Best Claude skills for coding
Coding skills change how your agent works, not only what it writes: brainstorm before building, write a plan, test first, review its own diff, and finish branches cleanly. Packs like Superpowers, Matt Pocock's skills, Addy Osmani's agent skills and Garry Tan's gstack are the most starred skills on GitHub.
1747 coding skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
- 1#1
Matt Pocock
Diagnosing Bugs
Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow.
Pack321k33MScore 97 - 2#2
Ask Matt
Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo.
Pack321k33MScore 95 - 3#3
Code 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…
Pack321k33MScore 95 - 4#4
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincent
Writing Skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
Pack316k3.9MScore 94 - 5#5
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Brainstorming
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a…
Pack316k3.9MScore 92 - 6#6
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Diagnosing Superpowers
Use 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…
Pack316k3.9MScore 92 - 7#7
JuliusBrussee
Caveman Learn
Act on a Caveman learn report - review the ranked token sinks, apply cost-lowering fixes with per-edit consent, and report what those fixes returned. Use when asked to lower an agent's…
Pack119k4.8MScore 90 - 8#8
affaan-m
Agent Architecture Audit
Full-stack diagnostic for agent and LLM applications. Audits the 12-layer agent stack for wrapper regression, memory pollution, tool discipline failures, hidden repair loops, and rendering…
Pack301k1.7MScore 89 - 9#9
Agent Sort
Build an evidence-backed ECC install plan for a specific repo by sorting skills, commands, rules, hooks, and extras into DAILY vs LIBRARY buckets using parallel repo-aware review passes…
Pack301k1.7MScore 89 - 10#10
Android Clean Architecture
Clean Architecture patterns for Android and Kotlin Multiplatform projects — module structure, dependency rules, UseCases, Repositories, and data layer patterns. Use when structuring…
Pack301k1.7MScore 89
What makes a great coding skill.
A workflow (plan, implement, verify) rather than a list of tips.
Explicit stop conditions so the agent asks instead of guessing.
Skills that compose: planning, testing and review that hand off to each other.
All 1747 coding skills.
internet-court
Internet Court Skill
internet-courtcertisyn-independent-verification
Independent, third-party verification of what a counterparty claims about itself, established BEFORE an agent commits funds, signs, delegates authority, or admits that counterparty to a…
glebiscoaching-session-summarizer
This skill should be used to summarize coaching or therapy session transcripts after a Fathom/Granola sync. The agent analyzes the transcript itself (no API key, runs on the subscription)…
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksdatabricks-mlflow-tracing
MLflow tracing and observability on Databricks. Use when getting started with MLflow, instrumenting GenAI apps and agents, retrieving and analyzing traces, debugging chat sessions, or…
Nikolay-Shirokov
Cc 1c Skills
Nikolay-Shirokovdb-cfe-admin
Управление расширениями конфигурации в информационной базе 1С. Используй когда нужно узнать какие расширения подключены к базе, выполнить проверку применимости или синтаксическую проверку…
Nikolay-Shirokov
Cc 1c Skills
Nikolay-Shirokovdb-dump-xml
Выгрузка конфигурации 1С в XML-файлы. Используй когда нужно выгрузить конфигурацию в файлы, XML, исходники, DumpConfigToFiles
Nikolay-Shirokov
Cc 1c Skills
Nikolay-Shirokovdb-load-xml
Загрузка конфигурации 1С из XML-файлов. Используй когда нужно загрузить конфигурацию из файлов, XML, исходников, LoadConfigFromFiles
Pluviobyte
Rnskill
Pluviobytedbs-good-question
dontbesilent 好问题生成器。把模糊问题改写成 Agent 可推理、可批评、可验证的问题说明书，并判断它能被自动化解决到什么程度。 触发方式：/dbs-good-question、/好问题、/问题说明书、/Agent可解性、「这个问题能不能自动化解决」「帮我把问题说清楚」 Turn fuzzy problems into agent-solvable problem…
jsmastery-pro
Skills
jsmastery-prodevelop
Run /develop to build a feature, UI or backend, from an approved design, a page, component, API, service, or data slice. If something load bearing is undecided and no spec records it, it…
BuilderIOefficient-fable
Alias for /efficient-orchestrator. Run only when the user explicitly invokes /efficient-fable; never self-activate.
BuilderIOefficient-frontier
Alias for /efficient-orchestrator. Run only when the user explicitly invokes /efficient-frontier; never self-activate.
internet-court
Internet Court Skill
internet-courtgenlayer-cli
Use the GenLayer CLI to deploy, interact with, and debug intelligent contracts.
