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.
484 coding skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
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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.
321k33MScore 97 - 2#2
Ask Matt
Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo.
321k33MScore 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…
321k33MScore 95 - 4#4
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincent
Writing Skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
316k3.9MScore 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…
316k3.9MScore 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…
316k3.9MScore 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…
119k4.8MScore 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…
301k1.7MScore 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…
301k1.7MScore 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…
301k1.7MScore 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 484 coding skills.
Jakeschincariol
Replica Skill
Jakeschincariolreplica-deploy
Ships an app clone live on the user's own domain: a preflight gate (tests green, parity must-haves done, rebrand sweep clean, listing linted, legal pages up), production database and env…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-sandboxes-kits
Use this skill when authoring, verifying, publishing, or composing a Docker Sandboxes kit, even if the user just says they want to "add a tool to a sandbox agent", "package a CLI or agent…
Jakeschincariol
Replica Skill
Jakeschincariolreplica-build
Rebuilds an app screen by screen from the recon map: app shell first, then the core flow as a vertical slice, then every screen with all its states, ticking off the feature matrix as it…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-agent-config
Use this skill when creating or editing an agent.yaml (or .yml/.hcl) configuration file for Docker Agent (cagent), including defining agents, models/providers, built-in or MCP toolsets…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-agent-run
Use this skill when running a Docker Agent with `docker agent run`, choosing a safety/approval mode, using the `--sandbox` isolation flag, setting up aliases, or troubleshooting a run…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-destructive-guardrails
Use this skill before running, or recommending, any Docker command that deletes, wipes, resets, or otherwise irreversibly changes state — even if the user just says to "clean up", "clear…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-docs
Use this skill to answer questions about any Docker product from current official Docker documentation instead of memory, even if the user just asks "how do I…", "does Docker support…"…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-sandboxes-env
Use this skill when authoring, planning, or running a declarative `sbxenv.yaml` file for Docker Sandboxes (`sbx env create/run/plan/exec/rm`), even if the user just says they want to "check…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-sandboxes-lifecycle
Use this skill when creating, running, reattaching to, listing, stopping, or removing Docker Sandboxes (the standalone `sbx` CLI that runs AI coding agents in isolated microVMs), even if…
Docker
Skills
Dockerdocker-sandboxes-network-credentials
Use this skill when configuring what a Docker Sandboxes (`sbx`) sandbox can reach on the network or which credentials it authenticates with, even if the user just says they want to "let the…
michaelshimeles
Rstack
michaelshimelesunslop
Cut AI tells from text you write or edit for a human reader (commit messages, PR titles and bodies, docs, code comments, replies). Apply before committing, posting, or sending; leave prose…
michaelshimeles
Rstack
michaelshimelescode-structure
Use when multiple workflows duplicate the same operational logic, when deciding what belongs in actions vs shared services, or when refactoring repeated operational blocks across domain…
michaelshimeles
Rstack
michaelshimelesnew-feature
Isolate repository edits in a Git worktree before starting a feature, fix, or documentation change. Preserve a worktree already assigned to the same task. Read-only reviews and…
michaelshimeles
Rstack
michaelshimelesgreploop-apps
Run the greploop workflow with the @greptile-apps trigger when the normal trigger refuses a large PR. Requires the greploop skill installed alongside this entrypoint.
kwakseongjaeomd-codex-image
이미지 placeholder를 동적으로 materialize. Codex 채널에서는 내장 image-generation primitive 호출, Claude Code 채널에서는 omd-asset-curator로 fall back, OpenCode에서는 spec dump. HTML/MD의 `` 블록을 단일 source of truth로…
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangsales-script
When a founder needs demo scripts, discovery call frameworks, objection handling, RFP/RFI responses, competitive feature matrices, POC planning, or closing playbooks. Activate for sales…
Coding skills, explained.
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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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