Agent Skills
Instruction packs that give your AI agent know-how. Three different kinds — pick the right one below.
✦ Standalone skills2,933
Self-contained. Install one into any project and it works on its own — no other software needed.
🧰 Tool add-ons725
Come bundled with a specific tool and only work together with it — they teach your agent how to operate that tool.
using-superpowers
★ 245,900by obra
Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions
test-driven-development
★ 245,900by obra
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
dispatching-parallel-agents
★ 245,900by obra
Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
writing-skills
★ 245,900by obra
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
writing-plans
★ 245,900by obra
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
receiving-code-review
★ 245,900by obra
Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation
using-git-worktrees
★ 245,900by obra
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback
requesting-code-review
★ 245,900by obra
Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
subagent-driven-development
★ 245,900by obra
Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session
systematic-debugging
★ 245,900by obra
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
finishing-a-development-branch
★ 245,900by obra
Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work - guides completion of development work by presenting structured options for merge, PR, or cleanup
executing-plans
★ 245,900by obra
Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints
verification-before-completion
★ 245,900by obra
Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always
brainstorming
★ 245,800by obra
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
claude-api
✓★ 158,100by anthropic
Claude API integration for building LLM-powered applications across Python, TypeScript, Java, Go, Ruby, C#, and PHP. Defaults to Claude Opus 4.6 with adaptive thinking and streaming; supports tool use, structured outputs, batches, and file uploads through a single /v1/messages endpoint Language detection automatically routes you to the correct SDK documentation; includes decision trees for choosing between single API calls, workflows with tool use, and agentic loops Tool runner (beta in most...
doc-coauthoring
✓★ 158,100by anthropic
Structured workflow for collaboratively authoring documentation, proposals, specs, and similar content. Guides users through three stages: Context Gathering (closing knowledge gaps), Refinement & Structure (building sections iteratively), and Reader Testing (validating the doc works for fresh readers) Supports integration with shared documents, team channels, and templates to pull in context directly when connectors are available Uses brainstorming and curation cycles for each section, with...
web-artifacts-builder
✓★ 158,100by anthropic
Multi-component React artifacts for Claude with bundling, state management, and shadcn/ui component library. Scaffolds React 18 + TypeScript projects with Vite, Tailwind CSS, and 40+ pre-installed shadcn/ui components via automated initialization script Bundles complete artifacts into single self-contained HTML files with inlined assets, ready for Claude artifact display Includes design guidance to avoid common "AI slop" patterns like excessive centering, purple gradients, and uniform...
Brand Guidelines
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Applies Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to any sort of artifact that may benefit from having Anthropic's look-and-feel. Use it when brand colors or style guidelines, visual formatting, or company design standards apply. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
Frontend Design
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Generates distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces that avoid generic AI aesthetics.
Slack Gif Creator
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Toolkit for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack, with validators for size constraints and composable animation primitives. This skill applies when users request animated GIFs or emoji animations for Slack from descriptions like "make me a GIF for Slack of X doing Y". license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
Theme Factory
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Toolkit for styling artifacts with a theme. These artifacts can be slides, docs, reportings, HTML landing pages, etc. There are 10 pre-set themes with colors/fonts that you can apply to any artifact that has been creating, or can generate a new theme on-the-fly. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
Algorithmic Art
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
Canvas Design
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
Docx
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for: (1) Creating new documents, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with tracked changes, (4) Adding comments, or any other document tasks" license: Proprietary. LICENSE.txt has complete terms
Internal Comms
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.). license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
MCP Builder
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK). license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
Artifacts Builder
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui). Use for complex artifacts requiring state management, routing, or shadcn/ui components - not for simple single-file HTML/JSX artifacts. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
by Anthropic
Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale. license: Proprietary. LICENSE.txt has complete terms
Webapp Testing
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing browser screenshots, and viewing browser logs. license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
XLSX
✓★ 158,000by Anthropic
Comprehensive spreadsheet creation, editing, and analysis with support for formulas, formatting, data analysis, and visualization. When Claude needs to work with spreadsheets (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv, etc) for: (1) Creating new spreadsheets with formulas and formatting, (2) Reading or analyzing data, (3) Modify existing spreadsheets while preserving formulas, (4) Data analysis and visualization in spreadsheets, or (5) Recalculating formulas" license: Proprietary. LICENSE.txt has complete terms