study-plan

The saved excerpt is a snapshot from review. The external source remains the complete and most current version.

---
name: study-plan
description: >
  Build or update a long-term bar prep (or exam prep) study plan — phases,
  subjects weighted by weakness, daily session schedule, adaptive to session
  history in study-plan.yaml. Use when the user says "build a study plan",
  "plan my bar prep", "schedule my studying", or "how should I study for [X]".
argument-hint: "[--build | --update | --status | --cram]"
---

# /study-plan

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md` → bar jurisdiction, exam format, bar date, weak subjects, target study hours/day, prep course.
2. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/study-plan.yaml` if it exists.
3. Apply the framework below.
4. Route by flag:
   - `--build` (default if no plan exists): walk the inputs gate (exam, subjects, hours/week, days off, methods). Build the phase structure + daily schedule for the first two weeks. Write `study-plan.yaml`.
   - `--update` (default if plan exists): re-read `session_history`, adjust subject priorities and weekly_hours, fill in the next stretch of daily schedule.
   - `--status`: what's scheduled today / this week, score trend, subjects slipping, next scheduled session per subject.
   - `--cram`: force cram mode — 80/20 high-yield prioritization, daily MBE volume, taper last 2-3 days.
5. Before writing: summarize the plan in prose and confirm with the student. Adjust based on their answer.
6. Always sanity-check hours/week against the student's stated life constraints. Over-ambitious plans fail.

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## Purpose

Sitting down to study and not knowing what to study is how weeks disappear. This skill builds a plan — weeks to exam, sessions per day, subjects per week, session types — and then adapts as the student actually does the sessions. It is a living plan, not a calendar export.

It also gives downstream skills (bar-prep, flashcards, drill, irac) a shared schedule to honor, so the student isn't asked "what do you want to study today" every time they open a session.

## Confidence discipline

A plan is opinion, not doctrine. The skill states clearly what's an estimate:

- **Time-per-topic estimates** are general guidance (based on typical commercial prep-course weightings). Flag them as estimates — the student's real pace will differ.
- **Subject weightings** are derived from the student's own reported weak subjects and session history. Confident.
- **High-yield-topic prioritization in cram mode** is based on multi-year bar exam release patterns (MBE/MEE subject frequency). Flag any "this is definitely on the exam" claim as `[UNCERTAIN — past frequency is not a prediction]`.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md`:
- Bar jurisdiction, exam format, bar date
- Current classes (for non-bar use)
- Weak subjects (MBE, essay)
- Prep course
- Target study hours/day

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/study-plan.yaml` if it exists — extend, don't overwrite.

## Workflow

### Step 1: What are we planning for

> What are we building a plan for?
>
> 1. **Bar exam** (you have a bar date in mind)
> 2. **A specific law school exam or set of finals**
> 3. **General semester study cadence** (outlining, reading, drilling across all classes)

For (1) bar: read bar date from practice profile, confirm. If no bar date captured, ask.
For (2) law school exam: ask which class, what date, what format.
For (3) semester: ask for the term-end date as the anchor.

### Step 2: Inputs — one at a time, wait for each

**Ask and wait.** Do not bulk all questions into one prompt and move on.

- **Exam date:** confirmed? (If bar: ask for jurisdiction if not in practice profile — study content depends on it.)
- **Subjects to cover:** for bar, read from NCBE subject outline for the exam format (NextGen / traditional UBE / state-specific). For a class, the syllabus. Confirm with student — "any subject I should add or drop?"
- **Strongest subjects:** least priority. Still reviewed, not