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Discover, test, and download 50+ verified Claude skills and Claude Code skills. Free AI workflow templates, developer tools, and prompt frameworks for Claude, Antigravity, Cursor, and Windsurf.

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🎨 UI / Frontend Design#1

Frontend Design

Official Anthropic skill. Forces a deliberate aesthetic direction (typography, color, motion, layout) before any UI code. Explicitly avoids generic AI UI patterns (overused fonts, purple gradients, cookie-cutter cards).

#ui#frontend#design
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🎨 UI / Frontend Design#2

Nothing Design Skill

Generates UI in Nothing Phone’s design language—monochrome, typographic, industrial. Includes dark/light tokens, segmented progress bars, and dot-matrix motifs.

#ui#frontend#design#nothing#skill
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🎨 UI / Frontend Design#3

Canvas Design

Creates static visual art—posters, designs, PDF/PNG outputs—with proper composition and aesthetic principles (not generic stock-art layouts).

#ui#frontend#design#canvas
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🎨 UI / Frontend Design#4

Algorithmic Art

Generative art with p5.js—seeded randomness, flow fields, particle systems. Reproducible outputs from seeds.

#ui#frontend#design#algorithmic
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🎨 UI / Frontend Design#5

Design Auditor

Audits designs against 19 professional categories: typography, WCAG contrast, spacing, iconography, navigation, design tokens. Produces a scored report out of 100 with actionable fixes. Supports English and Korean.

#ui#frontend#design#auditor
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💻 Engineering & Development#6

Autoresearch

Autonomous iteration loop inspired by Karpathy’s autoresearch: modify → verify → keep or discard → repeat. Modes cover code, deployment, content, marketing, sales, research, and design.

#engineering#development#autoresearch
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💻 Engineering & Development#7

Superpowers

Full software development methodology as composable skills: brainstorm → plan → TDD → subagent execution → code review. Bundles 14+ workflow skills.

#engineering#development#superpowers
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💻 Engineering & Development#8

Repomix

Packs an entire repo into one AI-friendly file—or generates a structured Agent Skill from any codebase with --skill-generate.

#engineering#development#repomix
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💻 Engineering & Development#9

Agent Skills (Vue/Vite stack)

Production-grade engineering skills from the Vue/Vite ecosystem—curated patterns, tooling, and best practices for modern frontend stacks.

#engineering#development#agent#skills#vuevite
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💻 Engineering & Development#10

Dev Browser

Gives the agent real browser automation—navigation, extraction, QA, and research in a live browser context via a local daemon + skill.

#engineering#development#browser
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💻 Engineering & Development#12

Web Scraper

Intelligent scraping with automatic strategy selection: curl first → quality gate → stealth browser only if needed → API sniffing → validation. Guides TypeScript Apify Actor productionization.

#engineering#development#scraper
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💼 Product & Business Strategy#13

PM Skills Marketplace

65+ PM skills across 8 plugins—discovery, strategy, execution, launch, growth. Includes Lean Canvas, JTBD, OKRs, PRDs, pricing, value props, and chained slash commands.

#product#business#strategy#skills#marketplace
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💼 Product & Business Strategy#14

JTBD Interview Tool

Live Jobs-to-Be-Done interviews (text or voice). Captures switching forces (Push/Pull/Habit/Anxiety), scores opportunities with ODI, exports jtbd.json, messaging angles, and GTM briefs.

#product#business#strategy#jtbd#interview
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💼 Product & Business Strategy#15

AI Transformation Discovery

Express (15–20 min) or Deep Dive (60–90 min) consulting-style discovery. Frameworks include BCG 10/20/70, Andrew Ng’s playbook, Deloitte AI maturity, and value stream mapping.

#product#business#strategy#transformation#discovery
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💼 Product & Business Strategy#16

GEO/SEO Claude

GEO-first SEO suite: 25 sub-skills + 18 agents for technical SEO, E-E-A-T, schema, AI search optimization, citability scoring, crawler analysis, and PDF/Excel audit reports.

#product#business#strategy#geoseo#claude
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🔬 Research & Evidence#17

Deep Research Engine

8-phase pipeline with parallel retrieval, source credibility scoring, critique loop-back, and automated validation scripts. Aggregates Brave, Serper, Exa, Jina, Firecrawl via search-cli.

