Claude Code Skills

A collection of skills for Claude Code - Anthropic's official CLI for Claude.

What are Skills?

Skills are reusable prompts that extend Claude Code's capabilities. They provide specialized workflows, domain expertise, and structured approaches to common tasks.

Available Skills

Skill	Description
brainstorming	Design and planning before coding. Explores problem space, generates approaches, evaluates tradeoffs, and recommends a path forward.
coach	Expert advisor and thinking partner for strategic situations. Rapidly develops domain expertise, identifies knowledge gaps, and provides radically candid coaching.
code-reviewer	Quality review after major work. Reviews through product/architecture AND code quality lenses. Focuses on real issues, not nitpicks.
design-principles	Enforce a precise, minimal design system inspired by Linear, Notion, and Stripe. For dashboards, admin interfaces, and polished UI.
format-for-x	Convert markdown articles to X/Twitter-compatible format. Removes markdown syntax, converts tables, provides formatting instructions.
handoff	Session wrap-up and handoff to next agent. Verifies work, updates docs, creates handoff message, runs pre-mortem.
prompt-improver	Transform rough prompts into optimized AI instructions. Applies prompting best practices.
sensitive-content-scanner	Scan files for sensitive content before sharing. Detects personal info, credentials, private URLs, local paths, and security risks.
strategic-pressure-test	Strategic sparring partner for pressure testing high-leverage work. Identifies major gaps in plans, strategies, content.
sync-skills-public	Export sanitized skills to a public repo. Scans, sanitizes, and verifies before export.
systematic-debugging	Structured debugging process. Reproduces, isolates, hypothesizes, tests, fixes minimally, and documents learnings.
writeup	Document work and learnings for publication. Assesses session work, recommends format, drafts in your voice.

Installation

Option 1: Copy all skills

# Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/[username]/claude-code-skills.git

# Copy all skills to your Claude Code skills directory
cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

Option 2: Copy individual skills

# Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/[username]/claude-code-skills.git

# Copy just the skills you want
cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/brainstorming ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/code-reviewer ~/.claude/skills/

Customization

Some skills contain placeholder values that you should customize:

Placeholder	What to replace with
[YOUR_NAME]	Your name (for writeup skill)
[YOUR_STYLE_GUIDE_PATH]	Path to your writing style guide
[YOUR_DRAFTS_FOLDER]	Where you want drafts saved
[YOUR_KNOWLEDGE_ARCHIVE]	Path to your knowledge base (for coach skill)

Find all placeholders:

grep -r "\[YOUR" ~/.claude/skills/

Skill Structure

Each skill lives in its own directory:

skills/
  skill-name/
    SKILL.md          # Main skill definition
    references/       # Optional supporting files

SKILL.md Format

Skills use YAML frontmatter for metadata:

---
name: skill-name
description: Brief description shown in skill list
---
# Skill Name

[Skill instructions and protocol...]

Recommended Workflow

These skills work well together in a development workflow:

Phase	Skill	When to use
Planning	brainstorming	Before starting non-trivial implementation
Debugging	systematic-debugging	Before proposing fixes for bugs
Review	code-reviewer	After completing major work
Wrap-up	handoff	End of session, context getting long

Contributing

Found a bug or have an improvement? PRs welcome!

License

MIT

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Exported from local skills on 2025-01-10