claude-automation-recommender

by anthropic

Analyze codebases and recommend tailored Claude Code automations across all extensibility options. Scans project structure, dependencies, and configuration to identify the most valuable automations for hooks, subagents, skills, plugins, and MCP servers Provides 1–2 focused recommendations per category with specific reasoning tied to detected frameworks, libraries, and patterns Read-only analysis; outputs recommendations for users to implement themselves or request Claude to build Covers MCP... npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill claude-automation-recommender Download ZIPGitHub31.5k

Claude Automation Recommender

Analyze codebase patterns to recommend tailored Claude Code automations across all extensibility options.

This skill is read-only. It analyzes the codebase and outputs recommendations. It does NOT create or modify any files. Users implement the recommendations themselves or ask Claude separately to help build them.

Output Guidelines

• Recommend 1-2 of each type: Don't overwhelm - surface the top 1-2 most valuable automations per category

• If user asks for a specific type: Focus only on that type and provide more options (3-5 recommendations)

• Go beyond the reference lists: The reference files contain common patterns, but use web search to find recommendations specific to the codebase's tools, frameworks, and libraries

• Tell users they can ask for more: End by noting they can request more recommendations for any specific category

Automation Types Overview

Type Best For Hooks Automatic actions on tool events (format on save, lint, block edits) Subagents Specialized reviewers/analyzers that run in parallel Skills Packaged expertise, workflows, and repeatable tasks (invoked by Claude or user via /skill-name) Plugins Collections of skills that can be installed MCP Servers External tool integrations (databases, APIs, browsers, docs)

Workflow

Phase 1: Codebase Analysis

Gather project context:

# Detect project type and tools
ls -la package.json pyproject.toml Cargo.toml go.mod pom.xml 2>/dev/null
cat package.json 2>/dev/null | head -50

# Check dependencies for MCP server recommendations
cat package.json 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"(react|vue|angular|next|express|fastapi|django|prisma|supabase|convex|stripe)"'

# Check for existing Claude Code config
ls -la .claude/ CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null

# Analyze project structure
ls -la src/ app/ lib/ tests/ components/ pages/ api/ 2>/dev/null

Key Indicators to Capture:

Category What to Look For Informs Recommendations For Language/Framework package.json, pyproject.toml, import patterns Hooks, MCP servers Frontend stack React, Vue, Angular, Next.js Playwright MCP, frontend skills Backend stack Express, FastAPI, Django API documentation tools Database Prisma, Supabase, Convex, raw SQL Database / backend MCP servers External APIs Stripe, OpenAI, AWS SDKs context7 MCP for docs Testing Jest, pytest, Playwright configs Testing hooks, subagents CI/CD GitHub Actions, CircleCI GitHub MCP server Issue tracking Linear, Jira references Issue tracker MCP Docs patterns OpenAPI, JSDoc, docstrings Documentation skills

Phase 2: Generate Recommendations

Based on analysis, generate recommendations across all categories:

A. MCP Server Recommendations

See references/mcp-servers.md for detailed patterns.

Codebase Signal Recommended MCP Server Uses popular libraries (React, Express, etc.) context7 - Live documentation lookup Frontend with UI testing needs Playwright - Browser automation/testing Uses Supabase Supabase MCP - Direct database operations Uses Convex Convex MCP - Live deployment introspection, run queries/mutations, manage env vars and logs PostgreSQL/MySQL database Database MCP - Query and schema tools GitHub repository GitHub MCP - Issues, PRs, actions Uses Linear for issues Linear MCP - Issue management AWS infrastructure AWS MCP - Cloud resource management Slack workspace Slack MCP - Team notifications Memory/context persistence Memory MCP - Cross-session memory Sentry error tracking Sentry MCP - Error investigation Docker containers Docker MCP - Container management

B. Skills Recommendations

See references/skills-reference.md for details.

