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  1. 1Academy Guideanthropics/skillsStop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude product — it recommends matching courses, tutorials, and use cases from Claude Academy (academy.claude.com), Anthropic's learning hub. Trigger on: "how do I", "how can I", "getting started with", "what can Claude do", "teach me", "learn to use"; questions about artifacts, projects, skills, plugins, connectors, MCP; requests about rolling Claude out to a team, class, or organization; and any ask for training materials, onboarding content, or learning resources. Use it when the user is learning186k
  2. 2Algorithmic Artanthropics/skillsCreating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.186k
  3. 3Brainstormingobra/superpowersTransforms rough ideas into fully-formed designs. Structure your brainstorming sessions and develop ideas systematically.310k
  4. 4Diagnosing Superpowersobra/superpowersUse when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans, stumbles, poor results, a skill that didn't fire, "it took too long", "why is it so expensive", "what is it doing" — or wants to build a bug report for the superpowers maintainers, for the current session or a past one identified by id or path, on any harness.310k
  5. 5Karpathy Guidelinesmultica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skillsBehavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid overcomplication, make surgical changes, surface assumptions, and define verifiable success criteria.227k
  6. 6Rea Analysis Optimizationmorluto/reaOptimize REA providers and shared analysis workflows for agent context, latency, CPU, and memory while preserving correctness and Evidence. Use for analysis bottlenecks and cache or query design; CI/test-suite optimization belongs to rea-ci-tests-audit.414k
  7. 7Rea Changelog Updatemorluto/reaPrepare or rewrite REA release changelogs and GitHub release notes from pinned Git history, with verified contributor thanks and Release Please synchronization.414k
  8. 8Firecrawl Buildfirecrawl/firecrawlIntegrate Firecrawl into application code whenever a product, agent, or workflow needs web data inside the app — web search, live search results, page scraping, structured extraction, or browser interaction. Use when building any feature that needs data from the web in code, even if the user does not mention Firecrawl explicitly and only describes wanting web data, website content, search, scraping, or interaction in an application. Trigger for Firecrawl requests, "fire girl" shorthand, and generic app-level web-data needs that should map to `/scrape`, `/search`, or `/interact`. Do not use thi197k
  9. 9Firecrawl Build Interactfirecrawl/firecrawlIntegrate Firecrawl `/interact` into product code for dynamic pages and browser actions after scraping. Use when a feature needs clicks, form fills, pagination, authentication-aware flows, or other multi-step interactions that plain `/scrape` cannot complete.197k
  10. 10Ask Mattmattpocock/skillsAsk which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo.308k

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Youtube Fetcher

518

JimmySadek/video-fetcher-to-markdown

Retrieve transcripts from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Vimeo and other video sites, summarize or analyze what was said (and shown on screen), or save an Obsidian-ready Markdown knowledge-base note with captions or a Whisper transcript, creator metadata, frames, language, and source provenance. Use for a video URL, video ID or local video file when the request needs spoken content, on-screen text, or an archival note. A bare video link defaults to saving a note.

Images, Video & AudioIn 1 list46

Better Design

545

marvkr/better-design

Build, improve, and review production interfaces with the Better Design MCP. Use for frontend design, UI, UX, interactions, flows, forms, navigation, components, styling, design systems, accessibility, responsive layouts, motion, React Native, Expo, Shopify, Three.js, and product video work, especially when creating, redesigning, polishing, or reviewing an interface.

Frontend & DesignIn 1 list32

Qiaomu Design

666

joeseesun/qiaomu-design

为页面、组件和产品界面提供设计诊断、四方向可视化预览、设计系统编译、实现与视觉 QA, 也创作与修改微信公众号封面、B站封面、YouTube 缩略图、小绿书配图和小红书封面,按平台检查裁切与可读性。 在用户要求从零设计、重设计、优化 UI/UX、审查界面、建立设计系统、参考某种风格, 或创作公众号封面、设计公号头图、修改微信文章封面、制作 B站封面、YouTube 封面、小绿书配图、小红书配图时使用; 不用于只改业务逻辑、纯文案润色或与界面无关的普通编码。默认由当前 Codex 直接执行, 只有用户在当前任务明确点名 K3 时才调用外部模型。

