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.
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94keyword-clustering
Groups candidate keywords by user task and tests whether one page can satisfy them. Use for same-page decisions, mixed intent and adjacent queries.
Aaronontheweb
Dotnet Skills
Aarononthewebmailpit-integration
Test email sending locally using Mailpit with .NET Aspire. Captures all outgoing emails without sending them. View rendered HTML, inspect headers, and verify delivery in integration tests.
Aaronontheweb
Dotnet Skills
Aarononthewebmjml-email-templates
Build responsive email templates using MJML markup language. Compiles to cross-client HTML that works in Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail. Includes template renderer, layout patterns, and…
anbeimeobsidian-skills-integrated
内容创作者与技术写作员在让AI撰写Obsidian笔记时，使用此官方技能可精准处理双链、Callout及Bases数据库语法，一键生成格式零破坏的Canvas画布与专业笔记，彻底解决AI破坏专属格式的痛点。
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainespaste
When you want to clean and reformat content (usually from your terminal) for pasting into Slack, Notion, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, email, GitHub, or plain text. Strips ANSI codes, box-drawing…
mohitagw15856agenda-or-cancel
Enforce the simplest meeting rule that works — no agenda, no meeting — with the three-line agenda format (purpose, decisions sought, pre-reads), the 24-hour rule, and the graceful cancel…
jamditis
Claude Skills Journalism
jamditisai-writing-detox
Eliminates AI-generated writing patterns that erode reader trust. Use when writing or editing articles, docs, or press releases.
Paramchoudhary
ResumeSkills
Paramchoudharycold-email-writer
Write personalized cold outreach emails to hiring managers and founders — specific, human, not a pitch deck
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiacontent-calendar
Plan and schedule social media and content marketing calendars. Monthly and weekly planning, content mix ratios, theme days, platform-specific timing, and batch creation workflows. Trigger…
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiacontent-strategy
Build content strategies, editorial calendars, topic clusters, and content plans. Map content to buyer journey stages and plan distribution. Trigger phrases: "content strategy", "content…
OpenClaudia
Openclaudia Skills
OpenClaudiaemail-sequence
Create email drip campaigns, nurture sequences, and automated email flows. Includes templates for welcome series, abandoned cart, re-engagement, product launch, and onboarding sequences…
RefoundAI
Lenny Skills
RefoundAIengineering-health
Help users build a sustainable engineering culture by measuring health through frameworks like Core 4, managing technical debt as leverage, and optimizing workflows with AI tools.
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstoreimagegen
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…
levnikolaevich
Claude Code Skills
levnikolaevichln-26-architecture-migration-planner
Plans architecture migrations with compatibility, data safety, rollout and recovery; does not execute them.
levnikolaevich
Claude Code Skills
levnikolaevichln-31-delivery-plan-builder
Builds dependency-ordered delivery plans from requirements and repository evidence; read-only.
levnikolaevich
Claude Code Skills
levnikolaevichln-32-test-strategy-planner
Plans risk-based test portfolios and acceptance evidence; does not write or execute tests.
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…
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIvirtuals-protocol-acp
Hire specialised agents to handle any task — data analysis, trading, content generation, research, on-chain operations, 3D printing, physical goods, gift delivery, and more. Both digital…
danjdewhurstadaptation
This skill should be used when the user asks to "make an audiobook", "narration script", "narrator", "ACX", "Findaway", "pronunciation guide", "how long is the audiobook", "adapt to a…
bitwize-music-studio
Claude AI Music Skills
bitwize-music-studioalbum-conceptualizer
Designs album concepts, tracklist architecture, and thematic planning through 7 structured phases. Use when planning a new album or reworking an existing album concept.
nexscope-aiamazon-deal-finder
Amazon deal planning and promotional strategy optimization. Lightning Deals, Best Deals, Coupons, Prime Exclusive Discounts analysis and ROI calculation. Deal eligibility assessment, timing…
arnabbagxd
Brand Building Skills
arnabbagxdbrand-context
Foundation skill that captures and stores core brand context — identity, audience, positioning, values, and voice. Use when the user says "set brand context", "save my brand info", "store…
glebiscontext-builder
Generate interactive AI transformation context-builder prompts for consulting clients. Use when creating structured discovery session prompts that guide a company through context gathering…
boraoztunc
Skills
boraoztunccopywriting
When the user wants to write, rewrite, or improve marketing copy for any page — including homepage, landing pages, pricing pages, feature pages, about pages, or product pages. Also use when…
gooseworks-aiemail-lifecycle-lifecycle-audit
Step of the email-lifecycle playbook: audits list, consent, live flows, recent sends and sending setup, marking every item verified, from-you or unknown. Run email-lifecycle instead; not…
petrkindlmannemail-testing
End-to-end testing of email-dependent flows — signup confirmation, password reset, magic-link login, OTP/MFA codes, and notification emails. Covers the capture-inbox decision tree (Mailpit…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuefind-journal
Use when choosing where to submit a manuscript. Matches the abstract against curated journal profiles and returns ranked picks with scope fit, AI-disclosure policy, an acceptance-readiness…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuelit-sync
Use when references in a .bib file (often from /search-lit) should land in Zotero and Obsidian. Syncs them to the Zotero library, writes Obsidian literature notes and extracts cross-cutting…
Aperivue
Medsci Skills
Aperivuemanage-project
Use when managing a manuscript project over time. Scaffolds the project structure, tracks writing progress across phases, maintains project memory files, and generates submission checklists…
mxyhiplanning-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…
petrkindlmannqa-project-context
Create and fill .agents/qa-project-context.md with the project's tech stack, test frameworks, CI/CD pipeline, environments, quality goals, risk areas, team structure, and conventions. This…
waynesutton
Builder Skills
waynesuttonworkflow
Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would: triage before code, a PRD in prds/, task.md kept current, docs synced after, and lessons recorded when a mistake repeats. Hands…
LeoYeAI
Agent Master Skills
LeoYeAIaccessibility
Build WCAG 2.1 AA compliant websites with semantic HTML, proper ARIA, focus management, and screen reader support. Includes color contrast (4.5:1 text), keyboard navigation, form labels…
OneWave-AI
Claude Skills
OneWave-AIagent-swarm-deployer
Deploys swarms of sub-agents for massive parallel data processing tasks. Unlike agent-army (which is for code changes), this is for DATA tasks -- processing 1000 documents, analyzing…
OneWave-AI
Claude Skills
OneWave-AIagent-to-agent
Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication protocol. Connect two or more Claude agents that pass messages, share context, delegate tasks, and collaborate. Implements structured handoffs, shared…
growthenginenowoslawski
Coldoutboundskills
growthenginenowoslawskicold-email-starter-kit
Complete beginner-friendly cold email toolkit. Walks from zero to launched campaign — domain purchase, inbox setup, list building, copywriting, enrichment, and sending via Smartlead or…
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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