mcpField

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opentrons-integration
opentrons-integration
k-dense-ai / scientific-agent-skills

Authors, reviews, migrates, simulates, and troubleshoots official Opentrons Python Protocol API v2 protocols for Flex and OT-2 robots. Use for robot-specific liquid handling, deck and labware setup, pipettes, modules, runtime parameters, liquid classes, and Opentrons App analysis. Use pylabrobot instead when one workflow must support multiple robot vendors.

Other1.9k
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senior-frontend
senior-frontend
composio-community / awesome-claude-plugins

Frontend development skill for React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS applications. Use when building React components, optimizing Next.js performance, analyzing bundle sizes, scaffolding frontend projects, implementing accessibility, or reviewing frontend code quality.

Development1.9k
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tiledbvcf
tiledbvcf
k-dense-ai / scientific-agent-skills

Stores and retrieves genomic variant calls with TileDB-VCF. Use for indexed single-sample VCF/BCF ingestion, incremental cohorts, region and sample queries, streaming results, allele statistics, QC, and VCF/BCF export locally or through TileDB Cloud.

Data & databases1.9k
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core-dynamic-skills
core-dynamic-skills
actionbook / rust-skills

Internal command support for dynamic Rust crate skill management. Use only when explicitly invoked by /sync-crate-skills, /clean-crate-skills, or /update-crate-skill.

Agent workflows1.9k
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douyin-video
douyin-video
yzfly / douyin-mcp-server

A tool for downloading Douyin videos without watermarks and extracting their transcripts. Get a watermark-free video download link from a Douyin share link, download the video, extract its spoken content, and automatically save it to a file. Use it to retrieve Douyin video information, download watermark-free videos, or batch-extract video transcripts. Trigger when the user needs to process Douyin video links or extract video content.

Creative & media1.9k
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script-writer
script-writer
ailabs-393 / ai-labs-claude-skills

This skill should be used whenever users need YouTube video scripts written. On first use, collects comprehensive preferences including script type, tone, target audience, style, video length, hook style, use of humor, personality, and storytelling approach. Generates complete, production-ready YouTube scripts tailored to user's specifications for any topic. Maintains database of preferences and past scripts for consistent style.

Creative & media1.9k
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2analysis-modeling
2analysis-modeling
jihe520 / mathmodelagent

Combined stage for mathematical modeling contest problem analysis and model design. Use to read problem statements and attachments, break down subproblems, understand data, pre-check assumptions, define variables, formulate models and objective functions and constraints, plan solution strategies, and produce modeling reports ready for code implementation.

Data & databases1.9k
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documenting-decisions
documenting-decisions
pandoscope / skills

Directs human attention to decisions that matter in agent-generated code. Active during planning, implementation, and fixing. Defines when and how to place DECISION markers in code comments. Also applies when reviewing a diff/PR on request.

Development1.9k
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experience-aura-lwc-migrate
experience-aura-lwc-migrate
forcedotcom / sf-skills

Use this skill to analyze a Salesforce Aura component bundle (.cmp, .app, .evt, .intf, Controller.js, Helper.js, Renderer.js) and produce a framework-agnostic migration blueprint (PRD.yaml / PRD.md / PRD.json) capturing public API, data requirements, slots, events, states, accessibility, styling, localization, and security posture. This is Phase 1 (analysis + PRD) only — it does NOT author or edit component code, wire adapters, or Jest tests, and does not write .html/.js/.css/.js-meta.xml. TRIGGER when the user says "analyze this Aura component", "migrate Aura", "convert .cmp", "produce a migration blueprint", "generate a PRD for this Aura component", or mentions aura:attribute, aura:handler, force:recordData, $Label, $Resource, component.get, cmp.find, or an input directory containing .cmp files. DO NOT TRIGGER when there is no Aura source (delegate downstream LWC authoring to experience-lwc-generate), for post-migration scoring, or for refactoring an existing modern component.

Development1.9k
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pylabrobot
pylabrobot
k-dense-ai / scientific-agent-skills

Develops and reviews PyLabRobot lab-automation resources, liquid-handling plans, offline simulations, and supported-device integrations. Supports PyLabRobot protocols and API questions; keep physical execution behind an explicit operator safety gate.

