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.
vuejs-ai
Skills
vuejs-aivue-debug-guides
Vue 3 debugging and error handling for runtime errors, warnings, async failures, and SSR/hydration issues. Use when diagnosing or fixing Vue issues.
daymadeauto-repo-setup
Diagnoses and repairs repository setup and guarded Git workflows for Claude Code or Codex — environment repair, startup sync, hook auditing, collaborator handoff. Use when a repo won't run…
daymadedebugging-network-issues
Investigates network, streaming and protocol failures with falsification-first layered experiments, the general fallback for unknown root causes. Use for ECONNRESET / RST_STREAM / SSE…
daymadeghostty-use
Snapshots/restores Ghostty Claude Code/Codex tabs across reboots. Use before Mac updates (保存终端会话/重启前备份终端), after restart to reopen original session IDs (恢复之前的窗口/restore my ghostty tabs)…
himself65
Finance Skills
himself65hormuz-strait
Check the live status of the Strait of Hormuz from the Hormuz Strait Monitor dashboard: open, restricted, or closed status, tanker transits vs normal, stranded vessels, Brent price impact…
himself65
Finance Skills
himself65hyperliquid-reader
Read Hyperliquid (app.hyperliquid.xyz) perp and spot market data through opencli and Hyperliquid's public info API: mark, oracle, and mid prices, 24h change, funding rates (hourly and…
himself65
Finance Skills
himself65options-payoff
Render an interactive options payoff chart — expiry P&L plus Black-Scholes theoretical value — with sliders for strikes, premium, IV, DTE, and spot. Use this skill whenever the user…
zenstory-aishort-drama-develop
将中文小说、短剧或漫剧想法、梗概、改编材料、已有系列笔记或多集完整剧本发展成可追溯的改编方案、戏剧方向、创作简报、导演阐述、故事引擎与分集地图，并按题材与制作形态（画风）选择写法。用户提出“导入小说做短剧”“从多集整稿生成/补分集地图”“开发短剧/漫剧”“做故事设定/系列大纲/分集规划”“写导演阐述”“这个题材怎么写”“定画风/制作形态”…
zenstory-aishort-drama-produce
在创作者明确确认后，执行短剧项目的图片、视频、TTS/配音或时间线音乐生产任务，并把结果与精简运行记录存回项目。用户说“生成这张图/这段视频/这句配音/这段配乐”“开始跑图/跑视频/合成语音/生成音乐”“把已确认提示词送去生产”，或要求批量执行已确认媒体任务时使用；不负责创作提示词、镜头、台词、歌词或声音身份，也绝不把预览、继续、预算说明或既有接受状态当作本次付费生产确认。
apify
Agent Skills
apifyapify-actor-development
Create, modify, debug, and deploy Apify Actors, and write their input and output schemas. Use when building an Actor from scratch, changing or troubleshooting Actor code, generating or…
apify
Agent Skills
apifyapify-actorization
Convert existing projects into Apify Actors - serverless cloud programs. Actorize JavaScript/TypeScript (SDK with Actor.init/exit), Python (async context manager), or any language (CLI…
browserbase
Skills
browserbasebrowser-to-api
Turn a website's observable HTTP traffic into a best-effort OpenAPI 3.1 spec by analyzing a `browser-trace` capture. Use when the user wants to discover/extract API endpoints from a browser…
ljagiello
Ctf Skills
ljagielloctf-reverse
Provides reverse engineering techniques for CTF challenges. Use when the main job is to understand how a compiled, obfuscated, packed, or virtualized target works before exploiting or…
zenstory-aishort-drama-edit
将已生成的短剧镜头剪成成片，记录入出点、镜序、声音、字幕与交付规格。用于套剪、加字幕、统一响度、调整节奏或导出精修素材；需要补素材或修改故事时转回对应创作阶段。
OpenSenseNovasn-ppt-workbench
Use when the user asks to open, preview, inspect, or visually edit an existing SenseNova HTML presentation in the PPT Workbench, using an explicit deck_dir or the latest deck in the current…
browserbase
Skills
browserbaseui-test
AI-powered adversarial UI testing via the browse CLI. Analyzes git diffs to test only what changed, or explores the full app to find bugs. Tests functional correctness, accessibility…
jeremylongshoreabridge-cost-tuning
Evaluate Abridge adoption, workflow value, and avoidable operational friction without inventing prices or vendor billing meters. Use when reviewing an Abridge rollout or renewal. Trigger…
jeremylongshoreabridge-debug-bundle
Produce a PHI-minimized Abridge support bundle with provenance, redaction, and protected escalation boundaries. Use when support needs reproducible evidence for an Abridge issue. Trigger…
jeremylongshoreabridge-reference-architecture
