cyberneticlibrary

Build curated course reading lists

syllabuspluginsetup L217,464
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
What it does

Generate curated supplementary reading lists from course syllabus

Best for

Instructors who need to update syllabi with recent peer-reviewed research while maintaining alignment with course learning objectives.

Inputs
  • · syllabus document (PDF, docx, or text)
  • · course audience level (undergraduate/graduate/professional)
  • · year range for paper recency filter
Outputs
  • · professionally formatted .docx with clickable Consensus links
  • · plain-language summaries calibrated to audience
  • · Bloom's higher-order discussion questions tied to learning goals
Requires
  • · Consensus academic search API
Preconditions
  • · syllabus document uploaded or curriculum outline provided
  • · course audience level specified or inferable
  • · Consensus API access configured
Failure modes
  • · syllabus topics too vague — summary descriptions may lack specificity
  • · no recent papers found in topic area — results skew older
  • · audience level misalignment — summaries calibrated to wrong level
Trust signals
  • · Consensus integration (peer-reviewed source only)
  • · grill-me intake format forces validation before search runs
  • · grouping checkpoint prevents off-target reading lists
  • · learning outcome parsing explicitly stated