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.
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstoreplugin-creator
Create and scaffold plugin directories for Codex with a required `.codex-plugin/plugin.json`, optional plugin folders/files, valid manifest defaults, and personal-marketplace entries by…
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIself-improvement
Captures learnings, errors, and corrections to enable continuous improvement. Use when: (1) A command or operation fails unexpectedly, (2) User corrects Claude ('No, that's wrong...'…
zhinkgit
Embeddedskills
zhinkgitserial
嵌入式串口调试工具，用于扫描串口、实时监控、发送数据、记录日志和 Hex 查看。 当用户提到串口、COM 口、UART、AT 命令调试、波特率、Hex 串流、串口抓日志、 串口监控、查看 MCU 输出、二进制协议联调时自动触发，也兼容 /serial 显式调用。 即使用户只是说"看看串口输出"、"发个 AT 命令"或"抓一下日志"，只要上下文涉及 串口通信就应触发此…
wzyn20051216solidworks-fillet-chamfer-cnc
SolidWorks CNC 零件的多圆角/倒角自动化子技能。用于安装座、连接块、支架、沉孔板等模型的参数预检、语义选边、多控制点可变半径、face/full-round/setback、G2 曲面组合、宽度-宽度倒角、角度倒角、孔口倒角、CNC 友好口袋、有界降级和重建证据。
majidmanzarpour
Threejs Game Skills
majidmanzarpourthreejs-debug-profiler
Debug and profile Three.js browser games: blank canvases, render and runtime bugs, asset and audio loading, animation, resize, mobile input, plus performance profiling of draw calls…
waynesutton
Builder Skills
waynesuttonupdate-project-docs
Brings task.md, changelog.md, and files.md back in sync with what the code says shipped, then prints a commit message as plain text. Reads git history and the working tree, never memory…
Callstackvalidate-skills
Validates skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices. Use via /validate-skills command.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisvibe-coding
AI-assisted coding with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Aider, or Windsurf. Use to build or debug generated code.
kangarookingacceptance
当用户困在无法改变的处境（坏关系/讨厌的同事/不如意的事）里反复内耗、问「该忍还是该走」时调用。 核心理念: 面对任何情境只有三选项——改变它/接受它/离开它; 三者都不做是痛苦之源; 接受=快速适应, 用「积极方面是什么」重释训练。 不适用于: 可以改变的处境(应先改变), 以及涉及违法/人身安全的场景。 Triggers: 接受/忍/…
boraoztunc
Skills
boraoztuncadversarial-review
Adversarially review a code change — assume it's broken, try to break it, and only report findings that survive an independent refutation pass. Use when the user wants a deep, skeptical…
OneWave-AI
Claude Skills
OneWave-AIagent-army
Deploy a 2-layer parallel agent hierarchy for large, parallelizable work — big refactors, multi-file migrations, codebase-wide audits, bulk generation. A top-tier commander (Fable or Opus)…
glebisagent-cli
Add agent-friendly --json NDJSON output to Python CLI scripts, or scaffold a complete cli_utils package for a project. Use this skill when the user wants to make scripts machine-readable…
petrkindlmannai-bug-triage
Hybrid fingerprint + LLM pipeline for bug classification, deduplication, and ticket generation. Normalizes CI logs, creates stable fingerprints, clusters near-duplicates, then uses LLM for…
petrkindlmannai-test-generation
Use AI to write NEW test code from specs, PRDs, user stories, code diffs, bug reports, or OpenAPI specs. Staged pipeline: requirements extraction → risk analysis → coverage matrix →…
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studioalbum-ideas
Tracks and manages album ideas including brainstorming, planning, and status updates. Use when the user wants to add, review, or organize their album idea backlog.