Frontend & Design50

Spine Animation

616

GenielabsOpenSource/spine-animation-ai

Create Spine 2D skeletal animations from pre-existing character assets (separated body-part PNGs, atlas spritesheet, or a full character image). Use this skill whenever the user wants to animate a 2D character, create Spine JSON from existing art assets, rig a character with bones, build walk/idle/run/attack animations, produce an interactive Spine Web Player preview, or generate Spine-compatible export files (.json + .atlas + .png). Also trigger when the user mentions "Spine animation", "2D rigging", "skeletal animation", "bone animation", "cutout animation", "animate this character", "make t

Frontend & Design87

Youtube to Ebook

584

zarazhangrui/youtube-to-ebook

Transform YouTube videos into beautifully formatted ebook articles with transcripts

Images, Video & Audio122

Emulo

302

ohad6k/emulo

Use when the user explicitly asks to run, set up, update, re-mine, or deepen Emulo from real local AI coding-session history and native emulo:mine is not available. This is the cross-agent skills.sh bootstrap, not the native namespaced plugin.

AI, LLMs & AgentsIn 3 lists31

Terrashark

716

LukasNiessen/terrashark

Prevent Terraform/OpenTofu hallucinations by diagnosing and fixing failure modes: identity churn, secret exposure, blast-radius mistakes, CI drift, and compliance gate gaps. Use when generating, reviewing, refactoring, or migrating IaC and when building delivery/testing pipelines.

Testing & QA28

Get Job

707

agentenatalie/get-job.skill

实习.skill / get-job.skill:从岗位调研、简历改写到分轮次面试准备的全流程求职 skill。适合找工作、投实习、校招、秋招、春招、暑期实习、社招、跳槽、转行、跨专业求职、留学生求职,以及产品经理、运营、市场、咨询、AI 产品、AI Coding、数据分析、技术岗等目标岗位准备。 核心能力:① WebSearch 调研公司、岗位 JD、业务线、竞品、面经、招聘流程和隐性门槛;② 按目标岗位反向定位简历,做 JD 匹配、ATS 关键词、经历筛选、STAR/CAR 改写、可迁移能力翻译、docx 简历生成;③ 按真实轮次准备面试,覆盖一面/业务面/专业面/主管面/HR 面/recruiter screen 等已确认或高置信轮次,逐条深挖简历 bullet、项目逐字稿、自我介绍、表达训练、模拟面试、反问清单、面后复盘题库。 适用于「改简历」「简历优化」「简历润色」「简历匹配 JD」「求职简历」「投递前改简历」「按岗位改简历」「准备面试」「面试准备」「面经分析」「模拟面试」「自我介绍」「项目经历怎么讲」「简历被追问怎么办」「双非拿大厂 offer」「背景不对口怎么办」「AI 产品实习」「运营实习」「产品经理校招」等场景。 质量保障:不编造经历、不改背调硬信息;所有强 claim 做证据化审计;搜索源按市场和 A/B/C/D 分级;轮次不写死;最终交付前必须跑质量闸门和覆盖

AI, LLMs & Agents24

Bro

427

luchasarie/bro-skill

Re-explain the previous assistant message, or any text typed after the command, in a much simpler way. For when a reply made you go 'bro what'. Use /bro for a plain-language version of the last answer, or /bro <text> to simplify a pasted paragraph, error, email, or doc.

Productivity & NotesIn 2 lists15

Prd Taskmaster

605

anombyte93/prd-taskmaster

Zero-config goal-to-tasks engine (the Atlas engine). Takes any goal (software, pentest, business, learning), runs adaptive discovery via brainstorming, generates a validated spec, parses into TaskMaster tasks, and hands off to execution. Use when user says "PRD", "product requirements", "I want to build", invokes /atlas, or wants task-driven development.

Productivity & Notes60

RuiC Card Skill

620

HRuiCcc/RuiC-card-skill

Generate interactive 3D holographic collectible-card websites from a user description or reference image, using layered artwork, Blender and Three.js. Includes project-local Blender installation, reusable parallax materials and browser verification. Host-agnostic — any harness that runs a multimodal model can use it, since the model draws the layer artwork and inspects the rendered frames. Use when the user asks for 全息闪卡, 镭射卡, 3D 卡牌网页, a holographic collectible card site, or an editable card.blend.

