Skillshare
Organize user-owned tutorial videos and learning projects in a private library
A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Skillshare, organize user-owned tutorial videos and learning projects in a private library. The hard boundary is licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps, plus content, pedagogy, and network.
Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability
What you give up
- licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps
- licensed course catalog
- expert curriculum
- human feedback
- large learner network and certification
Why people still pay
People still pay for Skillshare because the learning loop is buildable, while trusted curriculum, instructors, feedback, credentials, and community are not. The recurring cost buys curriculum quality, assessment validity, content rights, spaced-repetition tuning, speech models, sync, moderation, and support, not just the visible interface.
Your build guide
The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.
Before you start
- modern browser
- user-supplied study material
- optional speech or language-model API key
Use these project rules and optional skill references alongside the prompt. Review each skill before adding it to your agent; the AGENTS.md export includes the same guidance.
Project rule, data: Model lessons, study sessions, progress checkpoints, and user-owned learning material; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
Project rule, behavior: Import Markdown, text, or user-authored notes and split them into editable learning units.
Project rule, recovery: Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and a service worker for offline use; do not offer alternative stacks.
Implementation plan
Phase 1, architecture and data
Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and a service worker for offline use. Model lessons, study sessions, progress checkpoints, and user-owned learning material; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
Phase 2, implement
Import Markdown, text, or user-authored notes and split them into editable learning units.
Phase 3, implement
Create flashcards and short quizzes only after showing the generated items for approval.
Phase 4, review and output
Implement a transparent spaced-repetition schedule with due, again, hard, good, and easy actions. Support offline use, full export, reset, backup, and deletion of all learning data.
Phase 5, recovery and acceptance
Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and a service worker for offline use; do not offer alternative stacks. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: A missing audio file must not count as a completed lesson; restoring progress resumes the same chapter and timestamp. State the practical limit: licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps.
Build me a focused learning, flashcards and language practice workflow for the personal core of Skillshare. Requirements: - Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and a service worker for offline use. Model lessons, study sessions, progress checkpoints, and user-owned learning material; keep stable source IDs and timestamps. - Paid product context: Organize user-owned tutorial videos and learning projects in a private library. Build only this DIY scope: Organize user-owned tutorial videos and learning projects in a private library, turn them into a study plan, schedule retrieval practice, and show progress without claiming accredited instruction. - Import Markdown, text, or user-authored notes and split them into editable learning units. - Create flashcards and short quizzes only after showing the generated items for approval. - Implement a transparent spaced-repetition schedule with due, again, hard, good, and easy actions. Add goals, study sessions, streak-free progress charts, notes, and weak-topic review. Support offline use, full export, reset, backup, and deletion of all learning data. - Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: user-supplied study material; optional speech or language-model API key. Keep credentials in .env. - Recovery: Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and a service worker for offline use; do not offer alternative stacks. - Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: A missing audio file must not count as a completed lesson; restoring progress resumes the same chapter and timestamp. - Out of scope: licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps; licensed course catalog. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow. - Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.
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Questions about Skillshare
Can you build your own Skillshare with AI?
A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Skillshare, organize user-owned tutorial videos and learning projects in a private library. The hard boundary is licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps, plus content, pedagogy, and network.
What does the Skillshare build prompt cover?
The prompt starts with this scope: Organize user-owned tutorial videos and learning projects in a private library, turn them into a study plan, schedule retrieval practice, and show progress without claiming accredited instruction. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps; licensed course catalog; expert curriculum. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.
How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?
Start with the Skillshare prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.
How long will this Skillshare project take?
The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.
What would I give up by replacing Skillshare?
licensed creator catalog, teacher marketplace, community, discovery, and apps; licensed course catalog; expert curriculum; human feedback; large learner network and certification. People still pay for Skillshare because the learning loop is buildable, while trusted curriculum, instructors, feedback, credentials, and community are not. The recurring cost buys curriculum quality, assessment validity, content rights, spaced-repetition tuning, speech models, sync, moderation, and support, not just the visible interface.
What price is this guide comparing against?
The recorded Individual plan is $13.99/mo (annual-equivalent), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.
What can I use instead of building Skillshare?
Moodle: Organizes owned tutorial videos and projects with completion tracking; a private school where you are also IT. Frappe Learning: Courses, videos, PDFs, quizzes, assignments and cohorts in a capable stack that expects you to meet Frappe. LearnHouse: A private course library for videos, files, quizzes, assignments and discussion, with no creator marketplace attached. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/skillshare/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.