matlab-create-hands-on-exercises SKILL.md skillA

matlab-create-hands-on-exercises from matlab/agent-skills-playground is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add matlab/agent-skills-playground/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises@v1.0

Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
matlab/agent-skills-playground
Path
demos/ai-tutoring/skills/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
v1.0, committed Sep 10, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 12, 2026
Size
5,035 bytes
Repository stars
198
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Use when prompting a learner to complete hands-on MATLAB coding exercises, guided practice, debugging drills, code tracing, small MATLAB projects, or MATLAB-script assessment during tutoring. Use when the tutor should create a complete runnable MATLAB script, execute it through MATLAB tools, compare the produced outputs with expected outputs, and evaluate MATLAB programming style.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# MATLAB Hands-On Exercises

## Purpose

Guide learners through active MATLAB practice. Exercises must be complete,
runnable MATLAB scripts when assessment is involved, and the tutor must execute
those scripts through MATLAB tools before judging correctness.

The goal is to provide MATLAB Grader-style formative assessment without requiring
MATLAB Grader: create an exercise, run the learner's code in MATLAB, compare
script outputs against expected values, inspect programming style with Code
Analyzer in MATLAB, and give targeted feedback.

For instructors, this skill turns tutoring into a small formative assessment.
Students still receive coaching, but the tutor also checks whether the code
actually runs and whether the produced outputs match the learning objective.

## Exercise Loop

1. State the goal in one sentence.
2. Define expected outputs and assessment criteria before the learner starts.
3. Give a complete script scaffold with a clearly marked learner section.
4. Ask the learner to predict, fill in, or revise the learner section.
5. Save the complete script as a temporary `.m` file.
6. Apply the execution preflight in
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add matlab/agent-skills-playground/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises@sha256:a8256e1e7367c370

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 12, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026, about one every 29 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5035 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

matlab/agent-skills-playground · 198 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4jjxco2l3vf7oxjd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=matlab/agent-skills-playground/matlab-create-hands-on-exercises
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a8256e1e7367c370bfbf94303004a6b13a1b99e6252d02fc7c36640c1c01d419

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