Anthropic
The best AI skills for Claude Haiku.
Claude Haiku is Anthropic's fastest and cheapest model. With the right skill it does work you would normally send to a bigger model, at a fraction of the cost.
npx alyn-cli add systematic-debugging test-driven-development humanizerAlyn picks for Claude Haiku
Pick skills with clear steps and checklists. Haiku follows them closely.
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincentsystematic-debugging
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincenttest-driven-development
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
blader
Humanizer
bladerhumanizer
Rewrite AI-sounding text so it reads like the writer without changing what it says. Use when editing or reviewing prose for AI tells: not-X-but-Y contrasts, one-line closers, staged…
Anthropic
Skills
AnthropicUse this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs…
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropicxlsx
Use this skill any time a spreadsheet file is the primary input or output. This means any task where the user wants to: open, read, edit, or fix an existing .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .csv, or…
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropicfrontend-design
Guidance for distinctive, intentional visual design when building new UI or reshaping an existing one. Helps with aesthetic direction, typography, and making choices that don't read as…
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincentverification-before-completion
Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success…
JuliusBrusseecaveman
Terse caveman voice: answer first, fluff gone, every technical fact kept. Use for /caveman, "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "be brief", "less tokens". Stays on until "stop caveman" or…
Why skills make Claude Haiku better
Small models lose most when a task needs a process they do not know. A skill hands them that process step by step, so the gap to larger models shrinks or flips.
Where to use Claude Haiku with skills
Top ranked AI skills right now
Matt Pocockcode-review
Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code…
Matt Pocockcodebase-design
Shared vocabulary for designing deep modules. Use when the user wants to design or improve a module's interface, find deepening opportunities, decide where a seam goes, make code more…
Matt Pocockdiagnosing-bugs
Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow.
affaan-magent-self-evaluation
Use after completing any non-trivial task. The agent self-rates its output on 5 axes — accuracy, completeness, clarity, actionability, conciseness — with concrete evidence per criterion…
affaan-mangular-developer
Generates Angular code and provides architectural guidance. Trigger when creating projects, components, or services, or for best practices on reactivity (signals, linkedSignal, resource)…
affaan-mbrand-discovery
Run a structured, resumable multi-session brand identity interview across 8 modules (purpose, positioning, audience, personality, voice, narrative, founder tension) using laddering, 5 Whys…
JuliusBrusseecaveman
Terse caveman voice: answer first, fluff gone, every technical fact kept. Use for /caveman, "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "be brief", "less tokens". Stays on until "stop caveman" or…
JuliusBrusseecaveman-commit
Write a Conventional Commits message compressed to intent only. Use for "write a commit", "commit message", /commit or /caveman-commit.
Claude Haiku FAQ
Do AI skills work with Claude Haiku?
Yes. Skills are SKILL.md files your agent loads into the context, so they work with Claude Haiku in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor.
What are the best AI skills for Claude Haiku?
Alyn's picks for Claude Haiku: systematic-debugging, test-driven-development, humanizer, pdf, xlsx. Pick skills with clear steps and checklists. Haiku follows them closely.
Why use skills with Claude Haiku?
Small models lose most when a task needs a process they do not know. A skill hands them that process step by step, so the gap to larger models shrinks or flips.