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.
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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.
Pluviobyte
Rnskill
Pluviobytedbs-report
把多次 dbs-save 攒下来的诊断状态合并成一份可交付的 markdown 报告。 触发方式：/dbs-report、/出报告、「打包」「整理一份」「给合伙人看的」 Generate a deliverable diagnosis report by merging all dbs-save snapshots. Trigger: /dbs-report…
Pluviobyte
Rnskill
Pluviobytedbs-save
把当前诊断的关键状态存到本地，下次回来可以接着用。 触发方式：/dbs-save、/存档、「保存这次诊断」「记下来」「这个结论留着」 Save the current diagnosis state to disk for cross-session recall. Trigger: /dbs-save, "save this diagnosis", "remember…
glebisdecision-to-delivery
Turn intertwined research, career or business decisions and tool-building into a bounded delivery flow. Use when useful artifacts keep expanding while the intended decision or deliverable…
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstorediscernment-nudge
After you give a substantive answer or draft that the user may act on — advice or recommendations, drafted artifacts such as goals, plans, pitches, proposals, or emails, estimates or…
managedcodedotnet-webapi
Guides creation and modification of ASP.NET Core Web API endpoints with correct HTTP semantics, OpenAPI metadata, and error handling. USE FOR: adding new API endpoints (controllers or…
Nikolay-Shirokov
Cc 1c Skills
Nikolay-Shirokovepf-dump
Разобрать EPF-файл обработки 1С (EPF/ERF) в XML-исходники. Используй когда пользователь просит разобрать, декомпилировать обработку, получить исходники из EPF/ERF файла
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIfirst-1000-users
AI-powered Reddit seeding agent for founders. Analyzes a product spec, maps relevant subreddits, finds real threads where target users need help, drafts personalized replies and DMs, and…
internet-court
Internet Court Skill
internet-courtfulfill-git-escrow
Fulfill a git escrow bounty by writing a solution or submitting an existing one. Use when the user wants to solve a test suite challenge, write code to pass tests, and claim a token reward…
zhinkgit
Embeddedskills
zhinkgitgcc
GCC 嵌入式工程构建工具（CMake + arm-none-eabi-gcc），用于扫描 CMake 型嵌入式工程、 列出预设、配置、编译、重建、清理和分析 ELF 大小。当用户提到 GCC、arm-none-eabi、 CMake 嵌入式编译、Ninja 构建、ELF 大小分析、arm-gcc、交叉编译、cmake --build、 cmake --preset…
staskhib-find-short-roll
Find roll options for existing short positions OR find best covered call/put to open against long stock. Use when user asks about rolling shorts, finding roll candidates, writing covered…
staskhib-stop-loss
Downside stop-loss management for PMCC, naked LEAPS, and stock positions in IB. Computes stop prices, detects alerts, and places conditional combo orders. Dry-run by default. Requires TWS…
staskhib-trades-history
Fetch trade executions from Interactive Brokers filtered by account, date range, or symbol. Supports live API (~7 days history) and FlexReport (full history). Use when user asks about their…
staskhib-trailing-stop
Server-side trailing stop management for stocks and naked LEAPS in IB. Places native TRAIL orders that auto-ratchet the stop as price climbs. Dry-run by default. Requires TWS or IB Gateway…
dzhngimplement-spec-with-codex
Run [implement-spec](../implement-spec/SKILL.md) with Codex doing the implementation passes while you orchestrate, integrate, and review. Use when the user asks to implement a spec with…
sanjay3290
AI Skills
sanjay3290jules
Delegate coding tasks to Google Jules AI agent for asynchronous execution. Use when user says: 'have Jules fix', 'delegate to Jules', 'send to Jules', 'ask Jules to', 'check Jules…
briiirussell
Cybersecurity Skills
briiirussellrecon
Perform structured reconnaissance and attack surface enumeration for authorized penetration tests, CTF challenges, and bug bounty programs. Use when the user mentions 'recon,'…
dzhngrenderer
Architecture rules for GPU rendering with TypeGPU/WebGPU. Use when adding or changing render passes, shaders, frame orchestration, GPU resources, culling, terrain, shadows, or visual…
zhinkgit
Embeddedskills
zhinkgitssh
SSH/服务器操作助手。用于远程服务器、user@host、SSH 配置、上传下载、部署、跳板机、隧道、端口转发、服务器命令执行等任务；以 ~/.ssh/config 的 Host 别名为唯一服务器清单，优先密钥认证，通过本 skill 的 Python 脚本封装 OpenSSH 操作。
zhinkgit
Embeddedskills
zhinkgitterminal
双向交互终端会话工具，用于串口终端、SSH 交互 Shell、本地 Shell、设备控制台、AT/CLI 菜单、需要保持上下文的交互式调试；当用户提到交互终端、串口终端、SSH 终端、打开 shell、发送命令后继续读输出、保持会话、登录后操作、菜单式命令行时触发，也兼容 /terminal 显式调用。
quodsoler
Unreal Engine Skills
quodsolerue-project-context
Use when creating, refreshing or repairing `.agents/ue-project-context.md`, the project document every other UE skill reads first. Also use when the user says 'project context', 'set up…
OneWave-AI
Claude Skills
OneWave-AIapi-endpoint-scaffolder
Generate REST API endpoints with proper structure, validation, error handling, and types. Use when creating new API routes, endpoints, or backend services.
