> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.learningcommons.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Learning Commons Edtech Developer Tools

> Learn about Learning Commons' Edtech Developer Tools and how to get started

export const AgentSkillsActions = () => {
  return <a href="/agent-skills/getting-started/quickstart" className="primary">
      Getting set up
    </a>;
};

export const KnowledgeGraphActions = () => {
  return <>
      <a href="/knowledge-graph/getting-started/quickstart" className="primary">
        Getting set up
      </a>

      <a href="/knowledge-graph/getting-started/tutorials" className="secondary">
        Tutorials
      </a>
    </>;
};

Our developer tools are open, research-backed resources that help edtech developers build more accurate, instructionally grounded AI products. These tools provide access to high-quality educational datasets through our **Knowledge Graph**, enable rigorous output evaluation with our **Evaluators**, and package teacher workflows as reusable **Agent Skills**. Try them in the **Learning Commons Platform**.

## Quickstart

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Knowledge Graph" href="/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/introduction" img="https://mintcdn.com/czi-60a2a443/xyNKD3L8TCQMOrUV/images/KnowledgeGraph.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=xyNKD3L8TCQMOrUV&q=85&s=053e4ff53b38272d69a8f7a956e32ee9" width="1155" height="891" data-path="images/KnowledgeGraph.png">
    Improve AI accuracy in instructional text using a structured network of curriculum, academic standards, and learning science.

    <KgActions />
  </Card>

  <Card title="Evaluators" href="/evaluators/understanding-evaluators/introduction" img="https://mintcdn.com/czi-60a2a443/xyNKD3L8TCQMOrUV/images/Evaluators.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=xyNKD3L8TCQMOrUV&q=85&s=e79f82cbeab179e02c77ee624838145b" width="1155" height="891" data-path="images/Evaluators.png">
    Assess the quality of AI-generated content for literacy, focusing on grade level appropriateness, sentence structure, and vocabulary.

    <EvalsActions />
  </Card>

  <Card title="Agent Skills" href="/agent-skills/understanding-agent-skills/introduction" img="https://mintcdn.com/czi-60a2a443/xyNKD3L8TCQMOrUV/images/AgentSkills.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=xyNKD3L8TCQMOrUV&q=85&s=7474f7758dd49fac801ecd6802a8ccdf" width="464" height="358" data-path="images/AgentSkills.png">
    Help AI assistants produce standards-aligned K-12 teaching materials with open, research-backed skills for lesson planning and differentiation.

    <AgentSkillsActions />
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Knowledge Graph

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Academic Standards" icon="certificate" href="/knowledge-graph/graph-reference/academic-standards">
    Align your product content to be instructionally aligned, context-aware, and
    adaptable across diverse state requirements.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Curriculum" icon="book" href="/knowledge-graph/graph-reference/curriculum">
    Ensure content alignment to core curricula like IM® v.360 Math— with EL
    Education and OpenSciEd® coming soon.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Learning Progressions" icon="arrow-progress" href="/knowledge-graph/graph-reference/learning-progressions">
    Identify prerequisite skills and logical instructional sequences across
    grade levels.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Learning Components" icon="diagram-project" href="/knowledge-graph/graph-reference/learning-components">
    Break down standards into granular skills and enable mapping to other
    datasets.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Evaluators

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Sentence Structure " icon="pen-line" href="/evaluators/literacy-evaluators/sentence-structure">
    Estimate how difficult a text will be for a student to read, based on
    sentence structure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Vocabulary" icon="book" href="/evaluators/literacy-evaluators/vocabulary">
    Estimate how difficult a text will be for a student to read, based on
    vocabulary.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Grade Level Appropriateness" icon="bars-progress" href="/evaluators/literacy-evaluators/grade-level-appropriateness">
    Evaluate the vocabulary in texts to determine if it matches the intended
    grade level.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Agent Skills

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="K-12 Lesson Planning" icon="chalkboard" href="/agent-skills/skills/k12-lesson-planning">
    Build classroom-ready, standards-aligned lesson plans with teacher-facing
    plans, student materials, and observation templates.
  </Card>

  <Card title="K-12 Lesson Differentiation" icon="layer-group" href="/agent-skills/skills/k12-lesson-differentiation">
    Adapt an existing lesson into below / at / above proficiency tiers while
    preserving core content and grade-level demand.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Learning Commons Platform

<Card title="API Keys & Playgrounds" icon="sidebar" href="https://platform.learningcommons.org/home?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=overview">
  Get API keys for Knowledge Graph's API and MCP server, see how datasets
  connect in the Knowledge Graph Explorer, run your own text through the
  Evaluators Playground, and install Agent Skills for K-12 workflows.
</Card>

## Connect with us

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Help" color="#4C5664" icon="envelope" href="mailto:support@learningcommons.org">
    We're here to help with any questions. Reach out to us at [support@learningcommons.org ↗](mailto:support@learningcommons.org).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Learn more" color="#4C5664" icon="circle-info" href="https://learningcommons.org/contact/?utm_source=docs&utm_medium=overview">
    Connect with our team to explore more or get early access to additional datasets.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>