A powerful tool for initializing a new academic study session.
This tool starts a new study session and provides a comprehensive overview of your current educational landscape.
It retrieves recent study sessions, active courses, upcoming deadlines, and recently studied concepts to help focus your learning effectively.
When to use this tool:
- Beginning a new study session or learning period
- Getting oriented in your current academic state
- Planning which courses or assignments to focus on
- Reviewing recent study activity and progress
- Checking upcoming deadlines for assignments and exams
- Deciding which concepts need attention
- Establishing context before diving into specific study work
- Creating a structured record of your study activity
- Identifying high-priority assignments that need attention
- Tracking progress through status information
Key features:
- Generates a unique study session identifier for tracking activity
- Retrieves and displays your most recent study sessions
- Shows active courses (based on has_status relations)
- Highlights high-priority assignments (based on has_priority relations)
- Identifies assignment status (not_started, in_progress, complete)
- Highlights upcoming assignment and exam deadlines
- Lists recently studied concepts for review
- Formats information in a structured, easy-to-read format
- Provides seamless integration with loadcontext tool
- Stores study session data for historical record keeping
Parameters explained:
- No parameters required - the tool automatically retrieves all relevant context
Return information:
- Session ID: A unique identifier for this study session (format: stud_timestamp_randomstring)
- Recent Study Sessions: Up to 3 most recent sessions with:
* Date
* Course focus
* Study session summary (truncated for readability)
- Active Courses: List of courses with active status (via has_status relation), including:
* Course name
* Course code or description
* Status via has_status relation
* Priority if assigned via has_priority relation
- High-Priority Assignments: Assignments with high priority status (via has_priority relation), including:
* Assignment name
* Current status (not_started, in_progress, complete)
* Course it belongs to
* Due date if available
- Upcoming Deadlines: Assignment and exam deadlines in the next 14 days, including:
* Assignment/exam name
* Course it belongs to
* Due date
* Days remaining until due
* Status (not_started, in_progress, complete)
- Recently Studied Concepts: List of concepts you've recently studied
Session workflow:
1. Starting a session creates a session identifier in the student domain
2. This session can be referenced when loading course context with loadcontext
3. Session activities are tracked for later recording
4. Sessions should be ended with endsession to record learning progress
5. Session history becomes available for future startsession calls
Status and Priority:
- Course status is retrieved through has_status relations (not_started, in_progress, complete)
- Assignment priority is retrieved through has_priority relations (low, high)
- This information helps you prioritize your study activities
You should:
1. Begin each focused study period with startsession
2. Review the provided context to determine your study focus
3. Prioritize high-priority assignments with upcoming deadlines
4. Focus on incomplete assignments (not_started or in_progress status)
5. Choose a specific course, assignment, or concept to work on
6. Use the generated session ID with the loadcontext tool to load specific entities
7. Complete your study work on your selected focus area
8. End the session with endsession when work is complete
9. Record concepts learned, assignment status updates, and study accomplishments
10. Use the session history to maintain continuity between study periods