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Buddhist Study Curriculum Planner (master-curriculum)

A meta-skill that builds stage-by-stage Buddhist study roadmaps keyed on tradition (Chan, Pure Land, Tiantai, Yogācāra, Madhyamaka, Theravāda…) and your current level L0–L3.

EducationIntermediate★ 425⑂ 83AI score 8/10Last updated: Sep 23, 2026

What it does

  • Fires on planning intent: "where do I start", "what should I read next", "study sequence", "curriculum", 学修次第.
  • Routes the question to the right tradition file (references/chan.md, jingtu.md, tiantai.md, huayan.md, weishi.md, sanlun-zhongguan.md, gelug-madhyamaka.md, theravada-vipassana.md) via an explicit decision tree plus keyword scoring.
  • Collects intake: target tradition (required), current level L0 absolute beginner → L3 experienced practitioner (asks if missing), plus weekly hours, language limits, teacher availability.
  • Emits a fixed template: Foundation → Intermediate → Advanced → Common blind spots → cross-links to /compare-masters and /master-debate.
  • Hard constraints: every CBETA/SuttaCentral citation must be real and CI-validated (scripts/validate-curriculum-sources.py), every recommended /master-<slug> must exist, no blending of traditions, and it explicitly defers to a qualified teacher.
  • Unsupported traditions (Kagyu, Shingon, etc.) get an honest "no path yet" instead of a fabricated one.

Who it's for

  • Self-studiers of Buddhist texts who don't know the reading order
  • Teachers or study groups designing a syllabus
  • Practitioners in one school wanting a structured path deeper or sideways
  • Users of the sibling master-* skills in the same repo

Examples

  1. "Total beginner — where do I start with Chan?" → an L0 Chan roadmap with foundational texts, week counts, and beginner pitfalls.
  2. "I can read basic treatises; give me a six-month Yogācāra plan" → diagnosed as L2, weighted toward the intermediate/advanced stages.
  3. "Curriculum for Milarepa's tradition?" → declines, states no path exists, and suggests /master-milarepa or /compare-masters first.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the prebuilt/master-curriculum folder from the GitHub repo xr843/Master-skill into my ~/.claude/skills/master-curriculum/.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/master-curriculum ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill in: cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/master-curriculum ~/.claude/skills/
  5. This skill references references/*.md and sibling master-* skills — copy the other master-* folders from prebuilt/ too so its recommendations resolve.
  6. Restart Claude Code and try: "I'm new to Pure Land — what's a good study sequence?"
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT