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Create standalone beginner tutorial packages from a topic or supplied references, with adaptive research, course-style outline design, chapter visuals, and Markdown/DOCX/PDF/HTML exports. Use for textbook-like tutorials, course guides, teaching documents, or long beginner guides; not for quick answers, link summaries, pure diagrams, or file conversion.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/yaojingang/yao-open-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/yao-tutorial-skill/SKILL.md

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Yao Tutorial Skill

Workflow

  1. Normalize topic, audience, outcome, language, formats, user material, style references, and exclusions into brief.json.
  2. Read references/input-adaptation.md; use user material as the spine when sufficient, then add only needed external research.
  3. Read references/research-sourcing.md; create research/user-materials-register.md when needed, research/source-register.md, and research/evidence-map.md.
  4. Read references/tutorial-outline-and-writing.md plus references/course-design-principles.md; write outline.md, standalone public tutorial.md using 第1章 and 1.1, and research/chapter-quality-review.md.
  5. Read the editorial and visual references; create visuals/visual-spec.json, then run build_visual_pack.py and capture_visuals.py.
  6. Read references/export-workflow.md; run export_tutorial.py and then validate_package.py.
  7. Report exact failures and fallbacks. Never fabricate X posts, papers, repo details, dates, or citations.

Quality Gates

  • User material controls intent when strong enough; external evidence fills verification and gaps.
  • Public exports never show internal source IDs or reference-packet provenance.
  • Copy reads as a standalone formal teaching product.
  • Every numbered chapter has a matching visual spec and embedded visual.
  • Depth is governed by learning sufficiency, not a fixed word limit; continue until the learner can understand, apply, and self-check the topic.
  • Every numbered chapter has an independent quality review for depth, examples, practice, evidence, visual fit, and back-half consistency.
  • HTML uses centered report-shell; DOCX/PDF have no visible headers, footers, local paths, or print chrome.
  • Delivery passes scripts/validate_package.py or names the remaining warnings/failures.

References

  • references/input-adaptation.md
  • references/research-sourcing.md
  • references/tutorial-outline-and-writing.md
  • references/course-design-principles.md
  • references/editorial-production.md
  • references/visual-html-workflow.md
  • references/visual-board-benchmarks.md
  • references/export-workflow.md
  • scripts/build_visual_pack.py, scripts/capture_visuals.py, scripts/export_tutorial.py, scripts/validate_package.py
  • templates/topic-brief-template.json, templates/visual-spec-template.json, templates/tutorial-style.css