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.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisdata-journalism
Acquire, clean, analyze, verify, visualize, and explain data for journalism. Use for reproducible data reporting, statistical analysis, maps, or public methodology.
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiaemail-subject-lines
Generate, evaluate, and A/B test email subject lines for maximum open rates. Includes formulas for curiosity, urgency, personalization, and more. Trigger phrases: "email subject line"…
levnikolaevich
Claude Code Skills
levnikolaevichln-33-plan-reviewer
Reviews a concrete implementation plan for missing decisions, feasibility and risk before execution; read-only.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditispdf-design
Designs PDF reports and proposals from HTML with previews and branding. Use to create, export, or securely upload a PDF.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditissurface-completeness
Use to verify interface changes across affected surfaces, user states, quality signals, and documentation.
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.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisweb-scraping
Authorized web scraping with fallback cascades and access-failure handling. Use for social media, yt-dlp, CAPTCHA or 403 blocks.
mohitagw15856agent-design-review
Review an LLM agent design and find where it will be unreliable, expensive, or unsafe. Use when asked to review an agent architecture, critique a multi-step/tool-using agent, debug an agent…
mohitagw15856agent-spec
Specify an autonomous or tool-using AI agent before building it. Use when asked to design an AI agent, define an agent's tools and guardrails, scope what an agent is allowed to do, or write…
composio-communityemail-draft-polish
Draft, rewrite, or condense emails with target tone, length, and audience; use for cold outreach, replies, status updates, or escalations where clarity and brevity matter.
composio-communitymeeting-notes-and-actions
Turn meeting transcripts or rough notes into crisp summaries with decisions, risks, and owner-tagged action items; use for Zoom/Meet/Teams transcripts, call notes, or long meeting chats to…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditiszero-build-frontend
Zero-build frontend development for static apps, browser extensions, maps, and lightweight data-backed interfaces. Use when deployment must not require a build step.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditiscrisis-communications
Crisis communication and rapid-response workflows. Use when covering breaking news or coordinating fast fact-checking on deadline.
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainesdeep-research
When you want multi-source, multi-step research on a topic — competitor research before a sales call, market research for a new business idea, positioning angles, due diligence on a…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditiseditorial-workflow
Manages newsroom editorial workflows. Use when tracking assignments, managing deadlines, or coordinating editorial calendars.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditiselectron-dev
Electron desktop apps with React, TypeScript, and Vite. Use for IPC, window/tray, PTY terminals, WebRTC, and packaging.
gooseworks-aiemail-lifecycle-send-check
Checks a drafted email flow or broadcast before it is loaded: flow logic and exits, overlaps, offer depth and codes, stock, claims, consent and legal footer, SMS rules, rendering, voice and…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisfact-check-workflow
Structured fact-checking workflow. Use when verifying claims for publication, rating claims, or setting pre-publication checks.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisfoia-requests
FOIA and public records workflows. Use when drafting requests, tracking submissions, checking exemptions, or appealing denials.
growthenginenowoslawski
Coldoutboundskills
growthenginenowoslawskiinbox-lifecycle-manager
The weekly keep/cancel/promote/buy loop for a cold email sending fleet. Decides which domains are burned and should be cancelled, which warmed reserves to promote into campaigns, which…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisinterview-prep
Interview preparation and recording-consent law. Use for research, question frameworks, one-party or all-party consent rules.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisinterview-transcription
Transcription, recording management, and quote extraction. Use when processing audio/video or generating timestamped transcripts.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditismeeting-transcript-actions
Use to turn a meeting transcript into verified notes, decisions, commitments, and distinct owner actions.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditismobile-debugging
Remote JavaScript console and debugging on mobile. Use for phone/tablet console errors, responsive testing, Eruda, and vConsole.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisnewsletter-publishing
Email newsletter workflows. Use when creating newsletters, building subscriber lists, designing templates, or tracking engagement.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisnewsroom-style
Enforces AP Style and newsroom conventions. Use when writing news, editing drafts, creating headlines, or tightening copy.
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisone-way-door
Flags irreversible decisions before commit. Use for data models, infra, auth boundaries, API contracts, event schemas, CI/CD.
benchflow-ai
Skillsbench
benchflow-aitask-review
SkillsBench task PR review — classifies the task track (standard / research / multimodal), runs static policy checks against the track-specific rubric, benchmarks the task across oracle…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisweb-ui-best-practices
Signs of taste in web UI. Use when building or reviewing web interfaces, dashboards, SaaS apps, or internal tools.
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivueadd-journal
Use when a target journal has no profile yet. Reads the journal's author guidelines and writes a detailed /write-paper profile plus a compact /find-journal profile, public or user-local…
growthenginenowoslawski
Coldoutboundskills
growthenginenowoslawskiblitz-list-builder
Use the Blitz API to find decision-makers at specific companies when you already have a list of company domains. Best for SMB owner-finding, domain-to-people lookup, or supplementing…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisclaude-md-updater
Scans the session for durable lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped project instruction updates. Use for save this lesson or add to context.
growthenginenowoslawski
Coldoutboundskills
growthenginenowoslawskicold-email-kickoff
Single "start here" orchestrator for new cold email operators. Asks infrastructure-status questions first, then runs /icp-onboarding → /lead-magnet-brainstorm → /campaign-strategy in…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditiscontext-engineering-fundamentals
Manages attention and evidence in long agent sessions. Use for lost instructions, dropped evidence, or large multi-agent contexts.
growthenginenowoslawski
Coldoutboundskills
growthenginenowoslawskidisco-like
Find lookalike companies via DiscoLike's 65M+ business domain database. Search by seed domains ("find companies like clay.com and apollo.io") or natural-language ICP text ("B2B cold email…
gooseworks-aiemail-lifecycle-broadcast-planner
Step of the email-lifecycle playbook: builds the month's send calendar and writes this week's email and SMS broadcasts against the approved cadence and segments. Run email-lifecycle…
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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