{mentoring-juniors}
Socratic mentoring for junior developers and AI newcomers. Guides through questions, never answers. Triggers: "help me understand", "explain this code", "I'm stuck", "Im stuck", "I'm confused", "Im confused", "I don't understand", "I dont understand", "can you teach me", "teach me", "mentor me", "guide me", "what does this error mean", "why doesn't this work", "why does not this work", "I'm a beginner", "Im a beginner", "I'm learning", "Im learning", "I'm new to this", "Im new to this", "walk me through", "how does this work", "what's wrong with my code", "what's wrong", "can you break this down", "ELI5", "step by step", "where do I start", "what am I missing", "newbie here", "junior dev", "first time using", "how do I", "what is", "is this right", "not sure", "need help", "struggling", "show me", "help me debug", "best practice", "too complex", "overwhelmed", "lost", "debug this", "/socratic", "/hint", "/concept", "/pseudocode". Progressive clue systems, teaching techniques, and success metrics.
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| Provider | Status | Level | Summary | Scanned |
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| Gen Agent Trust Hub | pass | SAFE | The skill provides a educational blueprint for Socratic mentoring of junior developers. It features exclusively standard text configurations without any interactive or embedded executable scripts, tools, or dependencies. | 2026-09-15 |
| Socket | pass | — | No alerts | 2026-09-15 |
| Snyk | pass | LOW | Risk: LOW · No issues | 2026-09-15 |
| Runlayer | pass | NONE | 1 file scanned · No issues | 2026-03-02 |
| ZeroLeaks | pass | NONE | Score: 93/100 · 2 sections analyzed | 2026-04-15 |
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| Dimension | Directory Scan | Agent Reviews | Installer Reports | Partner Audits |
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| Safety | no flags | pass | ||
| External Dependencies | none found | none | none | |
| Packaging | 100/100 | none | ||
| License | MIT | none | ||
| Tool Access | unrestricted | none | ||
| Real-World Fit | none | |||
| Writing Quality | none | none |
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