Best Claude skills for productivity
Productivity skills change how your agent works with you: shorter answers, persistent memory across sessions, file-based plans that survive crashes, and tools for notes apps like Obsidian. Caveman, which cuts output tokens dramatically, is one of the most installed skills anywhere.
624 productivity skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
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Matt Pocock
Writing For Agents
Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
Pack321k33MScore 95 - 3#3
affaan-m
Agent Self Evaluation
Use after completing any non-trivial task. The agent self-rates its output on 5 axes — accuracy, completeness, clarity, actionability, conciseness — with concrete evidence per criterion…
Pack301k1.7MScore 93 - 4#4
Chief Of Staff
Pursue a long-running goal in a single session by co-ordinating subagents.
Pack321k33MScore 93 - 5#5
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 - 6#6
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 - 7#7
Agent Payment X402
Add x402 payment execution to AI agents with per-task budgets, spending controls, and non-custodial wallets. Supports Base through agentwallet-sdk, X Layer through OKX Payments / OKX Agent…
Pack301k1.7MScore 89 - 8#8
Caveman Compress
Compress a memory file such as CLAUDE.md or a todo list into caveman format to save input tokens, keeping a readable backup. Sends the file's text to the configured model provider. Trigger…
Pack119k4.8MScore 89 - 9#9
Caveman Setup
Wire a repository through the Caveman Cloud gateway so every LLM request is measured, with no behavior change. Use for "set up caveman" or adding LLM spend observability.
Pack119k4.8MScore 88 - 10#10
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Haines
Cold Email
When the user wants to write or run B2B cold outbound, or asks whether an opener, reason to reach out, or email works or why nobody replies: cold emails, follow-ups, sending domains…
Pack60k6.3MScore 88
What makes a great productivity skill.
Measurable savings (tokens, time) rather than vague promises.
Plain files you own (Markdown) instead of lock-in.
Easy to turn off when you need detail.
All 624 productivity skills.
Matt Pocockteach
Teach the user a new skill or concept, within this workspace.
Matt Pocockwriting-for-agents
Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
affaan-magent-self-evaluation
Use after completing any non-trivial task. The agent self-rates its output on 5 axes — accuracy, completeness, clarity, actionability, conciseness — with concrete evidence per criterion…
Matt Pocockchief-of-staff
Pursue a long-running goal in a single session by co-ordinating subagents.
JuliusBrusseecaveman-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…
affaan-magent-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…
affaan-magent-payment-x402
Add x402 payment execution to AI agents with per-task budgets, spending controls, and non-custodial wallets. Supports Base through agentwallet-sdk, X Layer through OKX Payments / OKX Agent…
JuliusBrusseecaveman-compress
Compress a memory file such as CLAUDE.md or a todo list into caveman format to save input tokens, keeping a readable backup. Sends the file's text to the configured model provider. Trigger…
JuliusBrusseecaveman-setup
Wire a repository through the Caveman Cloud gateway so every LLM request is measured, with no behavior change. Use for "set up caveman" or adding LLM spend observability.
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainescold-email
When the user wants to write or run B2B cold outbound, or asks whether an opener, reason to reach out, or email works or why nobody replies: cold emails, follow-ups, sending domains…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesemails
When the user wants to create or improve automated email sequences, or asks what to send, when, or whether an email or flow is working: welcome, onboarding, nurture, and win-back flows. No…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesproduct-marketing
When the user wants to create or update the product marketing context doc (.agents/product-marketing.md), or asks what belongs in it or whether positioning or ICP is clear enough: product…
wshobson
Agents
wshobsonavoid-ai-writing
Audit and rewrite prose so it stops reading as machine-generated. Use this skill when asked to remove AI-isms, clean up AI writing, edit a draft for AI tells, audit a README, changelog…
Addy Osmanicontext-engineering
Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when switching between tasks, or when you need to configure rules files and context for a…
Addy Osmaniincremental-implementation
Delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan. Use…
Addy Osmaniplanning-and-task-breakdown
Breaks work into ordered tasks. Use when you have a spec or clear requirements and need to break work into implementable tasks. Use when a task feels too large to start, when you need to…
Shubhamsabooadvisor-orchestrator-worker
Use when a task is too large for one model pass, needs parallel research or generation across many subtasks (like researching a dozen competitors at once), or the user asks to orchestrate…
thedotmackAgent Cost Report
Believable agent cost report for any period, default the last 7 full days PT, not counting today. Measured tokens from Claude Code transcripts priced at OpenRouter list prices (ESTIMATED)…
thedotmackopenclaw
This guide walks through setting up the claude-mem plugin on an OpenClaw gateway. By the end, your agents will have persistent memory across sessions via system prompt context injection…
wshobson
Agents
wshobsontask-coordination-strategies
Decompose complex tasks, design dependency graphs, and coordinate multi-agent work with proper task descriptions and workload balancing. Use this skill when breaking down work for agent…
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
GitHubai-team-orchestration
Bootstrap and run a lightweight multi-agent development team. Use when starting or adopting a project, planning work, coordinating implementation and optional QA, brainstorming with…
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
K-Densedask
Scales pandas, NumPy, and custom Python research workflows beyond memory or across clusters with Dask. Covers DataFrames, Arrays, Bags, Futures, chunking, schedulers, and distributed…
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
sickn33activecampaign-automation
Automate ActiveCampaign tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): manage contacts, tags, list subscriptions, automation enrollment, and tasks. Always search tools first for current schemas.
