diff --git a/metagpt/actions/write_teaching_plan.py b/metagpt/actions/write_teaching_plan.py
index 529c563db..534f5ded9 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/write_teaching_plan.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/write_teaching_plan.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 @File    : write_teaching_plan.py
 """
 from metagpt.actions import Action
+from metagpt.config import CONFIG
 from metagpt.logs import logger
 from metagpt.schema import Message
-from metagpt.utils.common import format_value
 
 
 class TeachingPlanRequirement(Action):
@@ -81,6 +81,24 @@ class WriteTeachingPlanPart(Action):
         """Show `topic` value when debug"""
         return self.topic
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_value(value):
+        """Fill parameters inside `value` with `options`."""
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
+            return value
+        if "{" not in value:
+            return value
+
+        merged_opts = CONFIG.options or {}
+        try:
+            return value.format(**merged_opts)
+        except KeyError as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Parameter is missing:{e}")
+
+        for k, v in merged_opts.items():
+            value = value.replace("{" + f"{k}" + "}", str(v))
+        return value
+
     FORMATION = (
         '"Capacity and role" defines the role you are currently playing;\n'
         '\t"[LESSON_BEGIN]" and "[LESSON_END]" tags enclose the content of textbook;\n'
diff --git a/metagpt/utils/common.py b/metagpt/utils/common.py
index a1cb71c6f..382523083 100644
--- a/metagpt/utils/common.py
+++ b/metagpt/utils/common.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import loguru
 from pydantic.json import pydantic_encoder
 from tenacity import RetryCallState, _utils
 
-from metagpt.config import CONFIG
 from metagpt.const import MESSAGE_ROUTE_TO_ALL
 from metagpt.logs import logger
 from metagpt.utils.exceptions import handle_exception
@@ -418,24 +417,6 @@ def any_to_name(val):
     return any_to_str(val).split(".")[-1]
 
 
-def format_value(value):
-    """Fill parameters inside `value` with `options`."""
-    if not isinstance(value, str):
-        return value
-    if "{" not in value:
-        return value
-
-    merged_opts = CONFIG.options or {}
-    try:
-        return value.format(**merged_opts)
-    except KeyError as e:
-        logger.warning(f"Parameter is missing:{e}")
-
-    for k, v in merged_opts.items():
-        value = value.replace("{" + f"{k}" + "}", str(v))
-    return value
-
-
 def concat_namespace(*args) -> str:
     return ":".join(str(value) for value in args)