Other1.9k
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aws-secrets-manager
aws-secrets-manager
aws / agent-toolkit-for-aws

Secret safety for AWS Secrets Manager, secret management, credentials, API keys, tokens, and passwords. Prevents AI agents from directly fetching secret values and teaches runtime dynamic references with asm-exec so plaintext never enters the LLM context window.

Security1.9k
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flowstudio-power-automate-build
flowstudio-power-automate-build
github / awesome-copilot

Build, scaffold, and deploy Power Automate cloud flows using the FlowStudio MCP server. Your agent constructs flow definitions, wires connections, deploys, and tests — all via MCP without opening the portal. Load this skill when asked to: create a flow, build a new flow, deploy a flow definition, scaffold a Power Automate workflow, construct a flow JSON, update an existing flow's actions, patch a flow definition, add actions to a flow, wire up connections, or generate a workflow definition from scratch. Requires a FlowStudio MCP subscription — see https://mcp.flowstudio.app

Productivity1.9k
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pentest-tools
pentest-tools
zhaoxuya520 / reverse-skill

Active penetration testing toolkit. Covers reconnaissance, port scanning, vulnerability scanning, web penetration testing, SQL injection, directory brute-forcing, password cracking, and more. Exposes 20+ security tools to AI agents through MCP servers (pentestMCP / mcp-security-hub). Trigger keywords: penetration testing, port scanning, Nmap, vulnerability scanning, Nuclei, SQL injection, SQLMap, directory brute-forcing, FFUF, password cracking, Hashcat, reconnaissance, subdomains, web penetration testing, ZAP, Burp.

Security1.9k
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redis-semantic-cache
redis-semantic-cache
redis / agent-skills

Redis LangCache guidance for semantic caching of LLM responses on Redis Cloud — calling search/set via the SDK or REST API, tuning the similarity threshold, separating caches per task type, and filtering with custom attributes. Use when caching LLM completions or RAG answers to cut API cost and latency, building a cache-aside layer in front of OpenAI / Anthropic / etc., tuning hit rate vs precision, or splitting one app's LLM workloads into multiple LangCache caches.

Data & databases1.9k
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open-computer-use
open-computer-use
ifuryst / open-computer-use

Platform-neutral guidance for using Open Computer Use, the open-source Computer Use MCP server and CLI for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Use when an agent needs to install, verify, troubleshoot, configure, or operate Open Computer Use through its native CLI, stdio MCP server, or direct Computer Use tool calls.

Agent workflows1.9k
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primekg
primekg
k-dense-ai / scientific-agent-skills

Queries a pinned Precision Medicine Knowledge Graph (PrimeKG) CSV for typed gene, drug, disease, and phenotype nodes, direct associations, disease context, and one- or two-hop paths. Use for PrimeKG reproducibility, biological association lookup, and hypothesis generation with relation and data provenance preserved.

Data & databases1.9k
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code-documentation
code-documentation
bytedance / deer-flow

Use this skill when the user requests to generate, create, or improve documentation for code, APIs, libraries, repositories, or software projects. Supports README generation, API reference documentation, inline code comments, architecture documentation, changelog generation, and developer guides. Trigger on requests like "document this code", "create a README", "generate API docs", "write developer guide", or when analyzing codebases for documentation purposes.

Development1.9k
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cupynumeric-migration-readiness
cupynumeric-migration-readiness
nvidia / skills

Pre-migration readiness assessor for porting NumPy to cuPyNumeric. Use BEFORE substantial porting work begins when the user asks whether code will scale on GPU, whether they should migrate to cuPyNumeric, which NumPy patterns transfer cleanly, what must be refactored before porting, or mentions pre-port assessment, scaling analysis, or refactor planning. Inspect the user's source code, look up NumPy usage, cross-reference the cuPyNumeric API support manifest, and distinguish distributed-scaling-friendly patterns from blockers such as unsupported APIs, scalar synchronization, host round-trips, Python/object-heavy control flow, shape/data-dependent branching, and in-place mutation hazards. Produce a verdict of READY, LIGHT REFACTOR, SIGNIFICANT REFACTOR, or NOT RECOMMENDED, with concrete refactor pointers.

