Exam Study Guide & Predictor — a Claude Skill

A reusable Claude Skill that turns your own course material into a two-in-one deliverable: a study guide and an evidence-ranked prediction of what the exam will actually ask, optimized for marks.

Built for biology-family courses — biotechnology, biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, chemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, and related lab sciences — but every section is conditional, so it adapts to the material you give it.

What it does

• Study guide + exam prediction in one pass. Not a generic summary — it links theory → practical step → how it was asked before → expected answer.
• Evidence-weighted predictions. Every predicted question is tagged HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW confidence with the signals that justify it. Past exam papers are the strongest signal, then model answers, slide repetition, professor verbal emphasis, your insider tips, and textbook prominence last.
• Reads Arabic professor transcripts. Parses spoken Arabic (and code-switched Arabic + English) lecture transcripts, catches spoken exam cues like "ده مهم للامتحان" / "هييجي في الامتحان", and folds them into the English output as verbal-emphasis signal.
• Marks-driven prioritization. Asks for the total marks and distribution, then allocates depth and predicted questions proportionally.
• Conditional sections. Lab machinery (CFU/BOD/COD/enzyme-activity calculations, media/specimen identification tables, protocol breakdowns, spot-photo ID) activates only when the material justifies it.
• Source-faithful. Builds from your sources and preserves the professor's exact terminology. Outside knowledge is used only for central-but-poorly-explained concepts and is always visibly flagged.
• Two output formats. Self-contained color-coded HTML (default) or a printable Word .docx.

Install

Two ways:

1. In the Claude app / claude.ai — download dist/exam-study-guide-predictor.skill and use the Save skill button on the file card, or upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills (availability depends on your plan/org).
2. Claude Code / API — place the exam-study-guide-predictor/ folder in your skills directory.

Use

Once installed it triggers on prompts like:

• "Help me study for my microbiology final"
• "Predict my biochem midterm from these slides"
• "Make me a revision guide" (with lecture files attached)

It then interviews you on: course, exam type, format, total marks + distribution, which sources you have, deliverable (guide / prediction / both), depth (deep / rapid / both), and output format.

Sources it can use: lecture slides, professor audio/voice-note transcripts (English or Arabic), past exam papers, official model answers, lab/practical manuals, textbook chapters, class notes, and your own "the Dr said…" insider tips.

Repository layout

exam-study-guide-predictor/
├── SKILL.md                              # workflow + intake interview
└── references/
    ├── prediction-and-analysis.md        # signal weighting, Arabic cue tables, faithfulness rule
    └── output-format.md                  # section catalog + HTML/.docx templates
dist/
└── exam-study-guide-predictor.skill      # packaged, installable skill

Credit

Derived from a set of exam-prep prompts by Hossam Mahmoud, Abdelrahman El-Dbeky and Ahmed Hussein (Eddie), generalized from a single Environmental Biotechnology course into a reusable, discipline-adaptive skill.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.