math-progress-monitor
Metacognitive check-ins during problem solving - detects when to pivot or persist
Profile →npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill math-progress-monitor --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Math Progress Monitor ## When to Use Trigger on phrases like: - "am I on the right track" - "is this approach working" - "I'm stuck" - "should I try something else" - "verify my progress" - "check my reasoning" - "is this getting too complicated" Use mid-work to assess whether to continue, pivot, or decompose (Schoenfeld's metacognitive control). ## Process Run a structured progress assessment: ### 1. Inventory attempts **Ask:** "What have you tried so far?" - List each approach - Order by when attempted - Note time spent ### 2. Extract learnings **Ask:** "What did each attempt tell you?" - Even failures provide information - What was ruled out? - What patterns emerged? ### 3. Complexity check **Ask:** "Is complexity growing faster than expected?" - Warning signs: - More terms than you started with - New variables appearing - Calculation getting messier - Normal: complexity stays flat or decreases ### 4. Spot-check verification **Ask:** "Can you verify any intermediate results?" - Run numerical examples - Check limiting cases - Dimensional analysis ### 5. Decomposition check **Ask:** "Is there a simpler sub-problem to solve first?" - Identify dependencies - Find stepping stones -
- When to Use
- Process
- 1. Inventory attempts
- 2. Extract learnings
- 3. Complexity check
- 4. Spot-check verification
- 5. Decomposition check
- 6. Sunk cost assessment
- Key Questions to Ask
- Output Format
- Example Interaction
- Co-activates
What does the math-progress-monitor skill do?
Metacognitive check-ins during problem solving - detects when to pivot or persist
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill math-progress-monitor --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, a repository with 3,885 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.