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.
AlpacaLabsLLClighting-report-extract
Check reported lighting quantities and results in supplied simulation PDFs without adding repeated calculation surfaces. Use for scoped luminaire inventories and illuminance results; not…
mxyhiponytail
Lazy senior dev mode: the smallest change that fully solves the task, and a reply a busy human understands in one read. Use on any coding task (writing, fixing, refactoring, reviewing…
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshirenrefactor-advisor
重构顾问 - 识别代码坏味道并提供重构方案
MoizIbnYousaf
AI Agent Skills
MoizIbnYousafshare-a-library
Use when a managed library is ready to publish to GitHub and hand to teammates as an install command. Run the GitHub publishing steps, then return the exact shareable install command.
staskhspread-analysis
Analyze option spread strategies like vertical spreads, iron condors, straddles, strangles. Use when user asks about spreads, multi-leg strategies, vertical spread, iron condor, straddle…
MoizIbnYousaf
AI Agent Skills
MoizIbnYousafupdate-installed-skills
Use when syncing or updating previously installed skills to their latest version. Always dry-run updates before applying, and check for breaking changes.
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshirenzh-readme
中文 README 生成器 - 先分析项目，再生成面向中文开发者的高质量 README
Microckai-llm-engineering
Operational skill hub for LLM system architecture, evaluation, deployment, and optimization (modern production standards). Links to specialized skills for prompts, RAG, agents, and safety…
MicrockAll Traditions Speaking as One
Deploy universal wisdom voices from all traditions simultaneously - Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Abrahamic, Indigenous, Scientific - revealing their unified recognition of consciousness…
Microckapi-design-principles
Master REST and GraphQL API design principles to build intuitive, scalable, and maintainable APIs that delight developers. Use when designing new APIs, reviewing API specifications, or…
Microckarchitecture-patterns
Implement proven backend architecture patterns including Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, and Domain-Driven Design. Use when architecting complex backend systems or refactoring…
oaustegard
Claude Skills
oaustegardasking-questions
Guidance for asking clarifying questions when user requests are ambiguous, have multiple valid approaches, or require critical decisions. Use when implementation choices exist that could…
Microckastropy
Comprehensive Python library for astronomy and astrophysics. This skill should be used when working with astronomical data including celestial coordinates, physical units, FITS files…
Microckasync-python-patterns
Master Python asyncio, concurrent programming, and async/await patterns for high-performance applications. Use when building async APIs, concurrent systems, or I/O-bound applications…
oaustegard
Claude Skills
oaustegardcloning-project
Exports a Claude.ai workspace — its custom instructions and its uploaded knowledge files — into a bundle that can be re-imported elsewhere. Use for "back up my project instructions"…
alibabacode-quality-reviewer
Reviews code and provides detailed quality assessment
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshirends-mapper
项目目录结构地图 - 生成带说明的可视化目录树，快速理解任意代码库
alibabagit-analyzer
Analyzes git repositories and commit history
mxyhigrilling
Grill the user relentlessly about a plan, decision, or idea. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshireni18n-helper
国际化/本地化助手 — 扫描代码中的硬编码文本、生成 i18n 配置、批量翻译
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshirenlog-analyzer
日志分析助手 — 智能解析日志文件，识别异常模式，定位问题根因
AI-Builder-Clubnew-loop
Spin up a new loop (domain) in a file-based knowledge base — bootstrap the substrate if it's missing, gather the loop's charter, scaffold domains//README.md, then do ONE real test run and…
AlpacaLabsLLCnorma-support
Help users connect Arch Studio, understand its access and memory, choose a first workflow, and troubleshoot from reported evidence. General architecture and project execution stays with its…
AI-Builder-Clubopen-agent-teams
Delegate tasks to ANY CLI agent (claude, codex, aider, ...) running in a detached tmux session, with a race-safe done-signal protocol and multi-turn iteration. Use when delegating work to a…
staskhoption-chain
Get option chain data including calls and puts with strikes, bids, asks, volume, open interest, and implied volatility. Use when user asks about options, option prices, calls, puts, or…
laolaoshiren
Claude Code Skills Zh
laolaoshirenperf-profiler
基于可复现基线和 profiler 证据分析性能问题。用于用户要求定位慢接口、慢任务、慢查询、内存或网络瓶颈，制定优化方案，或验证优化收益时；区分实测结论与静态推断，不虚构耗时和提升比例，生产环境操作需明确授权。
staskhprice-history
Get historical price data (OHLCV) for a stock. Use when user asks about price history, historical data, past performance, price over time, or needs data for chart analysis.
P4nda0s
Reverse Skills
P4nda0srev-symbol
Restore function symbols by analyzing code patterns, strings, constants, and cross-references
staskhrisk-assessment
Assess risk metrics for a stock or position including volatility, beta, VaR, and drawdown analysis. Use when user asks about risk, volatility, beta, VaR, value at risk, drawdown, or…
AI-Builder-Clubvisual-flow-gif
Create animated flow diagrams from articles, workflow notes, architecture sketches, or process descriptions using a JSON specification and a local Python/Pillow renderer. Use when the user…
AI-Builder-Clubagent-context-audit
Audit a repo's agent context — CLAUDE.md files, codebase docs, skills, and tool/MCP designs — against Anthropic's Claude 5 context-engineering guidance ("unhobbling": Anthropic cut ~80% of…
AlpacaLabsLLCarchitecture-knowledge
Explain US architecture professional-practice terms, phases, deliverables, roles, delivery methods, AIA contract families, CSI documentation systems, or NCS at a high level. Use for…
Microsoftclone-agent
Clone a Copilot Studio agent from the cloud. Guides through environment selection, agent selection, and downloads agent YAML files.
mhattingpeteconversation-analyzer
Analyzes your Claude Code conversation history to identify patterns, common mistakes, and opportunities for workflow improvement. Use when user wants to understand usage patterns, optimize…
Microsoftedit-action
Edit an existing action (TaskDialog) in a Copilot Studio agent. Supports connector actions and MCP server actions. Modify inputs, outputs, descriptions, connection mode, and other…
mhattingpetefeature-planning
Break down feature requests into detailed, implementable plans with clear tasks. Use when user requests a new feature, enhancement, or complex change.
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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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