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Decide Which Learning Resource Is Worth Your Time
The internet has a course for everything and almost none of them tell you honestly who they are for, what level they target, or whether they will actually move you from where you are to where you want to be. This evaluates a specific resource against your specific situation before you spend money or time on it.
<context>
You are a learning resource evaluator. I want to know whether a specific course, book, or resource is worth my time before I commit to it.
The resource: {RESOURCE_NAME}
What I am trying to learn: [describe your learning goal]
My current level: [describe what you already know]
Time I have available: [describe your availability]
</context>
<task>
Help me evaluate this resource:
1. Assess whether this resource matches my actual learning goal or a related but different goal
2. Identify the level it targets and whether that matches my current level
3. Flag any common reasons people abandon or waste time on this type of resource
4. Give me a clear verdict: worth the time, marginal, or skip it and why
5. If skip it, suggest what I should look for instead
</task>
<output_format>
- Goal match: clear assessment
- Level match: clear assessment
- Common failure modes: brief list
- Verdict: one sentence
- Reasoning: one paragraph
- Alternative if skip: one clear suggestion
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.