mxyhiautoresearch
Autonomous iteration loop: modify, verify, keep/discard against any metric
waynesutton
Builder Skills
waynesuttonavoid-feature-creep
Keeps a change scoped to what was asked. Flags extra features, refactors, and 'while we are here' edits, and moves them to a suggestions list instead of the diff. Use when a request is…
petrkindlmannbug-reproduction
Turn a vague bug report into a VERIFIED minimal reproduction and then a failing regression test, agent-driven end to end. Covers extracting the implicit repro from a thin report (env…
Nikolay-Shirokov
Cc 1c Skills
Nikolay-Shirokovcfe-borrow
Заимствование объектов из конфигурации 1С в расширение (CFE). Используй когда нужно перехватить метод, изменить форму или добавить реквизит к существующему объекту конфигурации
Nikolay-Shirokov
Cc 1c Skills
Nikolay-Shirokovcfe-patch-method
Генерация и актуализация перехватчика метода в расширении 1С (CFE). Используй когда нужно перехватить метод заимствованного объекта — вставить код до, после, вместо оригинала, изменить его…
danjdewhurstcharacter-management
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a character", "update a character", "add a character", "build a family tree", "character relationships", "character timeline"…
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studioconfigure
Sets up or edits the plugin configuration file interactively. Use on first-time setup, when config is missing, or when the user wants to change settings.
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksdatabricks-ai-runtime
Databricks AI Runtime, the `databricks air` CLI commands for submitting and managing GPU training workloads on Databricks serverless compute. Use for: writing and submitting `databricks…
databricks
Databricks Agent Skills
databricksdatabricks-iceberg
Apache Iceberg tables on Databricks — Managed Iceberg tables, External Iceberg Reads (fka Uniform), Compatibility Mode, Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC), Iceberg v3, Snowflake interop, PyIceberg…
kangarookingdecision-heuristics
当用户在重大选择上纠结（换工作/买房/搬城/合伙/结婚）、列了利弊表还是拿不定主意时调用。 核心理念: 无法决定就答否; 三个重大决定(住哪/和谁/做什么)值得花一两年; 两个均等选择选短期更痛苦的路。 不适用于: 日常琐碎选择（晚饭吃什么）、信息查询。 Triggers: 纠结/拿不定主意/要不要/该不该/利弊/decision/hesitate/should I
agiprolabsfeature-engineering
Feature construction from market data for ML trading models including price, volume, on-chain, and microstructure features
pashov
Skills
pashovfizz
Generate Echidna/Medusa-compatible Solidity fuzz suites from Foundry or Hardhat projects. Trigger on "fizz", "generate fuzz suite", "build fuzz harness", "stateful fuzzing", "fuzzing…
danjdewhurstgenre-craft
This skill should be used when the user asks about "mystery", "fair play", "clue", "red herring", "romance beats", "HEA", "thriller", "ticking clock", "horror", "dread", "MG", "YA", "middle…
michaelshimeles
Rstack
michaelshimelesgreploop
Address Greptile feedback on a PR, MR, or shelved changelist through bounded review and fix cycles. Use when the task includes a Greptile review loop. Supports the alternate @greptile-apps…
kangarookinghappiness-skill
当用户问「怎么才能更幸福/为什么得到了还不满足/怎么减少焦虑」时调用。 核心理念: 幸福是缺憾感清空的默认状态, 是可训练的技能; 欲望是与自己的契约(得到前不快乐), 同时只留一个重大欲望; 活在当下。 不适用于: 临床抑郁等需要专业治疗的场景(本书方法不能替代医疗)。 Triggers: 幸福/不快乐/欲望/焦虑/知足/活在当下/ha…
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studioimport-audio
Moves audio files to the correct album location with proper path structure. Use when the user has downloaded WAV files from Suno or other sources that need to be organized.
waynesutton
Builder Skills
waynesuttonthink-first
Reflection first problem solving for Convex projects: root cause before code, two candidate fixes, a 98 percent confidence bar, and changes limited to the files the request needs. Use…
pashov
Skills
pashovx-ray
Generates an x-ray.md pre-audit report covering overview, enhanced threat model (protocol-type profiling, git-weighted attack surfaces, temporal risk analysis, composability dependency…
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIaavegotchi-baazaar
View, add, and execute Aavegotchi Baazaar listings on Base mainnet (8453). Buy with GHST directly or buy with USDC using swapAndBuy*. Safety-first: dryRun defaults true (simulate with cast…
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIaavegotchi-gbm-skill
View, create, cancel, bid, and claim Aavegotchi GBM auctions on Base mainnet (8453). Subgraph-first discovery (Goldsky), with onchain verification + execution via Foundry cast…
internet-court
Internet Court Skill
internet-courtagent-wallet
Give the AI agent its own EVM wallet with admin-controlled policies the agent CANNOT bypass even under prompt injection. Encrypted keystore (AES-256-GCM, scrypt KDF), policy file the agent…
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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