Install the skill in Claude

In the Claude app (web or desktop)

1. Download the skill: metadax-homeschool.zip. Do not unzip it.

2. In Claude, open Settings, then Capabilities. Make sure “Code execution and file creation” is on. Under Skills, choose “Upload skill”, pick the zip, and switch it on.

Skills need a paid Claude plan. If the menu looks different, Claude’s help has the current steps: support.claude.com →

In Claude Code

Never used a terminal? The Claude app steps above are easier. These steps are for Claude Code.

1. Open a terminal. Mac: press Cmd and Space, type Terminal, press Enter. Windows: open PowerShell from the Start menu.

2. Install Claude Code: paste the install line from Claude’s install page (code.claude.com/docs/en/setup) and press Enter. Check it with claude --version; a number means it worked. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan (Pro or Max).

3. Make a folder for lessons and start there (Mac: mkdir -p ~/Documents/Lessons && cd ~/Documents/Lessons; Windows PowerShell: mkdir ~\Documents\Lessons; cd ~\Documents\Lessons), then type claude and press Enter.

 Let's get started.

 Choose the text style that looks best with your terminal
 To change this later, run /theme

     Auto (match terminal)
 ❯ ✔ Dark mode
     Light mode

4. First time only: press Enter to pick a look, sign in when your browser opens, press Enter on the safety notes, and choose “Yes, I trust this folder” (down arrow, then Enter).

5. Add the skill:

/plugin marketplace add daxfoundation/metadax
/plugin install metadax-homeschool@metadax

Press Enter on “Install for you”.

❯ /plugin marketplace add daxfoundation/metadax
  ⎿  Successfully added marketplace: metadax

❯ /plugin install metadax-homeschool@metadax
  ❯ Install for you (user scope)
  ⎿  ✓ Installed metadax-homeschool. Plugin is now active.

6. Ask:

Use the metadax-homeschool skill. I homeschool and my child is stuck on something.

Answer its questions in your own words; nickname only.

7. When it asks “Do you want to proceed?”, press 1 (Yes) and Enter. You will see a few of these while it reads its instructions, saves your lesson and checks it.

 Do you want to create family-package.json?
 ❯ 1. Yes
   2. Yes, and switch to accept edits (auto-approve file edits and common file commands) for this
      session (shift+tab)
   3. No

8. When it says it is done, your lesson is the file family-package.json in your Lessons folder. Open the player and press “Open a file”, then pick family-package.json.

● Sprout's package, "The Two Engines" (family-package.json), is built and passes the checker with no
  errors.

Then

Start a new chat and type:

Use the metadax-homeschool skill. I homeschool and my child is stuck on something.

It asks about a dozen short questions, a few at a time: a nickname for your child (never a real name), a rough age, the subject, the exact spot where it goes wrong, a real wrong answer if you have one, and what they love. It builds the lesson through that. If you type anything identifying, it tells you and leaves it out.

Open what it built

Your answers go to Claude under your account’s own privacy settings. The package it builds is a file that stays with you. Open the player, press “Open a file” and pick it (or paste it in), then press Play; read your tab first.

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