Images, Video & Audio50

Smart Illustrator

571

axtonliu/smart-illustrator

智能配图与 PPT 信息图生成器。支持三种模式:(1) 文章配图模式 - 分析文章内容,生成插图;(2) PPT/Slides 模式 - 生成批量信息图;(3) Cover 模式 - 生成封面图。所有模式默认生成图片,`--prompt-only` 只输出 prompt。支持 Bento Grid 功能展示图风格(--style bento)。触发词:配图、插图、PPT、slides、封面图、thumbnail、cover、bento grid、功能展示图、feature showcase。

Documents & Office Files84

Story Studio

549

konlu/story-studio

历史与真实人物故事的中文内容制作,按需独立执行写作、豆包配音、分镜与配图、剪映草稿,支持自动初始化依赖和接续已有项目。用户提到story-studio、故事工坊,或要求这些题材的文案配音配图剪映一条龙时使用。现有写作风格为历史叙事和玉玲2711人物故事风;民间故事等赛道可扩展。

Writing & Content121

SVG Diagram

640

bybit-exchange/svg-diagram

SVG diagramming conventions blending a technical look with CJK-friendly typography. Use when creating flowcharts, architecture diagrams, and similar SVG figures. For one-shot generation, prefer invoking it from a subagent so the main context does not have to carry this skill plus the SVG XML; for multi-round tweaking, use it directly in the main context.

Frontend & Design44

Korean Privacy Terms

592

kimlawtech/korean-privacy-terms

처리방침·이용약관 자동 생성 스킬 패키지 (v4.0). 호출 시 privacy-kr·privacy-eu·privacy-us·privacy-global 4개 하위 스킬을 번호 메뉴로 제시하고 번호 입력 즉시 해당 스킬 인터뷰로 직행. 한국 PIPA + EU GDPR + US CCPA/CPRA 대응.

Other63

Attach Db

613

duckdb/duckdb-skills

Attach a DuckDB database file for use with /duckdb-skills:query. Explores the schema (tables, columns, row counts) and writes a SQL state file so subsequent queries can restore this session automatically via duckdb -init.

DatabasesIn 1 list37

Best Skills

683

LinklyAI/best-skills

Daily cross-platform rankings of AI agent skills (skills.sh, ClawHub, Tencent SkillHub, GitHub, X/HN/Bluesky). Use when the user asks which agent skill to install, what is trending, whether a skill is popular or trusted, or wants to compare skills. Read-only public CSV data; it recommends and links, it does not install anything.

AI, LLMs & Agents20

Codex Fable5

439

baskduf/FableCodex

Apply a Claude Fable 5 inspired operating style inside Codex. Use when the user asks to make Codex act like Fable, Fable5, fablize, or Value-for-Fable/VFF; convert Anthropic or Claude system-prompt/tool instructions to Codex; set up a Fable-style tool-first workflow with goal gates, investigation, verification grounding, cost-aware routing, or 2-pass review; create Codex AGENTS.md guidance from Fable-like behavior; or connect Codex to an authorized Fable-compatible provider through an OpenAI-compatible gateway.

Software DevelopmentIn 1 list59

Duckdb Docs

613

duckdb/duckdb-skills

Search DuckDB and DuckLake documentation and blog posts. Returns relevant doc chunks for a question or keyword using full-text search against a locally cached index.

Writing & ContentIn 1 list37

Nie Grassroots Logic

574

ayi-ai/nie-grassroots-logic

聂辉华《基层中国的运行逻辑》方法论工具箱:政治经济学/组织经济学视角解释基层权力与治理, 并落到个人抉择(求学/考公/投资/养老/创业)。 核心框架:内外冲突的双均衡、条块结合以块为主、等级制资源配置(人跟资源走、资源跟权力走)、 职务含权量三因子、县委书记三座大山(维稳/招商/借债)、压力型体制与注意力分配、 政企四象限博弈、土地财政闭环、活力—秩序城市化权衡、上下同治。 当用户要理解基层/县域/乡镇治理、条块矛盾、属地责任、央地关系、官员晋升与考核、 一票否决、形式主义、招商引资、土地财政、地方债、街道办与村官、考公选岗、 高考志愿/选城读书、买房与区域投资风险、回哪养老、创业对接园区政府、 撤县设区/县改市对家庭影响、谁适合当村支书、大学生村官值不值得去、 新型职业农民/致富能手/回乡创业、昆山式改革/自下而上推项目/西气东输式立项、 营商环境比较、投资不过山海关、政商关系亲清、容错创新/基层敢不敢干、 抢高铁站/重大工程争夺、政策为何落地难、解读地方新闻、 或提到聂辉华/基层中国的运行逻辑/上下同治/含权量/条块结合/双均衡时使用。

Other65

Query

613

duckdb/duckdb-skills

Run SQL queries against the attached DuckDB database or ad-hoc against files. Accepts raw SQL or natural language questions. Uses DuckDB Friendly SQL idioms.

