Ship Learn Next
Turn a tutorial transcript or article into a small shippable rep cycle instead of another passive notebook.
Overview
Ship-Learn-Next is an agent skill most often used in Validate (also Build, Operate) that turns transcripts and articles into actionable ship–learn–next iteration plans instead of passive study notes.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill ship-learn-nextWhat is this skill?
- Converts YouTube transcripts, articles, and tutorials into Ship–Learn–Next cycles
- Ship plans emphasize doing reps over accumulating study hours
- Extracts implementation steps from passive learning material
- Trigger phrases: turn this into a plan, make this actionable, I watched this—now what?
- Honest reflection between iterations based on what you actually shipped
- Core principle: 100 reps beats 100 hours of study
Adoption & trust: 3.7k installs on skills.sh; 2k GitHub stars; 2/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
You finished a video or article with great advice but have no ordered, shippable next step—so nothing lands in production or a demo.
Who is it for?
Indie builders who learn from long-form content and need a forcing function to ship v0.1, v0.2, and iterate.
Skip if: Teams with an approved spec and task breakdown ready for coding-only execution without learning-material ingestion.
When should I use this skill?
You have a transcript, article, or tutorial and want to implement the advice, make content actionable, or ask what to do after watching or reading educational material.
What do I get? / Deliverables
You get a Ship–Learn–Next cycle with a concrete small ship target, reflection prompts, and the next rep planned from implementation experience—not from more reading.
- Ship–Learn–Next cycle plan with ship target and reflection
- Extracted implementation steps from learning content
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Spans multiple journey phases - primary shelf plus alternate fits below.
Validate/scope is the first shelf where builders consume how-to content and must decide what to actually build—this skill converts that intake into bounded ship iterations before full build commitment. Scope subphase matches breaking big ideas into shippable reps and honest reflection, not open-ended course consumption.
Where it fits
Paste a competitor teardown article and extract one shippable experiment to validate interest.
Turn a framework tutorial into a two-day prototype rep with a defined demo outcome.
After shipping a UI rep, reflect and scope the next component based on what broke in use.
Convert your own launch post into the next growth experiment to run and measure.
Use post-mortem notes from a shipped feature to plan the next maintenance rep.
How it compares
Use instead of generic study plans or highlight reels when your goal is a shippable iteration log.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is ship-learn-next for?
Solo creators and builders who consume tutorials and want the agent to output what to ship next, not another summary.
When should I use ship-learn-next?
Use after validating an idea from content (scope a first rep), while building (iterate on what you shipped), or while operating (reflect and plan the next improvement cycle from live usage).
Is ship-learn-next safe to install?
Check the Security Audits panel on this Prism page before trusting repo access; the skill is planning-oriented—verify it does not run undeclared shell or network actions in your environment.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Ship Learn Next
# Ship-Learn-Next Action Planner Transform passive learning into active doing. This skill converts YouTube transcripts, articles, tutorials, and other educational content into actionable **Ship-Learn-Next cycles** - concrete, shippable iterations that build real skills. ## Purpose Most people consume educational content and never act on it. They watch tutorials, read articles, take courses - but never ship anything. This skill exists to break that cycle. **The core principle**: 100 reps beats 100 hours of study. Learning = doing better, not knowing more. Instead of creating study plans, this skill creates **ship plans** - structured iterations where you build something real, reflect honestly on what happened, and plan the next iteration based on actual experience. ## When to Use Activate this skill when you: - Have a transcript, article, or tutorial and want to **implement the advice** - Want to **turn educational content into a plan** or "make this actionable" - Need help **extracting implementation steps** from learning material - Want to **break down big ideas** into small, shippable reps - Find yourself saying "I watched/read X, now what should I do?" - Have course notes and want to **start practicing immediately** **Trigger phrases**: - "Turn this into a plan" - "Make this actionable" - "I watched this video, now what?" - "Help me implement this advice" - "Create a learning quest from this" - "What should I actually do with this?" ## How It Works ### The Ship-Learn-Next Framework Every learning quest follows three repeating phases: 1. **SHIP** - Create something real (code, content, product, demonstration) 2. **LEARN** - Honest reflection on what happened 3. **NEXT** - Plan the next iteration based on learnings This cycle repeats, with each "rep" building on the previous one. ### The Process 1. **Read the Content**: Provide your learning material (transcript, article, notes) 2. **Extract Core Lessons**: Identify actionable principles, not just theory 3. **Define Your Quest**: Frame a specific 4-8 week goal with concrete success criteria 4. **Design Rep 1**: Create the smallest shippable version you can complete this week 5. **Create the Rep Plan**: Structure action steps, success criteria, and reflection questions 6. **Map Future Reps**: Outline a progression path for reps 2-5 ### What Makes a Good Rep Each rep should be: - **Concrete and specific** - "Ship one landing page by Friday" not "Learn web development" - **Completable in 1-7 days** - Small enough to not be intimidating - **Produces real evidence** - An artifact you can show - **Big enough to learn** - Challenging enough to teach you something meaningful ## Key Features - **Content Analysis**: Extracts actionable lessons from any educational content - **Quest Framing**: Helps define specific, measurable goals - **Progressive Difficulty**: Each rep adds ONE new element - **Built-in Reflection**: Structured questions after each shipped rep - **Action Orientation**: Always ends with "what's next?" - **Automatic Plan Saving**: Saves your complete quest plan as a Markdown file ## Usage Examples ### Example 1: YouTube Tutorial ``` User: I just watched a video about cold email outreach. Here's the transcript. [provides transcript file path] Help me actually implement this. Skill: [Reads transcript, extracts key techniques, helps define quest] Based on this content, what would "success" look like for you in 6 weeks? User: Getting 5 meetings booked from cold outreach. Skill: [Creates Ship-Learn-Next plan with Rep 1: Send 10 cold emails this week] ``` ### Example 2: Course Notes ``` User: I have notes from a React course. Turn this into something I can actually do. [provides notes file path] Skill: What's ONE thing you want to build with React in the next month? User: A personal portfolio site. Skill: [Creates plan with Rep 1: Build and deploy a single-page "Hello World" portfolio with your name and one project