{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "learning-mistake-coach",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Learning mistake coach",
 "summary": "Fix a mistake you keep making while learning. Share your wrong answer and get a clear correction, a fresh example and a check question.",
 "headline": "Learning mistake coach",
 "subhead": "Share the explanation you keep getting wrong and what you have already tried. It checks the belief behind the mistake, then chooses a matching correction. You get a clearer model, a worked example and a fresh question to try.",
 "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"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "feedback_notes",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Feedback notes",
   "what": "a person's notes on an output: what to keep, change or drop"
  },
  {
   "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 incorrect answer or explanation in your own words.",
  "The topic and examples of the same mistake happening again."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A named mistake type with evidence from your answer.",
  "A corrected explanation and example.",
  "A fresh question and a plan for more practice."
 ],
 "use_when": [],
 "skip_when": [
  "You have not learned the idea yet and need a first lesson: ask your AI to teach the concept from scratch.",
  "The error is a one-off slip, like a typo or a wrong click: just fix it and move on.",
  "The problem comes from your setup or tools, not your understanding: ask your AI to help debug the setup."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your wrong answer or explanation, in your own words",
   "The topic you are trying to learn",
   "Earlier times you made the same mistake (optional)",
   "The correct idea, if you know it (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Mistake type",
    "contains": "Whether the mistake is about a label, a cause and effect link, or a deeper wrong model, with evidence from your answer."
   },
   {
    "name": "Your belief, restated",
    "contains": "Your wrong idea written back to you without judgment, so you can confirm it is what you think."
   },
   {
    "name": "Root cause",
    "contains": "What likely led to the mistake, such as a bad analogy, vague wording or a missing basic idea."
   },
   {
    "name": "Correction",
    "contains": "A clear definition, a step by step trace or guided questions, matched to the mistake type."
   },
   {
    "name": "Replacement model",
    "contains": "The correct idea stated plainly, with an example that only works if the correct idea is true."
   },
   {
    "name": "Check question",
    "contains": "A new case for you to solve and explain, to show the new idea has stuck."
   },
   {
    "name": "Practice plan",
    "contains": "What to practise next so the corrected idea holds."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and paste in the skill text. No code, files or paid tools are needed.",
  "Tell your AI the topic. Paste your wrong answer in your own words.",
  "Add earlier times you made the same mistake, if you have them.",
  "Read how it describes your belief. Say yes or fix it before it goes on.",
  "Answer the check question in your own words. Your AI will tell you if the mistake is still there.",
  "If the mistake stays after two tries, ask for guided questions that expose the clash in your thinking.",
  "The skill works alone in any chat AI. Ignore the other skill names in its text, because it explains what each one means.",
  "Next, ask yourself the same check question again after a day or two. Write down whether the mistake came back."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "AI error detection lesson planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/spot-ai-mistakes-activity",
   "why": "AI error detection lesson planner"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "edu-agent-skills contributors",
  "repo": "yugash007/edu-agent-skills",
  "url": "https://github.com/yugash007/edu-agent-skills/tree/e75f44303570bb2eae37a8f7536c0358be2502ee/skills/assessment/misconception-detector",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "misconception-detector",
  "commit": "e75f44303570bb2eae37a8f7536c0358be2502ee"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "misconception-detector skill",
   "by": "edu-agent-skills contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/yugash007/edu-agent-skills/tree/e75f44303570bb2eae37a8f7536c0358be2502ee/skills/assessment/misconception-detector",
   "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-mistake-coach",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-mistake-coach.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-mistake-coach.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-mistake-coach/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/learning-mistake-coach.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/learning-mistake-coach",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/learning-mistake-coach",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}