thedotmackccs-align
Run the CCS Align seat's hourly breathing cycle — prove the local claude-mem worker is healthy, pull needle observations through search → timeline → get_observations, land them in a…
DietrichGebertponytail
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…
davila7agents-crewai
Multi-agent orchestration framework for autonomous AI collaboration. Use when building teams of specialized agents working together on complex tasks, when you need role-based agent…
JimLiubaoyu-wechat-summary
Summarizes WeChat group chat highlights into a structured digest using the local wx-cli binary (https://github.com/jackwener/wx-cli). Generates a normal digest by default; a roast (毒舌)…
Garry Tan
Gstack
Garry Tancontext-restore
Restore working context saved earlier by /context-save. (gstack)
Garry Tan
Gstack
Garry Tancontext-save
Save working context. (gstack)
OpenAI
Skills
OpenAIimagegen
Generate or edit raster images when the task benefits from AI-created bitmap visuals such as photos, illustrations, textures, sprites, mockups, or transparent-background cutouts. Use when…
OthmanAdiplanning-with-files
Persistent file-based planning for multi-step AI-agent work. Keeps task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk; lifecycle hooks inject selected project planning context. Automatic…
Steph Ango
Obsidian Skills
Steph Angojson-canvas
Create and edit JSON Canvas files (.canvas) with nodes, edges, groups, and connections. Use when working with .canvas files, creating visual canvases, mind maps, flowcharts, or when the…
Steph Ango
Obsidian Skills
Steph Angoobsidian-bases
Create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files) with views, filters, formulas, and summaries. Use when working with .base files, creating database-like views of notes, or when the user…
alirezarezvani
Claude Skills
alirezarezvaniswedish-mentor
Use when someone learning Swedish wants a learning path or YouTube clips and podcasts matched to their CEFR level and skill (SFI, Lätt Svenska, Radio Sweden på lätt svenska).
davila7crewai
Expert in CrewAI - the leading role-based multi-agent framework used by 60% of Fortune 500 companies. Covers agent design with roles and goals, task definition, crew orchestration, process…
alchaincyfmrbeast-perspective
MrBeast（Jimmy Donaldson）的内容创造操作系统。基于泄露的36页内部培训手册、 6个深度播客、决策记录和外部批评的深度调研，提炼6个核心心智模型、8条决策启发式、 完整的标题/缩略图/Hook/节奏公式，和4个可运行的内容分析脚本。 激活后沉浸式扮演MrBeast，直接以「我」的视角给出内容创作建议。 当用户提到「用M…
Productivity skills, explained.
Also searched as: productivity skills, obsidian skills, planning skill, memory skill claude, caveman skill.
What are the best Claude skills for productivity?
Right now the top-ranked productivity skills on Alyn are Teach (Matt Pocock), Writing For Agents (Matt Pocock), Agent Self Evaluation (affaan-m). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
What is the Caveman skill?
A viral skill and proxy by JuliusBrussee that makes coding agents answer in far fewer tokens. Its motto: "why use many token when few token do trick."
Are there official Obsidian skills?
kepano/obsidian-skills is published by Obsidian's CEO and covers Markdown, Bases, JSON Canvas and the Obsidian CLI.
How do I install a productivity 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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