Development1.9k
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deepline-crm-cleaning

Use for CRM audits, duplicate detection, missing or stale fields, job changes, domain checks, acquisitions, parent-child relationships, repair plans, prevention, monitoring, and evaluation. Supports HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio, and mapped exports. Start with read-only analysis. Skip outreach writing, CRM interface design, and unrelated analysis.

Data & databases1.9k
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glycoengineering
glycoengineering
k-dense-ai / scientific-agent-skills

Analyzes and engineers protein glycosylation by scanning canonical N-glycosylation sequons, describing S/T-rich regions, checking curated glycan evidence, and preparing NetNGlyc, NetOGlyc and GlycoSHIELD workflows. Use for glycoprotein engineering, antibody Fc glycosylation, glycan shielding, and site-specific glycoproteomics interpretation.

Data & databases1.9k
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canvas-design
canvas-design
composio-community / awesome-claude-plugins

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.

Creative & media1.9k
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image-to-editable-ppt
image-to-editable-ppt
ningzimu / image-to-editable-ppt-skill

Rebuild slide images, scanned or image-based PPT/PPTX files, and PDF decks into object-level editable PowerPoint (.pptx), preserving speaker notes when supplied. Use for making visual slides editable or reconstructing slides from screenshots; not for authoring new presentations from scratch.

Documents1.9k
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nemo-automodel-model-onboarding
nemo-automodel-model-onboarding
nvidia / skills

Guide for onboarding new model architectures into NeMo AutoModel, including architecture discovery, implementation patterns, registration, and validation.

Development1.9k
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core-actionbook
core-actionbook
actionbook / rust-skills

Internal support skill for actionbook MCP selectors used by Rust documentation research workflows. Use only when another rust-skills workflow explicitly requests actionbook-backed selectors.

Agent workflows1.9k
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html-prototype
html-prototype
plannotator / effective-html

Direct-invocation specialist for polished, responsive, self-contained HTML mockups and interactive prototypes grounded in the user's conversation, product context, and design language. Use when the user explicitly invokes html-prototype or the broad html skill routes a mockup or prototype request here. Do not activate independently from a general request. Treat a mockup as a noninteractive fidelity mode within this skill, not as a separate skill.

Design & UI1.9k
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theme-factory
theme-factory
composio-community / awesome-claude-plugins

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.

Design & UI1.9k
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ginkgo-cloud-lab
ginkgo-cloud-lab
k-dense-ai / scientific-agent-skills

Guides protocol selection, input preparation, pricing checks, and browser ordering on Ginkgo Bioworks Cloud Lab (cloud.ginkgo.bio). Applies to cell-free, E. coli, and Pichia protein expression; HiBiT, A280, and LabChip readouts; IVT mRNA/circRNA synthesis; thermal shift assays; Echo-MS methods; SPR target onboarding; plate-reader assay onboarding; and fluorescent pixel art.

Other1.9k
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rev-struct
rev-struct
p4nda0s / reverse-skills

Reconstruct data structures by analyzing memory access patterns across functions

Development1.9k
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dynamo-router-starter
dynamo-router-starter
nvidia / skills

Start or patch Dynamo router modes and run router endpoint smoke checks. Use for round-robin, KV-aware, least-loaded, or device-aware routing setup; use recipe-runner for recipe deployment and troubleshoot for failure diagnosis.

Cloud & DevOps1.9k
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html-wireframe
html-wireframe
plannotator / effective-html

Direct-invocation specialist for low-fidelity, self-contained HTML wireframes that test information hierarchy, content, navigation, task flow, and responsive structure before visual design. Use when the user explicitly invokes html-wireframe or the broad html skill routes a wireframe request here. Do not activate independently from a general request. Do not use for polished mockups or production-like interaction; use html-prototype for those.