Define an Abridge reference architecture that separates vendor, EHR, identity, device, customer, and clinical authority boundaries. Use when reviewing an enterprise Abridge design. Trigger…
davidondrej
Skills
davidondrejboat
Manage Boat (boat.dev, formerly Box by Ascii) cloud sandboxes via API, CLI, and SSH. Use for provisioning, environments, secrets, templates, snapshots, stop/resume/fork, or running BB and…
alchaincyfhuashu-douyin-script
抖音爆款脚本创作工作流。从竞品视频拆解到脚本生成的完整流程：下载抖音视频→Gemini视频分析→爆款公式提炼→脚本+分镜生成→AI味审校。 当用户提到"抖音脚本"、"爆款拆解"、"竞品分析"、"带货脚本"、"千川素材"、"种草脚本"、"视频拆解"、"抖音视频分析"时使用此技能。
danyuchn
Asd Ste100 Skill
danyuchnasd-ste100
Use when English text must be parsed without a human to resolve ambiguity — tool descriptions, error messages, inter-agent instructions, system prompts, status reports — and misreading has…
Addy Osmani
Web Quality Skills
Addy Osmanibest-practices
Apply modern web development best practices for security, compatibility, and code quality. Use when asked to "apply best practices", "security audit", "modernize code", "code quality…
Addy Osmani
Web Quality Skills
Addy Osmanicore-web-vitals
Optimize Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) for better page experience using field and lab evidence. Use when asked to "improve Core Web Vitals", "fix LCP", "reduce CLS", "optimize INP", "page…
markdown-viewer
Skills
markdown-viewerdocumd-visuals
Create text-driven visuals in Markdown: charts, diagrams, cards, architecture and page layouts. Charts and analytical views (bar, line, pie, heatmap, correlation, regression); reliability…
multica-ai
Andrej Karpathy Skills
multica-aikarpathy-guidelines
Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid overcomplication, make surgical changes, surface assumptions, and…
Addy Osmani
Web Quality Skills
Addy Osmaniperformance
Optimize web performance for faster loading and better user experience. Use when asked to "speed up my site", "optimize performance", "reduce load time", "fix slow loading", "improve page…
borghei
Claude Skills
borgheipricing-strategy
SaaS pricing design and optimization covering value metric selection, tier architecture, price point research, pricing page design, price increase execution, and competitive pricing…
nidhinjsprompt-master
Generates optimized prompts for AI tools. Activates only when the user explicitly asks to write, fix, improve, or adapt a prompt for a specific AI tool (LLM, Cursor, Midjourney, image AI…
borghei
Claude Skills
borgheireferral-program
Referral and affiliate program design covering referral loop architecture, incentive design, trigger moment optimization, viral coefficient modeling, affiliate program structure, and…
BuilderIOvisual-recap
Turn a PR, branch, commit, or git diff into an interactive visual recap with diagrams, file maps, API/schema summaries, annotated diffs, and focused review notes.
alchaincyfzhangxuefeng-perspective
张雪峰的思维框架与表达方式。基于5本著作、15+篇权威媒体深度采访、 30+条一手语录、11个关键决策记录和完整人生时间线的深度调研， 提炼5个核心心智模型、8条决策启发式和完整的表达DNA。 用途：作为思维顾问，用张雪峰的视角分析教育选择、职业规划、阶层流动等问题。 当用户提到「用张雪峰的视角」「张雪峰会怎么看」「张雪峰模式」「雪峰视角」时使用。…
ReScienceLab
Opc Skills
ReScienceLabarchive
Archive session learnings, debugging solutions, and deployment logs to .archive/yyyy-mm-dd/ as indexed markdown with searchable tags. Use when completing a significant task, resolving a…
rorkai
App Store Connect CLI Skills
rorkaiasc-ppp-pricing
Set territory-specific pricing for subscriptions and in-app purchases using current asc setup, pricing summary, price import, and price schedule commands. Use when adjusting prices by…
rorkai
App Store Connect CLI Skills
rorkaiasc-signing-setup
Set up bundle IDs, capabilities, signing certificates, provisioning profiles, and encrypted signing sync with the asc cli. Use when onboarding a new app, rotating signing assets, or sharing…
davidondrej
Skills
davidondrejcmux
Control the cmux macOS terminal app: workspaces, panes, surfaces, browsers, notifications, settings, and hooks. Use only when the user explicitly names cmux. Read before running any cmux…
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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