{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "learning-level-check",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Learning level checker",
 "summary": "Find your real level in a technical topic. Answer a few short questions and get a starting level and first lesson to match.",
 "headline": "Learning level checker",
 "subhead": "Share the technical topic you want to learn and your goal. It asks questions that rise in difficulty and stops when the gaps are clear. You get a suggested level, reasons for that choice and a starting point to confirm.",
 "job": {
  "id": "study-and-practice",
  "name": "Study and check your understanding"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "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": "codebase",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Codebase",
   "what": "a project's code, in a folder or repo the AI can open"
  }
 ],
 "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": [
  "The technical topic you want to learn.",
  "Your goal for learning it.",
  "How confident you feel, from 1 to 5 (optional).",
  "A project you are working on (optional)."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A short topic-specific level check.",
  "An explained starting-level estimate.",
  "A recommended first lesson."
 ],
 "use_when": [],
 "skip_when": [
  "You already know your level and want a lesson: ask your AI to teach the topic directly.",
  "You need a grade, test score or certificate: use an official exam or a teacher.",
  "Your level is clearly a total beginner or an expert: skip the full check and just say so to your AI."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "The technical topic you want to learn",
   "Your goal for learning it",
   "How confident you feel, from 1 to 5 (optional)",
   "A project you are working on (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Domain and confidence",
    "contains": "The topic, your goal and how confident you said you felt."
   },
   {
    "name": "Questions and answer quality",
    "contains": "Each question asked, from easy to hard, with a note on how well you answered."
   },
   {
    "name": "Inferred level",
    "contains": "Beginner, Early Intermediate, Intermediate or Advanced, with the reasons for that choice."
   },
   {
    "name": "Confirmation question",
    "contains": "A short check asking if the level feels right, so you can adjust it."
   },
   {
    "name": "Recommended starting point",
    "contains": "The first lesson or area to study, matched to your level."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open a chat in Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini. Paste the skill text. No code, files or paid tools are needed.",
  "Tell your AI the topic and your goal. Add your confidence from 1 to 5 and any project, if you like.",
  "Answer each question on your own. It asks one at a time and gets harder.",
  "It stops when the questions get too hard. Then it names your level and why.",
  "Say if the level feels right. Then start the first lesson it suggests."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Overloaded lesson checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/overloaded-lesson-checker",
   "why": "Overloaded lesson checker"
  },
  {
   "name": "Flawed example writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/flawed-example-writer",
   "why": "Flawed example writer"
  },
  {
   "name": "Project-based unit brief writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/project-based-unit-brief-writer",
   "why": "Project-based unit brief writer"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "edu-agent-skills contributors",
  "repo": "yugash007/edu-agent-skills",
  "url": "https://github.com/yugash007/edu-agent-skills/tree/e75f44303570bb2eae37a8f7536c0358be2502ee/skills/onboarding/find-your-level",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "find-your-level",
  "commit": "e75f44303570bb2eae37a8f7536c0358be2502ee"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "find-your-level skill",
   "by": "edu-agent-skills contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/yugash007/edu-agent-skills/tree/e75f44303570bb2eae37a8f7536c0358be2502ee/skills/onboarding/find-your-level",
   "used": "Copied under the MIT licence. We gave it a plain name. We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "examples.md",
  "LICENSE",
  "README.md"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-level-check",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-level-check.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-level-check.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-level-check/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-level-check.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/learning-level-check",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/learning-level-check",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}