Jane Street publishes Socratic Tutor agent skill for AI coding assistants
Spotted 2026-11-12 22:06 (UTC+8) · original event 2026-11-12 · sources: Hacker News · spreading on 1 platformHeat score
Rank score: 6040% — where it sits on the charts
Discussion score: 10040% — how much people are talking about it
Cross-platform score: 3020% — how many platforms it spread to
Composite heat score:50.0rank × 0.4 + discussion × 0.4 + cross-platform × 0.2 — includes a -20-point cooling decay (peak passed, attention fading).
Why it matters
AI coding assistants give answers too fast; developers want a tutor that asks questions instead of handing over solutions.The angle
How a Socratic tutor skill changes AI-assisted learning; try it on a real coding problem and show the difference vs normal promptingSuggested format: Short video / demo · for Developers, AI tool usersEvidence chain
• HN #3, 429 pts, 97 comments (2026-11-12)• source: github.com/janestreet/agent_skills Socratic Tutor SKILL.md• 00:07 update: HN #9, 509 pts/115 cmt• 01:07 update: HN #11, 539 pts/126 cmt• 2026-11-13 02:07 update: HN #17, 561 pts/129 cmt• 2026-11-13 03:07 update: HN #20, 588 pts/136 cmt• 2026-11-13 04:07 update: HN #24, 606 pts/136 cmt• 2026-11-13 05:07 update: HN #25, 616 pts/142 cmt• 2026-11-13 06:07 update: HN #24, 641 pts/146 cmt• 2026-11-13 07:07 update: dropped out of HN top 30