DatabasesIn 1 list37

AI Startup Skills

616

huaxialucaicaizi/ai-startup-skills

Use when a founder or one-person company (一人公司/OPC) building an AI product in China needs end-to-end startup help and it is unclear which step they are on. Routes by stage through a 7-step journey - MVP validation, business plan, policy and subsidies, roadshow, growth, pricing and sales, registration and compliance - to the matching sub-skill in skills/.

Marketing, Sales & Business33

Enterprise AI Scenario Map

627

MetaInFLow/Enterprise-ai-scenario-map-skill

企业AI场景地图生成报告工具。通过 web-search 深度调研企业信息,按照V2.1标准模板生成结构化AI应用场景地图报告,包含企业画像、业务诊断、行业实践、AI场景全量表、实施路径等完整内容。

AI, LLMs & Agents27

Ad Angle Multiplier

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Expand a core idea into multiple distinct ad angles. Trigger on "more ads", "creative testing", "scale campaigns".

Marketing, Sales & BusinessIn 1 list68

Avatar Extraction

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Use when you need to define exactly who the buyer is, what they want, what they’ve tried, and what’s driving their decisions. Trigger on "target audience", "ideal client", "who is this for", "avatar", "customer profile".

Finance & CryptoIn 1 list68

Conversion Path Builder

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Design the optimal funnel from click to conversion. Trigger on "funnel", "conversion path", "booked calls".

OtherIn 1 list68

Full Funnel Campaign Orchestrator

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Coordinate all skills to build a complete advertising campaign. Trigger on "build a campaign", "full funnel", "ads + funnel".

Marketing, Sales & BusinessIn 1 list68

Generic Language Killer

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Remove vague, corporate, or AI-sounding language and replace it with clear, specific, human wording. Trigger on "improve copy", "sounds generic", "too fluffy".

Testing & QAIn 1 list68

Headline Matrix

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Generate high-performing headline variations across different angles. Trigger on "headlines", "hooks", "ad copy", "email subject lines".

Marketing, Sales & BusinessIn 1 list68

Mechanism Builder

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Use when you need to explain why your solution works and others failed. Trigger on "unique mechanism", "why this works", "different angle", "positioning".

OtherIn 1 list68

Ns Game Apple Arm Port

531

realskyrin/ns-game-apple-arm-port

将 Nintendo Switch(NS)游戏适配到 Apple Silicon macOS、iPadOS 和 iOS,以 Rust 原生兼容层与 Metal 为核心,涵盖版本识别、ARM64 离线改写、Horizon 服务、NVN 到 Metal、输入音频、签名部署及实机验收。用于原生移植、跨游戏或版本适配、黑屏花屏卡死排查、移植进度评估;普通模拟器安装配置不属于本 skill。

Mobile Development83

Objection Crusher

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Identify and neutralize buyer objections. Trigger on "why wouldn't someone buy", "objections", "hesitation", "conversion issues".

OtherIn 1 list68

Offer Extraction

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Use when you need to turn a product or service into a compelling, high-converting offer. Trigger on "offer", "why would someone buy", "improve conversions", "value proposition".

OtherIn 1 list68

Offer Toolkit Skill

548

yanliudesign/offer-toolkit-skill

求职工具包。把「找岗位 → 签 offer」拆成六个独立子 skill:⓪ Job Hunt 批量发现岗位,① Job Description 解码具体 JD,② Resume 定向简历,③ BQ 准备行为面试,④ Offer Compare 对比多份 offer,⑤ Salary Negotiation 谈 package。任何求职相关请求(找工作、该不该投、改简历、准备面试、选 offer、谈薪)都从这里进,再路由到对应子 skill。关键词:求职, offer, career, job hunt, LinkedIn jobs, JD, resume, CV, behavioral interview, BQ, STAR, offer compare, salary negotiation, 薪资谈判, 选 offer。

Documents & Office Files60

Performance Diagnosis

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Diagnose why campaigns are underperforming. Trigger on "low performance", "high CPL", "bad ads".