#research#deep#engine
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🔬 Research & Evidence#18

Academic Research Skills

Full academic pipeline: research → write → review → revise → finalize. 13-agent deep research team, 12-agent paper writing, 7-agent peer review, 10-stage orchestrator. Style calibration and anti-AI-pattern checks.

#research#academic#skills
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🔬 Research & Evidence#19

Evidence-Based Dialogue

Replaces sycophantic AI with structured critical analysis. Five modes: FULL, INTERACTIVE (Socratic), TLDR, STEELMAN (debate prep), DECISION (tradeoff table).

#research#evidencebased#dialogue
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🧠 Knowledge & Productivity#20

Daydream

Mines your knowledge base (Obsidian vault) for non-obvious connections— inspired by Gwern’s LLM Daydreaming. Multi-agent: Sonnet synthesizer + Haiku critic, recency-weighted pair sampling.

#knowledge#productivity#daydream
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🧠 Knowledge & Productivity#21

Anything to NotebookLM

Converts 15+ source types (YouTube, PDFs, web pages, articles, WeChat, search queries) into NotebookLM outputs: podcasts, presentations, mind maps, quizzes.

#knowledge#productivity#anything#notebooklm
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🧠 Knowledge & Productivity#22

Vexor Semantic Search

Vector-powered semantic file search across your codebase or documents. Ask natural-language questions like “where did I save brand colors” and get ranked matches.

#knowledge#productivity#vexor#semantic#search
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✍️ Writing & Content Quality#23

Humanizer

Multi-pass editing to remove AI-writing tells: em-dash overuse, throat-clearing openers, rule of three, synonym cycling, promotional inflation, and 24+ documented patterns (Wikipedia AI-writing guide).

#writing#content#quality#humanizer
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✍️ Writing & Content Quality#24

Beautiful Prose

Hard-edged writing style contract for timeless, forceful English prose—concrete, verb-forward, no therapeutic tone or marketing cadence.

#writing#content#quality#beautiful#prose
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📧 Marketing & Email#25

Marketing Module

43+ marketing skills in 7 pods: Content (8), SEO (5), CRO (6), Channels (6), Growth (4), Intelligence (4), Sales (2)—plus orchestration router and Python tools.

#marketing#email#module
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📧 Marketing & Email#26

Marketing Skills

CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, growth engineering, ad creative, content strategy—40 skills with short-form video frameworks for Reels/TikTok/Shorts.

#marketing#email#skills
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📧 Marketing & Email#27

Email Marketing Bible

55K+ word email marketing knowledge base (908 sources)—lifecycle flows, segmentation, deliverability, win-back sequences, 19 industry playbooks.

#marketing#email#bible
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📧 Marketing & Email#28

Competitive Ads Extractor

Pulls competitors’ ads from ad libraries, analyzes messaging and creative patterns for teardown before campaign launch.

#marketing#email#competitive#extractor
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📧 Marketing & Email#29

Direct-Response Marketing Suite

Avatar extraction, offer extraction, Schwartz awareness mapping, mechanism builder, headline matrix, objection crusher, ad angle multiplier, full-funnel orchestrator.

#marketing#email#directresponse#suite
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📧 Marketing & Email#30

Framework-Based Marketing Skills

25 skills grounded in published frameworks—Don Norman (UX), Cialdini (persuasion), Eric Ries (lean), Alex Hormozi (offers), plus product strategy and growth.

#marketing#email#frameworkbased#skills
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📱 Social Media & Content#31

Social Media Content OS (bundle)

17-skill content system: voice, posts, reels, thumbnails, carousels, scoring, analytics, niche research, infographics—newsletter-first, multi-channel output.

#social#media#content#bundle
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📱 Social Media & Content#32

Voice Builder

Interviews you, analyzes writing samples, produces about-me.md and voice.md—the foundation file for all other content skills.

#social#media#content#voice#builder
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📱 Social Media & Content#33

Reels Scripting

Reverse-engineers outlier Reels via Apify + Gemini Flash, then writes a new script in your voice from newsletter/source material.

#social#media#content#reels#scripting
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📱 Social Media & Content#34

Post Scorer

Pulls your post history via Apify and scores drafts against what actually performed for your account—catches voice/performance drift pre-publish.

#social#media#content#post#scorer
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📱 Social Media & Content#35

YouTube Thumbnail

Turns a video title into a branded YouTube thumbnail prompt for Gemini/image models—CTR-oriented composition patterns.