Design & UI1.9k
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kotlin-tooling-cocoapods-spm-migration
kotlin-tooling-cocoapods-spm-migration
kotlin / kotlin-agent-skills

Migrate KMP projects from CocoaPods (kotlin("native.cocoapods")) to Swift Package Manager (swiftPMDependencies DSL)—replaces pod() with swiftPackage(), transforms cocoapods.* imports to swiftPMImport.*, and reconfigures the Xcode project.

Development1.9k
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personal-brand
personal-brand
arnabbagxd / brand-building-skills

Build a personal brand strategy for founders, executives, creators, and consultants. Use when the user says "personal brand", "personal branding", "build my brand", "founder brand", "executive brand", "thought leadership", "I want to be known for", "grow my personal brand", "LinkedIn presence", "creator brand", "consultant brand", "personal brand strategy", "position myself", "what should I be known for", or wants to establish credibility, grow an audience, or become a recognized voice in their industry.

Marketing & growth1.9k
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mcp-builder
mcp-builder
composio-community / awesome-claude-plugins

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).

Development1.9k
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brand-positioning
brand-positioning
arnabbagxd / brand-building-skills

Define and sharpen a brand's market positioning — where it sits relative to competitors, what it owns, and how it differentiates. Use when the user says "brand positioning", "positioning statement", "where do we sit in the market", "how are we different", "differentiation strategy", "positioning map", "competitive positioning", "what space do we own", "brand territory", "we're too similar to competitors", "help me position this brand", or wants to find a defensible place in a crowded category.

Marketing & growth1.9k
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core-fix-skill-docs
core-fix-skill-docs
actionbook / rust-skills

Internal maintenance support for checking and fixing generated Rust skill documentation references. Use only when explicitly invoked by /fix-skill-docs.

Agent workflows1.9k
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frontend-design
frontend-design
composio-community / awesome-claude-plugins

Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, or applications. Generates creative, polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.

Design & UI1.9k
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react-native-dev
react-native-dev
minimax-ai / skills

React Native and Expo development guide covering components, styling, animations, navigation, state management, forms, networking, performance optimization, testing, native capabilities, and engineering (project structure, deployment, SDK upgrades, CI/CD). Use when: building React Native or Expo apps, implementing animations or native UI, managing state, fetching data, writing tests, optimizing performance, deploying to App Store/Play Store, setting up CI/CD, upgrading Expo SDK, or configuring Tailwind/NativeWind.

Development1.9k
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gangnamunni-clinic-search
gangnamunni-clinic-search
nomadamas / k-skill

Search publicly available Gangnam Unni pages for plastic surgery and dermatology clinic candidates, ratings, review counts, supported languages, and public clinic links. In Dolsoe, also carry out follow-up actions through official interfaces

Other1.9k
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planetscale-best-practices-matrix
planetscale-best-practices-matrix
planetscale / skills

A concise feature matrix for deciding which PlanetScale safety, observability, and automation recommendations apply by engine.

Data & databases1.9k
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planetscale-postgres-safety-review
planetscale-postgres-safety-review
planetscale / skills

Review PlanetScale Postgres for Traffic Control, query tags, roles, pg_strict, backups/PITR, private connectivity, webhooks, branches, and safe agent operation.

Data & databases1.9k
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test-coverage
test-coverage
cognitedata / builder-skills

MUST be used whenever fixing test coverage for a Flows app to meet the 80% line coverage hard gate. This skill finds AND fixes coverage gaps — it configures tooling, writes missing tests, covers untested paths, and refactors code for testability. It does not just report. Triggers: test coverage, fix tests, write tests, add tests, coverage fix, 80% coverage, coverage gate, missing tests, testability, vitest coverage, jest coverage.

Testing & quality1.9k
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5writing
5writing
jihe520 / mathmodelagent

Supports the paper-writing stage of mathematical modeling competitions with Typst and LaTeX engines. Selects a competition template and typesetting engine based on ANALYSIS_MODELING_REPORT.md, RESULTS_REPORT.md, and figures/*.pdf, organizes sections, and inserts figures and tables directly into the paper by section.