oaustegard
Claude Skills
oaustegardatprotoing
Read Bluesky/ATProto without depending on Bluesky's AppView — interactions on a user's posts, thread replies, any repo's records, network-wide backlinks across every lexicon, an account's…
managedcodeauthor-component
Create or review Blazor components (.razor files) with correct architecture. USE FOR: writing new Blazor components that do NOT involve JavaScript interop, implementing parameters and…
GPTomicsbio-alignment-multiple
Perform multiple sequence alignment using MAFFT, MUSCLE5, ClustalOmega, or T-Coffee. Guides tool and algorithm selection based on dataset size, sequence divergence, and downstream…
GPTomicsbio-alignment-sorting
Sort alignment files by coordinate or read name using samtools and pysam. Use when preparing BAM files for indexing, variant calling, or paired-end analysis.
GPTomicsbio-alignment-trimming
Trim multiple sequence alignments using ClipKIT, trimAl, BMGE, Divvier, or HMMcleaner with mode selection guidance per downstream goal. Use when removing unreliable columns or contaminating…
GPTomicsbio-alignment-validation
Validate alignment quality with insert size distribution, proper pairing rates, GC bias, strand balance, and other post-alignment metrics. Use when verifying alignment data quality before…
GPTomicsbio-atac-seq-atac-peak-calling
Call accessible chromatin regions from ATAC-seq BAM files using MACS3, MACS2, Genrich, or HMMRATAC. Use when identifying open chromatin from aligned ATAC-seq, choosing between point-source…
GPTomicsbio-differential-splicing
Detects differential alternative splicing between conditions using rMATS-turbo (binomial LRT on junction counts), leafcutter (Dirichlet-multinomial GLM on intron clusters), MAJIQ V3…
GPTomicsbio-duplicate-handling
Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup. Use when preparing alignments for variant calling or when duplicate reads would bias analysis.
GPTomicsbio-pileup-generation
Generate pileup data for variant calling using samtools mpileup and pysam. Use when preparing data for variant calling, analyzing per-position read data, or calculating allele frequencies.
GPTomicsbio-reference-operations
Generate consensus sequences and manage reference files using samtools. Use when creating consensus from alignments, indexing references, or creating sequence dictionaries.
GPTomicsbio-sam-bam-basics
View, convert, and understand SAM/BAM/CRAM alignment files using samtools and pysam. Use when inspecting alignments, converting between formats, or understanding alignment file structure.
GPTomicsbio-sashimi-plots
Creates sashimi-style plots showing RNA-seq read coverage and splice junction counts using ggsashimi (general-purpose, condition-grouped overlays), rmats2sashimiplot (rMATS-output-aware)…
mxyhibopomofo-rescue
Detect and recover text that was accidentally typed with the Taiwanese Bopomofo / Zhuyin (注音) keyboard while the input method (IME) was stuck in English/ASCII mode — what Taiwanese users…
oaustegard
Claude Skills
oaustegardbrowsing-bluesky
Browse Bluesky content via API and firehose - search posts, fetch user activity, sample trending topics, read feeds and lists, analyze and categorize accounts. Supports authenticated access…
Coding skills, explained.
Also searched as: claude code skills, best claude code skills, software engineering skills, superpowers.
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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