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studiogenre-creator
Create new genre documentation files for the bitwize-music genre library. Use when the user wants to add a genre, says "/genre-creator", "neues Genre erstellen", "Genre hinzufuegen", "add…
waynesutton
Builder Skills
waynesuttongit-safety
Stops an agent from destroying uncommitted work with git. Requires git status and git diff before any command that discards changes, treats "revert" and "undo" as manual edits, and never…
alchaincyfhuashu-info-search
多渠道搜索新产品新技术，交叉验证后存入知识库。当用户提到"最新信息"、"新产品"、"搜索资料"、"查资料"、"了解XX"时使用。
alchaincyfhuashu-script-polish
视频脚本口语化审校，去书面腔让脚本适合说出来。当用户提到"口语化"、"太书面了"、"像说话一样"、"脚本审校"时使用。
alchaincyfhuashu-topic-gen
快速生成3-4个选题方向，含标题、大纲和优劣分析。当用户提到"选题"、"写什么"、"文章方向"、"题目建议"时使用。
zhinkgit
Embeddedskills
zhinkgitkeil
Keil MDK 工程构建工具，用于扫描 .uvprojx/.uvproj/.uvmpw 工程、枚举 Target、执行 build/rebuild/clean 并解析构建日志，返回可供 jlink/openocd 复用的产物路径。 flash 子命令仅作为兼容入口保留。当用户提到 Keil、MDK、uVision、UV4、 Target…
Microsoft
Power Platform Skills
Microsoftlist-connections
Lists Power Platform connections in the current environment. Use when you need a connection ID before adding a connector to a code app (required on Power Apps CLI versions before 1.3.0), to…
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studioplagiarism-checker
Scans lyrics for phrases that may match existing songs using web search and LLM knowledge. Use before release to check for unintentional borrowing.
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstoreplugin-structure
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a plugin", "scaffold a plugin", "understand plugin structure", "organize plugin components", "set up plugin.json", "use…
jsmastery-pro
Skills
jsmastery-proscope
Run /scope to turn a product idea into a living, coarse scope in docs/scope/ and keep it current: plan a new product, plan the next slice, enroll one named feature, or run with no argument…
jsmastery-pro
Skills
jsmastery-prosync
Run /sync as the last step after a change is complete, around merge, to keep durable knowledge current. Updates root and nested AGENTS.md, reconciles the scope from repo evidence, and flags…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-async-threading
Use when offloading work off the game thread, dispatching results back to it, running data-parallel loops, or scheduling timers and tickers in UE C++. Also use when the user mentions…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-audio-system
Use when playing, mixing or debugging sound in Unreal Engine — one-shot SFX, looping ambience, music, dialogue or procedural audio. Also use when the user mentions 'UAudioComponent'…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-blueprint-cpp-interop
Use when exposing C++ to Blueprint or calling Blueprint from C++: UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable), BlueprintPure, BlueprintImplementableEvent, BlueprintNativeEvent, _Implementation…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-character-movement
Use when writing or debugging UCharacterMovementComponent code: custom movement modes, floor detection, jumping, crouching, root motion, moving platforms, or client-side movement…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-cpp-foundations
Use when writing Unreal Engine C++ that touches the reflection system or core types: UCLASS, UPROPERTY, UFUNCTION, USTRUCT, UENUM, GENERATED_BODY, TObjectPtr, TWeakObjectPtr, TSharedPtr…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-data-assets-tables
Use when modelling designer-authored game data in C++ and loading it: data assets, data tables, curve tables, soft references and asset streaming. Also use when the user mentions…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-editor-tools
Use when extending the Unreal Editor from C++ with detail customizations, editor utility widgets, menus, editor modes, asset definitions or editor subsystems. Also use when the user…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-game-features
Use when building, activating or debugging Game Feature plugins and modular gameplay. Also use when the user mentions 'GameFeatureAction', 'UGameFeatureData', 'GameFeaturesSubsystem'…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-gameplay-abilities
Use when implementing or debugging the Gameplay Ability System in C++ — abilities, effects, attributes, cues and the AbilitySystemComponent. Also use when the user mentions 'GAS'…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-gameplay-cameras
Use when building or fixing Unreal Engine cameras — spring-arm third-person rigs, first-person cameras, view-target blends, camera shakes, camera modifiers, cine cameras, or the Gameplay…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-gameplay-framework
Use when writing or fixing Unreal Engine gameplay framework classes — GameMode, GameState, PlayerController, PlayerState, Pawn, Character, HUD, GameInstance — and the flows they own: player…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-gameplay-tags-messaging
Use when defining, querying or replicating Gameplay Tags, or wiring decoupled event messaging between gameplay systems in C++. Also use when the user mentions 'FGameplayTag'…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-input-system
Use when wiring player input in Unreal C++ with Enhanced Input — input actions, mapping contexts, triggers, modifiers, binding handlers and runtime key rebinding. Also use when the user…
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-mass-entity
Use when writing or debugging Mass Entity ECS code in Unreal Engine C++ — processors, queries, fragments, tags, observers, traits, spawning and large-scale agent simulation. Also use when…
Coding skills, explained.
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What are the best Claude skills for coding?
Right now the top-ranked coding skills on Alyn are Diagnosing Bugs (Matt Pocock), Ask Matt (Matt Pocock), Code Review (Matt Pocock). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
What are the best Claude Code skills?
By stars and installs: Superpowers (obra), Matt Pocock's skills, Addy Osmani's agent-skills, gstack (Garry Tan) and Caveman. Alyn ranks them live.
How many skills should I install?
Start with one workflow pack and two or three task skills. Each skill only costs about 100 tokens until it is used, but overlapping skills can confuse which one runs.
How do I install a coding skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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