Marketing, Sales & BusinessIn 1 list68

Schwartz Awareness Mapper

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Use when you need to determine audience awareness level and the correct messaging approach. Trigger on "awareness stage", "cold vs warm audience", "Schwartz", "message to market match".

OtherIn 1 list68

Scroll Stopping Creative

769

realkimbarrett/advertising-skills

Create ad concepts that stop attention in the first 3 seconds. Trigger on "ad creative", "thumbstopper", "video ideas".

Marketing, Sales & BusinessIn 1 list68

Deep Skill Finder

572

wheelry/deep-skill-finder

最好的找Skill的方式,能够基于你的任务,去寻找最匹配的高质量Skill。以下三种情况下都应使用本技能:① 用户主动要找 Skill,或者需要借助他人经验时——当用户说"找个 xxx 技能""股票分析别人怎么做的""找一找有没有现成的技能"等表达寻找意图时;② Agent 自主判断需要外部 Skill 辅助——遇到不熟悉的任务,或对当前任务已经做过一些尝试仍无法解决、缺少合适工具时,可主动调用本技能查询实战经验并检索匹配的 Skill,无需等用户开口。;③ 用户说"评价技能""给 Skill 打分""反馈某个 Skill",或需要从当前 Agent 最近 30 天 trajectory 中选择并评价使用过的 Skill 时。评价支持已知 trajectory Provider,也支持当前 Agent 自定位和动态理解未知格式。

AI, LLMs & Agents41

Draw UI

524

oil-oil/draw-ui

设计 App、后台、游戏界面和完整网站落地页,生成 UI 设计稿;按需把设计稿或截图还原为 HTML/CSS、现有前端项目或微信小程序。用户要求页面设计、完整落地页、截图还原或小程序高保真时使用。不用于普通插画、海报、故事板、纯图片编辑或无设计任务的业务代码修改。

Frontend & Design77

Tv Fresh

532

wangrongding/tv-fresh

小米电视(MIUI TV)改造技能:去广告、换桌面、装代理/YouTube/影视仓、批量清理预装、远程操控电视。当用户提到小米电视/Redmi电视/电视盒子去广告、换Launcher、TVBox/影视仓配置、电视装代理或YouTube、adb 操作电视时使用。需要电视与电脑同网且开启 ADB 调试。

Images, Video & Audio66

Library

432

disler/the-library

Private skill distribution system. Use when the user wants to install, use, add, push, remove, sync, list, or search for skills, agents, or prompts from their private library catalog. Triggers on /library commands or mentions of library, skill distribution, or agentic management.

Software Development236

Unslop

595

theclaymethod/unslop

Remove AI writing patterns from prose using either audit-only detection or a two-pass rewrite flow (diagnosis then reconstruction). Use this skill when editing, reviewing, or rewriting AI-generated content to make it sound human. Triggers on requests to "humanize", "de-slop", "fix AI text", "make it sound human", "remove AI patterns", or when reviewing text that contains obvious AI tells like "Here's the thing:", "Let that sink in", or "In today's fast-paced landscape". Also use when the user pastes text and says it "sounds like ChatGPT", "sounds robotic", "needs to sound more natural", or ask

AI, LLMs & Agents26

Product Launch Motion

398

AbubakrChan/product-launch-motion

Use when asked to make a launch video, product film, motion design piece, UI motion reel, Dribbble-style UI animation or animated brand/logo sting — anything rendered to MP4 from HTML with a cursor, morphing UI, springs, beat-synced music and SFX. Carries Chan's full creative direction (one shape never cut, blur content swaps, springs, real data, logo slams, no creative limits) and the proven build/render pipeline (pure seek(t), closed-form springs, Playwright subframes, ffmpeg tmix, numpy beat grid).

Frontend & DesignIn 1 list55

Video Router

334

Orkas-AI/Orkas-VideoStudio

Read this FIRST on any video-production request to pick and lock the line — generate (AI footage), compose (designed HTML), edit (cut real footage), or AUTO end-to-end. Trigger when classifying a brief and committing to a primary path; do NOT trigger for authoring compositions, generating assets, or rendering output (those have their own stage skills).

