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.
dispatching-parallel-agents
★ 245,900by obra
Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
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
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
setup-pre-commit
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in the current repo. Use when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or add commit-time formatting/typechecking/testing.
migrate-to-shoehorn
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Migrate test files from `as` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn. Use when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace `as` in tests, or needs partial test data.
codebase-design
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Shared vocabulary for designing deep modules. Use when the user wants to design or improve a module's interface, find deepening opportunities, decide where a seam goes, make code more testable or AI-navigable, or when another skill needs the deep-module vocabulary.
implement
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Implement a piece of work based on a PRD or set of issues.
writing-fragments
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Grilling session that mines the user for fragments — heterogeneous nuggets of writing (claims, vignettes, sharp sentences, half-thoughts) — and appends them to a single document as raw material for a future article. Use when the user wants to develop ideas before imposing structure, or mentions "fragments", "ideate", or "raw material" for writing.
writing-beats
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Shape an article as a journey of beats, choose-your-own-adventure style. The user picks a starting beat from the raw material, you write only that beat, then offer options for where to pivot next, beat by beat, until the article reaches a natural end. Use when the user has raw material and wants to assemble it as a narrative rather than an argument.
writing-shape
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Take a markdown file of raw material and shape it into an article through a conversational session — drafting candidate openings, growing the piece paragraph by paragraph, arguing about format (lists, tables, callouts, quotes) at each step. Use when the user has a pile of notes, fragments, or a rough draft and wants help turning it into something publishable.
scaffold-exercises
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Use when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section.
improve-codebase-architecture
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.
grilling
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan before building, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
domain-modeling
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when the user wants to pin down domain terminology or a ubiquitous language, record an architectural decision, or when another skill needs to maintain the domain model.
diagnosing-bugs
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow.
resolving-merge-conflicts
★ 156,200by mattpocock
Use when you need to resolve an in-progress git merge/rebase conflict.
ubiquitous-language
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Extract a DDD-style ubiquitous language glossary from the current conversation, flagging ambiguities and proposing canonical terms. Saves to UBIQUITOUS_LANGUAGE.md. Use when user wants to define domain terms, build a glossary, harden terminology, create a ubiquitous language, or mentions "domain model" or "DDD".
grill-me
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me".
teach
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Teach the user a new skill or concept, within this workspace.
grill-with-docs
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Grilling session that challenges your plan against the existing domain model, sharpens terminology, and updates documentation (CONTEXT.md, ADRs) inline as decisions crystallise. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan against their project's language and documented decisions.
to-prd
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Turn the current conversation context into a PRD and publish it to the project issue tracker. Use when user wants to create a PRD from the current context.
qa
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Interactive QA session where user reports bugs or issues conversationally, and the agent files GitHub issues. Explores the codebase in the background for context and domain language. Use when user wants to report bugs, do QA, file issues conversationally, or mentions "QA session".
improve-codebase-architecture
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Find deepening opportunities in a codebase, informed by the domain language in CONTEXT.md and the decisions in docs/adr/. Use when the user wants to improve architecture, find refactoring opportunities, consolidate tightly-coupled modules, or make a codebase more testable and AI-navigable.
handoff
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up.
to-issues
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Break a plan, spec, or PRD into independently-grabbable issues on the project issue tracker using tracer-bullet vertical slices. Use when user wants to convert a plan into issues, create implementation tickets, or break down work into issues.
setup-matt-pocock-skills
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Sets up an `## Agent skills` block in AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md and `docs/agents/` so the engineering skills know this repo's issue tracker (GitHub or local markdown), triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run before first use of `to-issues`, `to-prd`, `triage`, `diagnose`, `tdd`, `improve-codebase-architecture`, or `zoom-out` — or if those skills appear to be missing context about the issue tracker, triage labels, or domain docs.
design-an-interface
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Generate multiple radically different interface designs for a module using parallel sub-agents. Use when user wants to design an API, explore interface options, compare module shapes, or mentions "design it twice".
request-refactor-plan
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Create a detailed refactor plan with tiny commits via user interview, then file it as a GitHub issue. Use when user wants to plan a refactor, create a refactoring RFC, or break a refactor into safe incremental steps.
obsidian-vault
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Search, create, and manage notes in the Obsidian vault with wikilinks and index notes. Use when user wants to find, create, or organize notes in Obsidian.
git-guardrails-claude-code
★ 155,900by mattpocock
Set up Claude Code hooks to block dangerous git commands (push, reset --hard, clean, branch -D, etc.) before they execute. Use when user wants to prevent destructive git operations, add git safety hooks, or block git push/reset in Claude Code.