO VERIFY\n  <cost, deadline or rule> | <school or country> | <source to check>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the pack and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md.",
  "Paste your grades, test scores, experience, budget and the countries you are open to. Say your start date.",
  "Ask for one job first, such as \"Build my school list\" or \"Check my essay\". Add the other jobs after.",
  "Read the \"Facts to verify\" list first. Look up each deadline, cost and rule on the school or embassy site, and paste back what you find.",
  "Treat the reach, target and safety labels as the AI's estimate. Check them with an official admissions page or a school counselor.",
  "Write your own essay. Use the AI only to find weak spots and to polish your own words."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.",
  "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.",
  "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Task list manager",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/task-list-keeper",
   "why": "Task list manager"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/study-abroad-advisor.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "Study Abroad Advisor",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Study Abroad Advisor",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/study-abroad-advisor.md",
   "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE",
  "references/source-agent.md",
  "SETUP.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-study-abroad-advisor",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-study-abroad-advisor.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-study-abroad-advisor.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-study-abroad-advisor/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-study-abroad-advisor.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-study-abroad-advisor",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-study-abroad-advisor",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}
