# Learning mode in the AI space

In Learning mode the AI does not solve the task for you. It tells you where to look, explains the error in a log and checks your solution — the solution itself stays yours.

> **Who can use this:** Anyone can turn it on next to the input in their own session. The repository owner can set it for every session with the repository.

## Why it exists

Getting stuck is a normal part of learning. People used to search the web or open a textbook; now
they ask an AI, and it almost always hands over a finished solution right away. The task is done,
but you did not learn anything.

In Learning mode the agent leads you to the solution instead of handing it over.

## Turn it on

1. Open the [AI space](https://skillok.org/docs/en/repositories/chat) and start a session.
2. Next to the input, in the mode picker, choose **Learning**.
3. Ask as usual — for example, paste an error from a log or describe what is not working.

The session remembers the mode. To go back, use the same picker: **With confirmation**.

## How the agent answers

* **Hints in steps.** First a leading question or a direction. Still stuck — where to look: a log
  line, a place in a file, a section of the docs. Stuck again — an almost complete next step in
  words.
* **Explains errors.** It says what the log message means and which line it points to, and asks
  you to find the cause.
* **Checks your solution.** Suggest your own — in words or in code — and the agent says what is
  right, where the mistake is and why.
* **Does not write the solution.** Even "just give me the code" gets a hint.

## What the agent cannot do in this mode

A rule in the model prompt can be talked around, so SKILLOK itself enforces the important parts:

* The agent has no tools that write files or merge branches: proposing a change, merging a pull
  request, resolving a conflict, rewriting a challenge. Ask for it and it will refuse and tell you
  what to change yourself.
* If an answer still contains more than 8 lines of ready code and you have not shown any code of
  your own, the answer is rewritten into a hint before you see it.
* Reading files, searching the repository, looking at issues and searching the web work as usual.

Autonomous mode does not apply while learning: Learning mode wins.

## For teachers: the mode for everyone

The repository owner can set the mode for the repository:

1. Open the repository → **Settings** → **AI**.
2. Under **Agents**, check **Learning mode for everyone** and save.

From then on, every session with this repository attached runs in Learning mode. Instead of the
picker, the input shows a **Learning** label that cannot be changed. This works well for course
repositories and group challenges: see [Challenges](https://skillok.org/docs/en/learning/challenges).

## What it costs

The same as a regular question: the mode uses the same model and the same limit. If an answer had
to be rewritten into a hint, that is one more model call — you will see it in the cost of the turn.

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