Quick Summary

Goal: Build a learner-ready course with Bloom-aligned objectives, progressive modules, lessons, practice, and assessments so learners achieve and demonstrate intended outcomes.

Summary:

• Purpose: Turn user/research scope into a template-compliant course with aligned outcomes, practice, and assessments.
• Main flow: Phase 0 detect course context; (1) define audience, prerequisites, duration, outcomes; (2) map objectives to Bloom; (3) structure modules → lessons → exercises → assessments.
• Continue: (4) develop each lesson's duration, concept, explanation, examples, exercise, assessment; (5) create module knowledge checks + comprehensive final; (6) review alignment, evidence, progression, prerequisites.
• Gates/output: Create TaskCreate tasks before work; map every objective to Bloom; cite every factual claim inline [N]; use the enforced template; write docs/knowledge/courses/{descriptive-slug}.md; no modes/flags specified.

Workflow:

1. Define scope — Target audience, prerequisites, duration, objectives
2. Map objectives — Align to Bloom's taxonomy
3. Structure curriculum — Modules → Lessons → Exercises → Assessments
4. Develop content — Per lesson: concept, explanation, examples, exercise
5. Create assessments — Knowledge checks + final assessment
6. Review pedagogy — Alignment, progressive difficulty, prerequisite chains

Key Rules:

• Every objective maps to a Bloom's taxonomy level; include at least one Apply-level objective.
• Build progressive complexity; each module builds on previous prerequisites.
• Derive lesson depth, examples, exercises, and assessment format from learner context and objectives; do not fill templates mechanically.
• Use enforced template .claude/templates/course-outline-template.md.
• Every factual claim and number in the content ends with an inline [N] citation mapped to a Resources & References row (Title, URL, Author/Org, Date, Tier). Factual claims rest on 2+ independent sources; a single-source claim is marked unverified and held below 60% confidence. Exercises, assessment items and constructed examples are course design, not factual claims.

Critical thinking: Be skeptical; reason sequentially; trace evidence for every claim; state confidence percentages; ideas >80%.

Contents

• Quick Summary
• Course Builder
• Phase 0: Detect Course Context
• Bloom's Taxonomy Reference
• Step 1: Define Learning Scope
• Step 2: Map Objectives to Bloom's
• Step 3: Structure Curriculum
• Step 4: Develop Lesson Content
• Step 5: Create Assessments
• Step 6: Review Pedagogy
• Output
• Closing Reminders

Course Builder

Phase 0: Detect Course Context

Classify course type, learner level, delivery mode, and constraints before choosing depth, examples, exercises, or assessment formats; ask for missing inputs or state assumptions.

Bloom's Taxonomy Reference

Level	Verb Examples	Assessment Type
Remember	Define, list, recall, identify	Multiple choice, fill-in-blank
Understand	Explain, describe, summarize, interpret	Short answer, paraphrase
Apply	Use, implement, solve, demonstrate	Problem sets, exercises
Analyze	Compare, contrast, examine, differentiate	Case studies, analysis papers
Evaluate	Judge, critique, assess, justify	Debates, reviews, peer assessment
Create	Design, construct, produce, develop	Projects, portfolios, presentations

Step 1: Define Learning Scope

Gather from user or research (in a research run, read the evidence base tmp/research/_evidence-{slug}.md that web-research --chain=deep-dive returned and cite its sources): Target audience — who + background; Prerequisites — prior knowledge; Duration — total hours/weeks; Desired outcomes — learner capabilities after course.

Step 2: Map Objectives to Bloom's

Assign a Bloom's level to each desired outcome:

• Start lower: Remember → Understand; progress higher: Apply → Analyze → Evaluate → Create; ensure at least one objective at Apply level or above.

Step 3: Structure Curriculum

Organize 3-8 modules per course:

• 2-5 lessons/module; module-specific learning objectives; modules build through a prerequisite chain.

Step 4: Develop Lesson Content

For each lesson, provide: (1) Duration — estimated time; (2) Concept — core idea in 1-2 sentences; (3) Explanation — theory, context, why it matters; (4) Examples — 2-3 real-world illustrations; (5) Exercise — hands-on practice activity; (6) Assessment — how to verify learning.

Step 5: Create Assessments

Per module: Knowledge check — 3-5 questions covering key concepts; questions align with module's Bloom's level. Final: Comprehensive assessment — covers all modules; Mix of Bloom's levels — at least 1 question per level taught.

Step 6: Review Pedagogy

Verify objective/activity/assessment alignment, evidence for content claims, labelled assumptions, progressive difficulty, and prerequisite chain; state confidence.

Output

Write to docs/knowledge/courses/{descriptive-slug}.md using enforced template from .claude/templates/course-outline-template.md. List every cited source in Resources & References with Title, URL, Author/Org, Date and Tier; every [N] resolves to a row and every row is cited.

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[IMPORTANT] Create small tasks with TaskCreate before work, including a final review task.

Closing Reminders

IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION Goal: Build a learner-ready course with Bloom-aligned objectives, progressive modules, lessons, practice, and assessments so learners achieve and demonstrate intended outcomes. IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION Course flow: Phase 0 detect context; (1) define scope; (2) map every objective to Bloom; (3) structure 3-8 modules with 2-5 lessons and prerequisite links; (4) develop each lesson's duration, concept, explanation, examples, exercise, and assessment; (5) create 3-5-question module checks plus a comprehensive final with every taught Bloom level; (6) review alignment, evidence, assumptions, progression, and prerequisites.

IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION Gate/output: create TaskCreate tasks before work and a final review task; cite every factual claim inline [N] mapped to a Resources & References row (Title, URL, Author/Org, Date, Tier), with a single-source claim marked unverified below 60% confidence; use enforced .claude/templates/course-outline-template.md; write docs/knowledge/courses/{descriptive-slug}.md; no modes/flags specified.

IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION use user/research evidence, label assumptions, and state confidence; NEVER fabricate course facts.

Anti-Rationalization:

Evasion	Rebuttal
"Course is simple"	Wrong assumptions waste time; apply the full flow.
"This fact is common knowledge"	Cite it [N] to a Resources & References row; with one source, mark it unverified below 60%.
"Just do it"	Create task tracking first; skip depth only when justified, never skip tracking.

[TASK-PLANNING] MUST ATTENTION Before acting, analyze scope; create small TaskCreate tasks, cite every factual claim inline [N] to a Resources & References row, and complete a final quality review.