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Use this skill when mentoring junior developers, conducting code walkthroughs, transferring knowledge, onboarding new team members, or giving technical guidance to less experienced developers. Trigger on keywords: mentor, mentoring, junior developer, teach, knowledge transfer, code walkthrough, explain to junior, help teammate, onboarding developer.
Passed 20 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 14 of 22 without it.
and 3 more in the full report
6 fixed14 passed either way2 still failing0 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
A junior developer comes to your desk saying they don't know how to implement pagination in their SQL query. Time is not critical. Respond to start helping them.
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Prompts the developer for their initial thoughts or understanding of the problem before offering answers | Missed | Passed |
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Your goal is to make yourself unnecessary.
A good mentor builds independence, not dependency. Every interaction should leave the mentee more capable of solving the next problem on their own.
TELL ←————————————————————————→ GUIDE
"Here's the answer" "What do you think the problem is?"
Default to the right side. Move left only when:
Instead of:
❌ "This is wrong, change it to X"
Try:
✅ "What happens if this value is null?"
✅ "What's the time complexity of this approach?"
✅ "What would happen under high load here?"
This builds reasoning skills, not just fixes the current bug.
test cases passed, vs 14 / 22 without
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