#social#media#content#youtube#thumbnail
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📱 Social Media & Content#36

Hook Generator

Generates hooks across PAS, AIDA, BAB, STAR, and SLAY frameworks—the 3-second scroll-stop problem.

#social#media#content#hook#generator
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📱 Social Media & Content#37

TweetClaw (X/Twitter automation)

40+ X/Twitter actions: post, extract, monitor, compose, schedule, follower export, DMs, giveaway draws—via Xquik REST API and MCP. TweetClaw is the OpenClaw/plugin runtime; x-twitter-scraper is the standalone skill package.

#social#media#content#tweetclaw#xtwitter
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📱 Social Media & Content#38

X Article Publisher

Publishes full Markdown articles to X/Twitter Articles via browser automation—formatting, images, tables (as PNG), Mermaid diagrams, threading awkward bits handled.

#social#media#content#article#publisher
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📱 Social Media & Content#39

Twitter Algorithm Optimizer

Analyzes and rewrites tweets using Twitter’s open-source recommendation insights—Real-graph, SimClusters, TwHIN, Tweepcred—for reach mechanics, not vibes.

#social#media#content#twitter#algorithm
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📱 Social Media & Content#40

Social Media Research

Analyzes live public opinion on Reddit and X—real quotes, sentiment, trends. Structured JSON + dashboards, not hallucinated summaries.

#social#media#content#research
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🎥 Video & Media#41

Remotion Best Practices

Official Remotion skill—programmatic video in React. 30+ rule files: 3D, animations, TikTok captions, FFmpeg, audio visualization, Lottie, light leaks.

#video#media#remotion#best#practices
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🎥 Video & Media#42

AI Video Toolkit

End-to-end AI-native video workspace—voiceover scripts, demo recording, Remotion Studio review, ElevenLabs voiceover, MP4 render.

#video#media#toolkit
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🎥 Video & Media#43

AI Music Album Production

Full-lifecycle AI music—lyrics, Suno-style prompts, per-stem mixing, mastering, release distribution guidance.

#video#media#music#album#production
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🎥 Video & Media#44

Generative Media Skills

Multi-modal generative media for AI agents—image, video, and audio across 100+ models (Kling, Veo, Flux, Suno, etc.). Schema-driven scripts with JSON output for agent workflows. Cross-platform (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI).

#video#media#generative#skills
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🖼️ Image & Design Tools#45

GPT Image 2

OpenAI GPT Image 2 with thinking modes (off/low/medium/high), 14 style presets, 8 platform presets (Instagram, Story, YouTube, Pinterest), editing and variants.

#image#design#tools
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🖼️ Image & Design Tools#46

Color Expert

~286K words of color science—OKLCH/OKLAB, palette generation, WCAG/APCA contrast, color naming, pigment mixing, color theory history.

#image#design#tools#color#expert
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🖼️ Image & Design Tools#47

Hand-Drawn Diagrams

Generates Excalidraw-style hand-drawn diagrams from prompts—architecture, workflows, UX blueprints. Hosted edit link, animated SVG, PNG export.

#image#design#tools#handdrawn#diagrams
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🖼️ Image & Design Tools#48

Claude Design Skills (3D & Motion)

27 plugins covering Three.js, GSAP, React Three Fiber, Framer Motion, Babylon.js, A-Frame, PlayCanvas, PixiJS, Locomotive, React Spring, Magic UI, Lottie, Blender, Spline, Rive.

#image#design#tools#claude#skills
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🏥 Health & Personal Data#49

Personal Health Assistant

Analyzes medical reports, tracks health metrics, gives personalized wellness suggestions from your actual data—not generic advice.

#health#personal#assistant
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🏥 Health & Personal Data#50

DNA Analysis

Personal genome analysis from raw 23andMe or AncestryDNA data—17 categories: health, ancestry, nutrition, pharmacogenomics, longevity. HTML dashboard output.

#health#personal#analysis
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🎨 UI / Frontend Design#51

Interactive Presentation Deck (PPT)

Build browser-native presentation decks with a mandatory Theme Gallery picker UI, keyboard navigation, reveals, presenter notes, Recharts data/board themes, and exportable slide formats.

