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Teaching Source Packet Assembly Agent

A weekly source packet that is on topic, accessible, rights-cleared and within the reading load

CreatingQuality controlScience and researchEducation
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Teaching Source Packet Assembly Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Primary source packets are often assembled the night before class, and then rights or access problems show up. This agent selects candidate sources for each week's topic from the syllabus and archives, and checks rights, licenses and access, including whether students can reach a link. It checks the total reading load and difficulty for the week and flags gaps in topics or perspectives. When a source fails, it substitutes another. It rechecks after each change. The instructor approves the packet. Edge case: a perfect letter is restricted to a library reading room, so the agent proposes a transcribed and permitted alternative.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueYes, continueApprovedNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN Unit planning begins 2 USES A TOOL Read the syllabus and weekly topics 3 USES A TOOL Search collections for candidate sources 4 DOES Shortlist sources by topic, level and perspective 5 CHECKS THE RESULT Do rights and access allow classroom use for everysource? If not: substitute another source or request permission.Back to step 3. 6 DOES Estimate reading load and difficulty for the week 7 CHECKS THE RESULT Is the total load within the weekly limit and areperspectives balanced? If not: trim or swap sources and recheck. Back to step3. 8 DOES Draft the packet with context notes 9 YOU APPROVE Instructor approves the packet 10 RESULT Source packet with rights notes
Read the steps as a list
  1. Unit planning begins
  2. Read the syllabus and weekly topics
  3. Search collections for candidate sources
  4. Shortlist sources by topic, level and perspective
  5. Do rights and access allow classroom use for every source?If not: substitute another source or request permission. Back to step 3.
  6. Estimate reading load and difficulty for the week
  7. Is the total load within the weekly limit and are perspectives balanced?If not: trim or swap sources and recheck. Back to step 3.
  8. Draft the packet with context notes
  9. Instructor approves the packetThe agent waits here for your OK.
  10. Source packet with rights notes

How it decides

A source goes in only if rights allow classroom use, students can reach it and it fits the week's topic and level.

  • Reject sources without clear rights for classroom use
  • Keep weekly reading under the set page limit
  • Include at least 2 perspectives per topic
  • Prefer sources with open access links

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Weekly page limit
  • Rights rules for the institution
  • Perspective balance rule
  • Lead time (default 3 weeks)

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Final packet
  • Any rights request to an archive

Hard limits

  • Never uses a source without a rights check
  • Never publishes the packet to students

It stops when

  • Done: packet approved
  • Stop: no rights-clear sources exist for the topic

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

10 minto set it up in your AI
5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensFor week 6 on the 1918 flu, the agent shortlisted 5 sources. One city newspaper had a paywall, so the access check failed and it replaced it with an open archive scan. Total reading came to 41 pages against a 30 page limit, so the load check failed and it trimmed two items to excerpts. Two perspectives remained. The instructor approved the packet.

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