Images, Video & AudioIn 2 lists27

Butterbase Skills

535

butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills

Claude Code plugin for Butterbase — 39 guided skills, 34 slash commands, and auto-configured MCP for the AI-native backend-as-a-service.

AI, LLMs & Agents42

D3 Viz

251

chrisvoncsefalvay/claude-d3js-skill

Creating interactive data visualisations using d3.js. This skill should be used when creating custom charts, graphs, network diagrams, geographic visualisations, or any complex SVG-based data visualisation that requires fine-grained control over visual elements, transitions, or interactions. Use this for bespoke visualisations beyond standard charting libraries, whether in React, Vue, Svelte, vanilla JavaScript, or any other environment.

Frontend & DesignIn 3 lists25

Ecom Pdp

496

coolqoo/1click-ecom-detailpage

Build high-converting cross-border ecommerce PDP, hero image, product image stack, and AI image prompt strategy by resolving minimum inputs in priority order from user input, attachments, context, web research, logic inference, and explicit assumptions/defaults; then diagnose the conversion driver, produce an English (US) baseline, optionally localize while preserving intent, and generate executable image prompts or images through the bundled OpenAI-compatible image script.

Images, Video & Audio71

Serenity Stock Choke

506

fadewalk/serenity-stock-choke

A股/港股/美股通用"卡脖子"选股技能。应用 Serenity(@aleabitoreddit)的供应链瓶颈理论, 对任意板块/产业链进行结构化分析,寻找"一旦断货整个产业就停工"的瓶颈环节, 并筛选该环节中具备技术壁垒和资本信号的小盘股。 触发词:分析XX板块、找XX卡脖子、serenity分析、A股/美股/港股瓶颈产业链 EN triggers: analyze [sector] choke points / find bottlenecks in [industry] JP triggers: [セクター] のボトルネックを分析 KR triggers: [산업] 의 병목 지점 분석 适用板块示例:电力、光模块、医疗器械、半导体设备、军工、新能源车等任意板块; 港美股示例:InP衬底(AXTI)、CPO激光器(AAOI)、AI算力链(NVDA/TSM) 数据源:三级数据获取策略(智能体自带财经工具 → 本技能内置脚本 → 网络检索), 不依赖任何特定平台,Claude Code / Codex / 通用智能体均可直接使用。 行情/估值支持 A股+港股+美股;研报/两融/筹码等深度数据仅A股。 ⚠️ 注意:本技能不预测大盘走势,不适用于纯题材炒作无实质产业逻辑的小票。

Finance & Crypto56

About Claude skills

What is a Claude skill?

A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file: a name, a one-line description of when to use it, and instructions (plus optional scripts and reference files). Claude reads only the description up front and loads the rest when a task needs it, so you can install many skills without filling the context window. Skills work in Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude app and the Claude API, and the same format is used by other agents such as Codex and Cursor.

How do I install a skill in Claude Code?

Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills (for you) or .claude/skills in a project (for your team). If the repo is a plugin marketplace you can also run /plugin marketplace add owner/repo inside Claude Code and install it from /plugin. Every skill page here has the exact commands.

How is popularity measured?

Mostly by the GitHub stars of the repo the skill lives in, with forks, the number of curated awesome lists that include it, and the number of repos that carry a copy as smaller signals. Skills from a repo with hundreds of skills share that repo's stars, so they get a small penalty to keep one big collection from filling the list.

Where does this directory get its skills?

From Anthropic's official anthropics/skills repo, the largest community lists (VoltAgent, travisvn, ComposioHQ, BehiSecc, karanb192, heilcheng, skillmatic-ai and hesreallyhim) and a GitHub search for skill repos. Every SKILL.md in those repos is read for its name and description, and copies of the same skill are merged. It refreshes every day.

Are these skills safe to install?

Skills can include scripts that run on your machine, so treat a skill like any other code from the internet: read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing, prefer official and well-starred repos, and check the license.

Sources: anthropics/skills (official), travisvn/awesome-claude-skills, ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills, BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills, karanb192/awesome-claude-skills, heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, skillmatic-ai/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code, and GitHub search. Last updated 31 October 2026. Want your own? Try the skills generator.