#presentation#deck#slides#ppt#ui#frontend#theme-gallery
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✍️ Writing & Content Quality#52

Ultimate Prompt Builder

Build production-ready prompts for any use case using structured prompt engineering frameworks. Covers writing, coding, marketing, image generation (Flux, Midjourney, GPT-4o), and vibe coding tools (Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, v0).

#prompt-builder#prompt-engineering#prompts#writing#system-prompts#frameworks
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📚 Comprehensive Knowledge Base & Documentation

The Definitive Guide to Claude Skills, Claude Code Workflows & AI Agent Automation

Everything developers, creators, and teams need to know about discovering, installing, and building with verified Claude skills. Supercharge your agentic workflows across Claude Code, Google Antigravity, Cursor, and Windsurf.

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What Are Claude Skills and Claude Code Skills?

In the rapidly evolving frontier of AI-assisted engineering, Claude skills represent a fundamental leap beyond basic chat prompting. Rather than re-typing verbose system instructions into every terminal session, Claude agent skills package domain expertise, precise behavioral constraints, deterministic tool allowances, and execution workflows into standardized, reusable modules defined by the open SKILL.md specification.

Specifically tailored for Anthropic's official terminal assistant, Claude Code skills empower autonomous agents to execute complex, multi-turn coding routines—from full-stack refactoring to architectural audits. When paired with structured AI workflow templates, these skills allow Claude to analyze codebases contextually, preserve state across tool executions, and deliver production-ready code with minimal human intervention.

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Why Use a Curated Claude Skills Marketplace?

PromptSkillForge was engineered as the leading open-source Claude skills marketplace and verified Claude skills directory. Finding high-quality, safe, and effective skills used to require scouring disparate GitHub repositories and unverified gists. Our directory solves this discovery bottleneck by curating, auditing, and indexing 50+ battle-tested workflows into a searchable catalog.

Every entry in our collection provides authentic, verified configurations. Whether you need to download Claude skills directly into your browser with zero terminal dependencies or copy plug-and-play CLI commands, our platform guarantees that you receive the best free Claude Code skills without license friction, hidden paywalls, or unvetted scripts.

🛠️

Specialized Claude Skills for Developers, Marketers & Creators

Modern AI agents are only as capable as the directives that guide them. Our curated repository categorizes free Claude skills across five mission-critical domains to address real-world production demands:

💻 Web Development & Engineering

Our specialized Claude skills for developers and Claude skills for web development streamline modern full-stack workflows. Whether executing pixel-perfect responsive CSS using our Frontend Design skill, scaffolding reactive applications, or configuring Vite bundles, these templates enforce modern software architecture and type safety out of the box.

🔍 Code Quality, Testing & Auditing

Ensure bulletproof reliability using dedicated validation modules. The Claude testing skill systematically drafts comprehensive unit and integration suites (Jest, Vitest, Playwright), while the Claude code review skill identifies security vulnerabilities, edge-case race conditions, and performance bottlenecks prior to merging pull requests.

📈 SEO Automation & Organic Growth

Unlock higher search rankings using Claude skills for SEO automation. From automated technical audits and structured JSON-LD schema generation to localized programmatic keyword mapping via the GeoSEO engine, these skills transform Claude into an organic search strategist.

✍️ High-Impact Copywriting & Content

Supercharge conversion rates with the battle-tested Claude copywriting skill. Created for writers and founders, our Claude skills for content creation handle long-form newsletter development, direct-response sales copy, viral hook generation, and voice matching without sterile AI clichés.

📊 Data Analysis & Automation

Transform raw datasets into actionable executive insights with Claude skills for data analysis. In tandem with the Claude workflow automation skill, agents can bundle sprawling codebases using Repomix, execute recursive web research, and synthesize statistical summaries automatically.

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Claude Skills for Beginners: How to Use Claude Skills

If you are new to autonomous AI assistants, adopting Claude skills for beginners is straightforward and rewarding. Traditional prompt engineering often suffers from drift—where Claude forgets instructions as context windows fill up. In contrast, understanding how to use Claude skills unlocks deterministic, persistent agent behaviors.

To use any skill from our directory, simply navigate to the skill detail page, copy the accompanying Starter Prompt Template, and paste it into your active AI session. Claude immediately reads the underlying rule set, activates the necessary sub-skills, and proceeds with laser focus on your requested objective.