Documents1.9k
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gsap
gsap
mengto / skills

Use when you need to add or debug professional web animations with GSAP (timelines, ScrollTrigger, stagger, transforms) in HTML/CSS/JS/React. Includes patterns for smooth motion, performance, and common pitfalls.

Design & UI1.9k
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margin-trading
margin-trading
binance / binance-skills-hub

Binance Margin-trading request using the Binance API. Authentication requires API key and secret key

Other1.9k
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content-writer
content-writer
aaron-he-zhu / aaron-marketing-skills

Use when the user asks to “write SEO content,” “draft a blog post / landing page,” “update outdated content,” or “fix traffic/ranking decay”; two modes: new drafts pages with keywords, headers, snippets, and evidence boundaries; refresh scores decay, prioritizes update work, and produces a republish plan with GEO guidance. Not for AI-citation/GEO readiness scoring—use geo-content-optimizer; not for publish-gate scoring—use content-quality-auditor. SEO文章写作/内容更新/排名恢复

Marketing & growth1.9k
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social-media-context-sms
social-media-context-sms
blacktwist / social-media-skills

When the user wants to set up or update their social media profile, voice, audience, content pillars, or platform preferences. Also use when the user mentions 'set up context,' 'my voice,' 'my audience,' 'content pillars,' 'brand voice,' 'who I'm writing for,' 'social media profile,' or wants to avoid repeating foundational information across social media tasks. Use this at the start of any new project before using other social media skills — it creates .agents/social-media-context-sms.md that all other skills reference.

Marketing & growth1.9k
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translate-book
translate-book
deusyu / translate-book

Translate books (PDF/DOCX/EPUB) into any language using parallel sub-agents. Converts input -> Markdown chunks -> translated chunks -> HTML/DOCX/EPUB/PDF.

Documents1.9k
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caption-writer-sms
caption-writer-sms
blacktwist / social-media-skills

Use when the user wants to write a caption for a visual-first social media post on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, or YouTube. Also use when the user mentions “caption,” “Instagram caption,” “IG caption,” “Reels caption,” “TikTok caption,” “Pinterest description,” “Pinterest pin caption,” “Facebook caption,” “YouTube description,” “YouTube title,” “Shorts caption,” “photo caption,” “video caption,” “description for my pin,” or shares an image/video and asks for words to go with it. For text-first standalone posts on LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Threads, or Bluesky, see post-writer-sms. For multi-slide carousels, see carousel-writer-sms. For opening lines, see hook-writer-sms.

Marketing & growth1.9k
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explainer-video
explainer-video
iart-ai / explainer-video-skills

Use this skill when the user asks to “make an explainer video,” “turn this into a short explainer,” “write a script and storyboard for a product video,” “produce a how-it-works/onboarding video,” “sync narration and captions,” or “build a 30–90s animated explainer.” Covers script→storyboard→scene build→narration/caption sync→edit→polish

Creative & media1.9k
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feishu-doc
feishu-doc
m1heng / clawdbot-feishu

Feishu document read/write operations + comment management. Activate when user mentions Feishu docs, cloud docs, docx links, or document comments.

Documents1.9k
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knowledge-graph
knowledge-graph
giuseppe-trisciuoglio / developer-kit

Manage persistent Knowledge Graph for specifications. Provides read, query, update, and validation capabilities for codebase analysis caching. Use when: spec-to-tasks needs to cache/reuse codebase analysis, task-implementation needs to validate task dependencies or contracts, spec-quality needs to synchronize provides, or any command needs to query existing patterns/components/APIs. Reduces redundant codebase exploration by caching agent discoveries.

Agent workflows1.9k
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market-research-reports
market-research-reports
davila7 / claude-code-templates

Generate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with scientific-schematics and generate-image, deep integration with research-lookup for data gathering, and multi-framework strategic analysis including Porter's Five Forces, PESTLE, SWOT, TAM/SAM/SOM, and BCG Matrix.

