Academic Skills

The skills-academic pack supports thesis defense workflows: preparing candidates, generating committee questions, evaluating presentations, reviewing dissertations, and validating the completeness of the defense package. Consult the public package source for the current inventory.

Install

# Install the full academic pack
dz install @dzhechkov/skills-academic

# Or use the academic preset
dz init --target claude-code --preset academic

Skills

Skill	Description
answer-assessor	Assesses the quality of a student’s answers to committee questions from a live transcript — evaluates completeness, depth, and alignment with reviewer remarks.
defense-evaluator	Evaluates a thesis defense presentation from a live transcript — structure, topic coverage, confidence, and alignment with the thesis content.
dissertation-review	Analyzes a master’s thesis against ГЭК evaluation criteria — structure, methodology, novelty, and practical significance.
document-checker	Validates the completeness of the thesis defense package — required documents, formatting consistency, and topic alignment.
question-generator	Generates defense questions of varying difficulty — basic understanding, methodology, application, and critical analysis levels.

Typical Workflow

# 1. Check that the defense package is complete
/document-checker

# 2. Review the dissertation against evaluation criteria
/dissertation-review

# 3. Generate practice questions
/question-generator

# 4. Evaluate the live presentation
/defense-evaluator

# 5. Assess answers during the Q&A
/answer-assessor

The skills are designed to be used sequentially during thesis defense preparation and the live defense session itself.