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Zero Friction: How to Install Claude Skills Across IDEs

We believe installing agent workflows should take seconds. Our platform offers multiple methods explaining how to install Claude skills based on your development environment:

  • Instant Browser Download (Zero Tools): Click the Download Authentic SKILL.md button to save the official configuration directly to your local machine without using curl or Git.
  • Claude Code Global Installation: Place the skill directory into your local user path at ~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md for persistent access across all projects.
  • Universal Multi-IDE Support: Effortlessly import skills into Google Antigravity (.agents/skills/), Cursor (.cursor/skills/), and Windsurf workspaces.

For in-depth walkthroughs and troubleshooting, explore our step-by-step Universal Agent Setup Guide.

✍️

How to Create Claude Skills and Claude Code Custom Skills

Once you have mastered using pre-built templates, discovering how to create Claude skills allows you to codify your proprietary team practices. Creating Claude Code custom skills follows a clean, declarative markdown standard compliant with official claude code skills documentation:

1
Define YAML Frontmatter

Specify the skill name, concise description, trigger keywords, and operational scope at the top of your markdown file.

2
Establish Operational Directives

Provide clear guidelines: when the agent should trigger this skill, what tools it is permitted to call, and strict rules to avoid common pitfalls.

3
Bundle Context & Starter Prompts

Include standardized input templates and expected output schemas so you and your team can invoke the custom skill consistently.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Claude Skills

Clear, expert answers to questions about finding, testing, installing, and building custom Claude Code skills.

What are Claude skills?

Claude skills are standardized, modular instruction packages (typically packaged as a SKILL.md markdown file with YAML frontmatter) that enhance Anthropic's Claude Code and compatible agentic IDEs. Rather than repeatedly typing lengthy prompt instructions into every conversation, a Claude skill gives the agent persistent domain expertise, predefined operational boundaries, workflow scripts, and deterministic tool rules (such as terminal execution, file system modifications, and browser interactions). All Claude skills on PromptSkillForge are open-source and 100% free to download.

What do Claude Skills actually do?

Claude skills transform Claude from a generalized conversational LLM into a specialized, task-focused autonomous agent. When activated during a development session, a skill:

  • Enforces strict domain patterns: Mandates code quality standards, design system rules (such as avoiding generic AI templates), or copywriting methodologies.
  • Directs tool execution: Guides Claude on when and how to inspect files, execute terminal commands, run test runners, or scrape web pages safely.
  • Executes deterministic multi-step workflows: Chains complex actions together—such as auditing a project for WCAG accessibility, packaging an entire codebase for context with Repomix, or performing deep automated research.
  • Prevents instruction drift: Keeps long development sessions aligned with project conventions without forgetting earlier instructions as the context window fills up.
What are the top 10 skills for Claude?

Based on developer adoption, utility, and ecosystem downloads across PromptSkillForge and the Anthropic community, the top 10 skills for Claude are:

  1. Frontend Design: Anthropic's flagship UI skill enforcing deliberate typography, curated color palettes, and modern layouts while avoiding cliché AI styling.
  2. Repomix: Packages entire codebases into structured XML/markdown context so Claude can understand whole-repository architecture effortlessly.
  3. Design Auditor: Systematically inspects web applications for accessibility (WCAG), visual hierarchy, contrast ratios, and UI polish.
  4. Autoresearch: Automates multi-source web scraping, literature synthesis, and structured technical research in the background.
  5. Superpowers: Equips Claude with high-leverage terminal capabilities and automated multi-step development actions.
  6. Dev Browser: Automates headless browser navigation, DOM inspection, and end-to-end interface testing directly within your session.
  7. Direct-Response Marketing Suite: Formulates high-converting landing page copy, sales funnels, and email sequences based on proven copywriting frameworks.
  8. Nothing Design Skill: Implements a distinctive, industrial, dot-matrix visual aesthetic for mobile and web components.
  9. Web Scraper: Extracts structured markdown and clean datasets from dynamic, modern websites.
  10. JTBD Interview Tool: Conducts Jobs-To-Be-Done product discovery sessions to extract authentic customer insights and problem statements.
What Skills should I give Claude?

