# study-plan

Builds and adapts a long-term bar or exam study schedule based on weak subjects, daily habits, and past progress.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 705 installs · ★ 9795
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/law-student/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/study-plan

## What it does

The skill builds structured study timelines for bar prep or law school finals. It reads the student profile in `CLAUDE.md`, tracks session history in `study-plan.yaml`, and weights subjects so weak areas receive extra sessions while stronger topics stay in maintenance review.

Operation routes through flags: `--build` sets up the initial phases and schedule, `--update` incorporates finished sessions, `--status` highlights current tasks, and `--cram` shifts priorities toward high-yield exam topics. During setup, the agent runs a life-context check against work and family commitments to stop unsustainable goals before they fail.

Students enrolled in a commercial bar prep course must choose between supplementing that calendar with gap-filling drills or replacing it entirely, because running both tracks simultaneously guarantees burnout.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill study-plan -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/study-plan/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill study-plan -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill study-plan -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal study-plan
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill study-plan -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --path law-student/skills/study-plan
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill study-plan -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/law-student/skills/study-plan/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a multi-week study timeline for the bar exam
- allocate extra study sessions to weak subjects
- sanity-check weekly study hours against actual work and family commitments
- shift study priorities to high-yield topics ahead of test day

## Example prompts
- Build a study plan for my upcoming bar exam: /study-plan --build
- Show what is scheduled for today and check my score trend: /study-plan --status
- Switch my study plan to cram mode for the next two weeks: /study-plan --cram

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: study-plan
description: >
  Build or update a long-term bar prep (or exam prep) study plan — phases,
  subjects weighted by weakness, daily session schedule, adaptive to session
  history in study-plan.yaml. Use when the user says "build a study plan",
  "plan my bar prep", "schedule my studying", or "how should I study for [X]".
argument-hint: "[--build | --update | --status | --cram]"
---

# /study-plan

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md` → bar jurisdiction, exam format, bar date, weak subjects, target study hours/day, prep course.
2. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/study-plan.yaml` if it exists.
3. Apply the framework below.
4. Route by flag:
   - `--build` (default if no plan exists): walk the inputs gate (exam, subjects, hours/week, days off, methods). Build the phase structure + daily schedule for the first two weeks. Write `study-plan.yaml`.
   - `--update` (default if plan exists): re-read `session_history`, adjust subject priorities and weekly_hours, fill in the next stretch of daily schedule.
   - `--status`: what's scheduled today / this week, score trend, subjects slipping, next scheduled session per subject.
   - `--cram`: force cram mode — 80/20 high-yield prioritization, daily MBE volume, taper last 2-3 days.
5. Before writing: summarize the plan in prose and confirm with the student. Adjust based on their answer.
6. Always sanity-check hours/week against the student's stated life constraints. Over-ambitious plans fail.

---

## Purpose

Sitting down to study and not knowing what to study is how weeks disappear. This skill builds a plan — weeks to exam, sessions per day, subjects per week, session types — and then adapts as the student actually does the sessions. It is a living plan, not a calendar export.

It also gives downstream skills (bar-prep, flashcards, drill, irac) a shared schedule to honor, so the student isn't asked "what do you want to study today" every time they open a session.

## Confidence discipline

A plan is opinion, not doctrine. The skill states clearly what's an estimate:

- **Time-per-topic estimates** are general guidance (based on typical commercial prep-course weightings). Flag them as estimates — the student's real pace will differ.
- **Subject weightings** are derived from the student's own reported weak subjects and session history. Confident.
- **High-yield-topic prioritization in cram mode** is based on multi-year bar exam release patterns (MBE/MEE subject frequency). Flag any "this is definitely on the exam" claim as `[UNCERTAIN — past frequency is not a prediction]`.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md`:
- Bar jurisdiction, exam format, bar date
- Current classes (for non-bar use)
- Weak subjects (MBE, essay)
- Prep course
```
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