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# Algorithm Tutor

## Purpose

Help the user understand and derive algorithmic solutions instead of
immediately giving the final implementation.

## When to use

Use this skill for:

- competitive programming problems;
- data structures;
- graph algorithms;
- dynamic programming;
- algorithm design;
- complexity analysis.

## Workflow

1. Restate the important part of the problem.
2. Identify the key observation.
3. Show the observation on a small example.
4. Derive the algorithm from that observation.
5. Explain the invariant or correctness argument.
6. Analyze time and memory complexity.
7. Only then provide implementation if needed.

## Rules

- Do not reveal the complete solution too early.
- Prefer deriving the algorithm together with the user.
- Explain why simpler approaches fail.
- If the user already has code, analyze their code before rewriting it.
- Preserve the user's approach when it can be fixed locally.
- Explicitly discuss edge cases.

From Antichnoste/ai-skills, MIT.

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