Marketing & growth1.9k
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nemo-rl-auto-research
nemo-rl-auto-research
nvidia / skills

Autonomous NeMo-RL research agent workflow for directed hypothesis testing and open-ended discovery. Guides agents through the full experiment lifecycle: understanding recipes and environments, wiring RL or NeMo-gym runs, launching reproducible baselines and iterations, analyzing results, preserving human oversight, and using git plus TSV logs as the research ledger. Do NOT use for: bug fixes, code review, documentation, refactoring, dependency updates, or single-file changes.

Agent workflows1.9k
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physicsnemo-discover
physicsnemo-discover
nvidia / skills

Official NVIDIA-authored guidance for navigating PhysicsNeMo — pick the model, datapipe, or example for a SciML/AI4Science task (surrogates, forecasting, downscaling, physics-informed, inverse, generative). Points at existing files via live repo search; never writes code. Do NOT use for installation or environment setup, training-loop or other code authoring/scaffolding, contributor/CI/packaging questions, repo-specific questions in physicsnemo-sym/-cfd/-curator, or general (non-physics) ML/PyTorch.

Development1.9k
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4drawio
4drawio
jihe520 / mathmodelagent

Non-data diagramming stage for mathematical modeling. Generate DrawIO diagrams such as technical roadmaps, subproblem-solving flowcharts, model structure diagrams, and data-processing flowcharts based on ANALYSIS_MODELING_REPORT.md, RESULTS_REPORT.md, and existing figures/, then export PDFs suitable for citation in papers.

Design & UI1.9k
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experience-lds-graphql-generate
experience-lds-graphql-generate
forcedotcom / sf-skills

Use ALWAYS when a prompt mentions GraphQL, lightning/uiGraphQLApi, @wire(graphql, ...), or gql template tags in an LWC context — even if the surface ask is "build an LWC". Owns the ENTIRE flow: introspect the org's LDS GraphQL schema, identify entities/fields, construct the schema-validated gql query or mutation, wire it into the LWC via lightning/uiGraphQLApi, verify against a connected org. REQUIRED whenever a prompt asks to render, list, or edit Salesforce records (Account, Contact, Case, custom objects) via GraphQL — the .html and .js scaffolding IS in scope. DO NOT delegate to experience-lwc-generate: that skill has NO GraphQL schema introspection, NO create_lds_graphql_read_query binding, and defaults to getRecord/getRelatedListRecords wire adapters which will not satisfy a GraphQL prompt. DO NOT TRIGGER only if the prompt forbids GraphQL, chooses UIAPI/Apex (use experience-lds-best-practices-apply), or asks for data requirements (use experience-lds-data-requirements-generate).

Development1.9k
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vercel-composition-patterns
vercel-composition-patterns
supabase / supabase

React composition patterns that scale. Use when refactoring components with

Development1.9k
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atxp

Agent wallet, identity, and paid tools in one package. Register an agent, fund it via Stripe or USDC, then use the balance for web search, AI image generation, AI video generation, AI music creation, X/Twitter search, email send/receive, SMS and voice calls, contacts management, and 100+ LLM models. The funding and identity layer for autonomous agents that need to spend money, send messages, make phone calls, or call paid APIs.

Agent workflows1.9k
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design-first-ui-prompting
design-first-ui-prompting
mengto / skills

Use when you need design-first, spec-driven, skimmable prompts for UI generation. Covers prompt structure, constraints, variations, typography/spacing rules, and iteration workflow for consistent UI outputs.

Design & UI1.9k
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icon-set-generator
icon-set-generator
jezweb / claude-skills

Generate cohesive, project-specific SVG icon sets for websites and applications. Use this skill whenever the user needs custom icons, an icon set for a website or app, icons for a client project, or mentions needing SVG icons that look consistent together. Also trigger when the user describes a project and icons would naturally be part of the deliverable — e.g. 'I'm building a site for a plumber' implies they'll need service icons. Trigger on: 'icons for', 'icon set', 'custom icons', 'SVG icons', 'make me icons', 'I need icons', 'website icons', 'project icons', or any request for consistent visual assets for a web project. Produces individual SVG files with a consistent style engine, not generic icon library lookups.

Design & UI1.9k
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