Create skills in .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md. Some are also available via plugins:

Codebase Signal Skill Plugin Building plugins skill-development plugin-dev Git commits commit commit-commands React/Vue/Angular frontend-design frontend-design Automation rules writing-rules hookify Feature planning feature-dev feature-dev

Custom skills to create (with templates, scripts, examples):

Codebase Signal Skill to Create Invocation API routes api-doc (with OpenAPI template) Both Database project create-migration (with validation script) User-only Test suite gen-test (with example tests) User-only Component library new-component (with templates) User-only PR workflow pr-check (with checklist) User-only Releases release-notes (with git context) User-only Code style project-conventions Claude-only Onboarding setup-dev (with prereq script) User-only

C. Hooks Recommendations

See references/hooks-patterns.md for configurations.

Codebase Signal Recommended Hook Prettier configured PostToolUse: auto-format on edit ESLint/Ruff configured PostToolUse: auto-lint on edit TypeScript project PostToolUse: type-check on edit Tests directory exists PostToolUse: run related tests .env files present PreToolUse: block .env edits Lock files present PreToolUse: block lock file edits Security-sensitive code PreToolUse: require confirmation

D. Subagent Recommendations

See references/subagent-templates.md for templates.

Codebase Signal Recommended Subagent Large codebase (>500 files) code-reviewer - Parallel code review Auth/payments code security-reviewer - Security audits API project api-documenter - OpenAPI generation Performance critical performance-analyzer - Bottleneck detection Frontend heavy ui-reviewer - Accessibility review Needs more tests test-writer - Test generation

E. Plugin Recommendations

See references/plugins-reference.md for available plugins.

Codebase Signal Recommended Plugin General productivity anthropic-agent-skills - Core skills bundle Document workflows Install docx, xlsx, pdf skills Frontend development frontend-design plugin Building AI tools mcp-builder for MCP development

Phase 3: Output Recommendations Report

Format recommendations clearly. Only include 1-2 recommendations per category - the most valuable ones for this specific codebase. Skip categories that aren't relevant.

## Claude Code Automation Recommendations

I've analyzed your codebase and identified the top automations for each category. Here are my top 1-2 recommendations per type:

### Codebase Profile
- **Type**: [detected language/runtime]
- **Framework**: [detected framework]
- **Key Libraries**: [relevant libraries detected]

---

### 🔌 MCP Servers

#### context7
**Why**: [specific reason based on detected libraries]
**Install**: `claude mcp add context7`

---

### 🎯 Skills

#### [skill name]
**Why**: [specific reason]
**Create**: `.claude/skills/[name]/SKILL.md`
**Invocation**: User-only / Both / Claude-only
**Also available in**: [plugin-name] plugin (if applicable)
```yaml
---
name: [skill-name]
description: [what it does]
disable-model-invocation: true # for user-only
---

⚡ Hooks

[hook name]

Why: [specific reason based on detected config] Where: .claude/settings.json

🤖 Subagents

[agent name]

Why: [specific reason based on codebase patterns] Where: .claude/agents/[name].md

Want more? Ask for additional recommendations for any specific category (e.g., "show me more MCP server options" or "what other hooks would help?").

Want help implementing any of these? Just ask and I can help you set up any of the recommendations above.

## Decision Framework

### When to Recommend MCP Servers
- External service integration needed (databases, APIs)
- Documentation lookup for libraries/SDKs
- Browser automation or testing
- Team tool integration (GitHub, Linear, Slack)
- Cloud infrastructure management

### When to Recommend Skills

- Document generation (docx, xlsx, pptx, pdf — also in plugins)
- Frequently repeated prompts or workflows
- Project-specific tasks with arguments
- Applying templates or scripts to tasks (skills can bundle supporting files)
- Quick actions invoked with `/skill-name`
- Workflows that should run in isolation (`context: fork`)

**Invocation control:**
- `disable-model-invocation: true` — User-only (for side effects: deploy, commit, send)
- `user-invocable: false` — Claude-only (for background knowledge)
- Default (omit both) — Both can invoke

### When to Recommend Hooks
- Repetitive post-edit actions (formatting, linting)
- Protection rules (block sensitive file edits)
- Validation checks (tests, type checks)

### When to Recommend Subagents
- Specialized expertise needed (security, performance)
- Parallel review workflows
- Background quality checks

### When to Recommend Plugins
- Need multiple related skills
- Want pre-packaged automation bundles
- Team-wide standardization

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