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.
amElnagdy
Delegate Skills
amElnagdyopencode-delegate
Delegate a coding task to the OpenCode CLI as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to OpenCode —…
amElnagdy
Delegate Skills
amElnagdypi-delegate
Delegate a coding task to the Pi coding agent CLI (`pi`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to delegate implementation…
amElnagdy
Delegate Skills
amElnagdyqoder-delegate
Delegate a coding task to the Qoder CLI (`qodercli`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user asks to have Qoder implement, fix…
muratcankoylanself-improvement-loops
This skill should be used when the harness, scaffold, workflow, or optimizer itself is the optimization target: recursive self-improvement (RSI) loops, meta-harnesses, self-improving…
muratcankoylanself-managed-context
This skill should be used when a model gets read-write control over its own live context window instead of a harness-scheduled compaction policy: the context exposed as an editable file the…
amElnagdy
Delegate Skills
amElnagdyvibe-delegate
Delegate a coding task to the Mistral Vibe CLI (`vibe`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work…
amElnagdy
Delegate Skills
amElnagdywarp-delegate
Delegate a coding task to the Warp Agent CLI (`oz`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to…
amElnagdy
Delegate Skills
amElnagdyzcode-delegate
Delegate a coding task to the Z.AI ZCode CLI as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to ZCode —…
muratcankoylanskill-template
Template for creating new Agent Skills for context engineering. Use this template when adding new skills to the collection.
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhucold-outbound-sequencer
Use when the user asks to "build a B2B cold-outbound sequence", "design reply-triage branching", "plan a domain warmup / sending throttle", or "make my outbound CAN-SPAM / opt-in…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhuconsent-registry
Use when the user asks to "log this subscriber's opt-in", record unsubscribes/complaints, or query lawful basis; curates pseudonymous consent facts through the append-only consent stream…
muratcankoylancontext-engineering-collection
A comprehensive collection of Agent Skills for context engineering, harness engineering, multi-agent architectures, and production agent systems. Use when building, optimizing, evaluating…
tech-leads-clubdomain-analysis
Maps business domains and suggests service boundaries in any codebase using DDD Strategic Design. Use when asking "what are the domains in this codebase?", "where should I draw service…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhudynamic-content-personalizer
Use when the user asks to "personalize the email", "add merge tags / dynamic content", "set up conditional blocks per segment", or "make first-name and product-recommendation fields fall…
tradermontyfxmacrodata-calendar
Fetch official FXMacroData macro release-calendar events for trade planning, macro regime checks, and event-risk filters. Use before CPI, NFP, GDP, PCE, retail sales, PMI, and central-bank…
muratcankoylanharness-engineering
This skill should be used when designing autonomous agent harnesses: research loops, evaluation scaffolds, locked and editable surfaces, durable logs, novelty gates, pruning, rollback, PR…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhusend-experiment-designer
Use when the user asks to "design an email A/B test", "set up a multivariate subject/CTA test", "run a send-time test", "build a hold-out group", or "is this email result statistically and…
jeremylongshoreabridge-core-workflow-a
Design and verify the clinician workflow from consent through recording, draft review, Linked Evidence, and final note disposition. Use when implementing or auditing an Abridge clinical…
jeremylongshoreabridge-core-workflow-b
Verify the approved handoff of clinician-reviewed Abridge note sections into Epic templates and downstream workflows. Use when configuring or auditing Abridge-to-Epic documentation flow…
jeremylongshoreadk-deployment-specialist
Deploy and orchestrate Vertex AI ADK agents using A2A protocol. Manages AgentCard discovery, task submission, Code Execution Sandbox, and Memory Bank. Use when asked to "deploy ADK agent"…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhuchannel-registry
Use when the user asks to register/query a social channel, record channel state, cadence, governance, voice adaptation, UGC permission, or advocacy facts; curates them through the…
mksgluctx-upgrade
Update context-mode to the latest release.
Hugging Face
Skills
Hugging Facehf-cloud-aws-context-discovery
Discover the user's local AWS context (active profile, region, account ID, caller identity) at the start of any AWS task. Use this skill before any other AWS work — deploying to SageMaker…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhulaunch-registry
Use when the user asks to "log this launch", query a launch date/embargo, record a stage transition, or update submissions/outcomes; curates launch facts through the append-only launches…
jeremylongshoreabridge-hello-world
Run a bounded Abridge smoke test through the documented user workflow using an approved test encounter and no invented API. Use when validating a new tenant or pilot cohort. Trigger with…
product-on-purpose
Pm Skills
product-on-purposefoundation-meeting-synthesize
Cross-meeting archaeology skill. Consumes multiple meeting recaps (or raw notes) over a period and surfaces patterns invisible in any single meeting. Shows how decisions evolved, who has…
jeremylongshorebeads
Use when working in a repository that uses bd or Beads for durable project task tracking, issue dependencies, blocker management, multi-session handoff, or shared work memory. Trigger when…
product-on-purpose
Pm Skills
product-on-purposediscover-interview-synthesis
Synthesizes user research interviews into actionable insights, patterns, and recommendations. Use after conducting user interviews, customer calls, or usability sessions to extract and…
jeremylongshorememory
Use when sharpening a perception or observation you ALREADY formed about conversation state, user behavior, drift, emotional shifts, or cross-turn patterns. Trigger phrases include "what…
product-on-purpose
Pm Skills
product-on-purposedeliver-release-notes
Creates user-facing release notes that communicate new features, improvements, and fixes in clear, benefit-focused language. Use when shipping updates to communicate changes to users…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainesproject-manager
When you want to manage projects across your businesses using a kanban + Eisenhower methodology. One kanban per business (whatever portfolio of businesses, projects, or initiatives you…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainesradar
When you want to monitor known sources on a schedule and feed the good stuff into your second brain. Configure sources once (YouTube, RSS/newsletters, subreddits, Hacker News, Bluesky…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainesread-book
When you want to read and extract structured notes from a book — PDF, EPUB, MOBI, markdown, .txt, pasted text, or URL to a public-domain work. Reads in chunks (by chapter when a TOC exists…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainessecond-brain
When you want to capture into, compile, query, lint, or connect your personal Second Brain. Wraps the Karpathy LLM Wiki schema (Obsidian or any markdown vault) — raw/ (unprocessed sources)…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainesslide-deck
When you want to draft, update, convert, or export a slide deck for a React/Next.js slide system (${SLIDE_DECK_REPO:-$HOME/code/your-slide-deck-site}/src/app/slides/). Writes TypeScript…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisbrazil-records-requests
Public records requests under Brazil's Access to Information Law (LAI). Use for Fala.BR filings, e-SIC, and CGU/CMRI appeals.
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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