The skills you should give Claude depend directly on your role and active project goals:

  • For Web Developers & UI Designers: Give Claude Frontend Design (for intentional UI systems), Design Auditor (for UX and accessibility checks), and Repomix (to navigate full-repository architectures).
  • For Full-Stack Engineers & QA: Equip Dev Browser (for browser automation and end-to-end testing) alongside test-generation and code review skills.
  • For SEO Specialists & Marketers: Provide Direct-Response Marketing Suite and marketing modules for high-converting sales funnels and search automation.
  • For Product Managers & Founders: Add JTBD Interview Tool and AI Transformation Discovery to streamline user research and product roadmaps.

Pro Tip: Avoid overloading Claude with too many overlapping skills at once. Giving Claude 2 to 4 complementary skills per workspace yields the highest reasoning accuracy and prevents rule conflicts.

How do I find Skills for Claude?

You can find verified Claude skills across three primary platforms:

  1. PromptSkillForge (promptskillforge.com): Our curated directory of 50+ free Claude Code skills, complete with one-click direct browser downloads, starter prompt templates, category filters, and multi-IDE setup instructions.
  2. Official Anthropic Skills Repository: Anthropic's open-source GitHub repository at github.com/anthropics/skills, which hosts foundational skills created by the Claude engineering team.
  3. Open-Source GitHub Repositories & Registries: Search GitHub for repositories tagged #claude-skills, claude-code, or install via the CLI registry using npx skills add <repo-url>.
How to try Claude Skills?

Trying Claude skills takes less than 60 seconds using any of these simple methods:

  • Direct Prompt Testing in Claude.ai (No Terminal Needed): Browse to any skill on PromptSkillForge, copy the authentic SKILL.md content or provided Starter Prompt Template, and paste it into a new Claude chat window or Claude Desktop session. Claude immediately adopts the directives and constraints.
  • In Claude Code CLI: Run npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill frontend-design -g -y to install globally, or paste the skill into your project's ~/.claude/skills/ directory.
  • In Cursor, Windsurf, or Google Antigravity: Download the SKILL.md directly and place it in your workspace at .agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md (for Antigravity/Windsurf) or .cursor/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md (for Cursor), then invoke the skill normally.

For detailed step-by-step terminal instructions, explore our complete Universal Agent Installation Guide.

Does Claude have a Skill Creator Skill?

Yes! Anthropic provides an official meta-skill named Skill Creator (skill-creator) specifically designed to instruct Claude on generating new, production-ready Claude skills. It guides Claude on how to formulate valid YAML frontmatter (with title, description, and tags), define unambiguous operational rules, structure trigger criteria, set parameter schemas, and package executable prompt templates.

You can also ask Claude directly: "Create a custom Claude Code SKILL.md for [your specific workflow] adhering strictly to the official Anthropic skills specification."

How to create custom skills for Claude Code?

Creating custom skills for Claude Code follows a clean, declarative markdown standard compliant with official Anthropic documentation:

  1. Create the Directory & File: In your project workspace or user home directory, create a folder like .claude/skills/my-custom-skill/ and add a SKILL.md file.
  2. Add YAML Frontmatter: Specify metadata at the very top of the markdown file:
    ---
    name: my-custom-skill
    description: Concise summary of what the skill accomplishes and when to trigger it
    tags: [frontend, testing, typescript]
    ---
  3. Establish Directives & Guardrails: In markdown below the frontmatter, detail:
    • Role & Persona: What domain authority Claude assumes.
    • When to Use: Specific scenarios and keywords that trigger this skill.
    • Rules & Constraints: Strict boundaries (e.g., preferred libraries, security guidelines, formatting requirements).
    • Workflow Steps: A numbered step-by-step checklist for deterministic execution.
How to Learn the basics of Claude?

To quickly learn the fundamentals of Claude, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and Claude Code:

  1. Practice Core Prompting on Claude.ai: Learn fundamental prompting techniques—assign a clear role, provide high-quality reference examples (few-shot prompting), set explicit output constraints, and break complex objectives into distinct phases.
  2. Explore Official Documentation: Study the interactive guides at docs.anthropic.com and learn essential Claude Code CLI commands such as /help, /init, /compact, and /cost.
  3. Inspect Battle-Tested SKILL.md Files: Browse through the 50+ curated templates on PromptSkillForge to study how professional engineers structure system prompts, guardrails, and autonomous agent workflows.
  4. Leverage the Feedback Loop: Pair Claude with auditing skills like Design Auditor to test, critique, and refine outputs iteratively.
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