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design-action-combat
design-action-combat
mengto / skills

Design, implement, tune, or test readable tactical action combat for web games. Use for attack timing, guard and dodge windows, hit contact, posture, lock-on, weapons, boss phases, combat feedback, and deterministic combat tests

Development1.4k
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design-game-encounters
design-game-encounters
mengto / skills

Design, implement, tune, or test Three.js action-game encounters. Use for arena layout, enemy composition, spawn pacing, objectives, boss phases, reward cadence, encounter fixtures, and difficulty validation

Development1.4k
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marketing-strategy-pmm
marketing-strategy-pmm
davila7 / claude-code-templates

Product marketing, positioning, GTM strategy, and competitive intelligence. Includes ICP definition, April Dunford positioning methodology, launch playbooks, competitive battlecards, and international market entry guides. Use when developing positioning, planning product launches, creating messaging, analyzing competitors, entering new markets, enabling sales, or when the user mentions product marketing, positioning, GTM, go-to-market, competitive analysis, market entry, or sales enablement.

Marketing & growth1.4k
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code-testing
code-testing
dotnet / skills

ALWAYS USE for test work that requires changes: write, add, generate, repair, or strengthen tests for existing code in xUnit, MSTest, NUnit, pytest, Vitest/Jest, Go, or another framework. Includes regression cases, failing or flaky tests, coverage-driven additions, and audit-then-fix requests. Focused work stays direct; broad or multi-stage work invokes test-engineer. DO NOT USE for only running tests, analysis-only audits, framework/platform migrations, a test blocked on a missing production seam (testability-obstacle), or MSTest API/configuration corrections that do not design new cases (writing-mstest-tests). Within an active test-engineer pipeline, reuse supplied guidance and do not re-enter this skill.

Testing & quality1.4k
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cs-feat
cs-feat
codestable / codestable

Implement new features or modify existing functionality. Not for pure bug fixes (cs-issue), behavior-equivalent refactoring (cs-refactor), or breaking down large requirements (cs-epic)

Development1.4k
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ecommerce-competitor-analyzer
ecommerce-competitor-analyzer
buluslan / ecommerce-competitor-analyzer

ecommerce-competitor-analyzer is an e-commerce competitor analysis Skill developed by buluslan (WeChat Official Account: 新西楼.AI). It helps break down competitors’ pricing, reviews, traffic structure, and differentiation opportunities, turning “what exactly makes competitors strong” into an actionable competitor analysis report. For more practical AI content on cross-border e-commerce, follow the WeChat Official Account「新西楼.AI」。 Multi-platform competitor analysis across Amazon / Temu / Shopee: scrapes product data and generates AI reports covering pricing, reviews, traffic structure and differentiation space. Use when you need to analyze competitor products, extract product insights, or batch analyze multiple product listings. Supports bulk processing with structured outputs including title, price, rating, reviews, and strategic analysis

Marketing & growth1.4k
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kibana-workflows
kibana-workflows
elastic / agent-skills

Author, validate, test, run, and inspect Elastic Workflow YAML definitions. Use when the user wants to turn natural language into a Kibana workflow, fix workflow YAML, understand triggers or steps, or run a quick test loop against a real Kibana.

Development1.4k
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memory-curate
memory-curate
basicmachines-co / basic-memory

Curate the Basic Memory graph: link orphan notes, propose typed relations, merge duplicates, audit tags and folders, and build hub notes. Use to organize and connect a knowledge base as notes accumulate

Productivity1.4k
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amazon-competitor-analysis
amazon-competitor-analysis
nexscope-ai / amazon-skills

Full-spectrum Amazon competitor analysis. Compare listings, pricing, reviews, advertising strategy, and market positioning against direct competitors. Identify weaknesses to exploit and strengths to counter. Use when the user asks about competitor analysis, competitive research, ASIN comparison, pricing analysis, or how to beat competitors on Amazon.

Marketing & growth1.4k
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skill-optimizer
skill-optimizer
mcollina / skills

Optimizes AI skills for activation, clarity, and cross-model reliability. Use when creating or editing skill packs, diagnosing weak skill uptake, reducing regressions, tuning instruction salience, improving examples, shrinking context cost, or setting benchmark/release gates for skills. Trigger terms: skill optimization, activation gap, benchmark skill, with/without skill delta, regression, context budget, prompt salience.

Agent workflows1.4k
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brand-visual-generator
brand-visual-generator
kostja94 / marketing-skills

When the user wants to define, audit, or apply visual identity (typography, colors, spacing, design tokens, frontend aesthetics). Also use when the user mentions "brand style guide," "visual identity," "design system," "typography," "color palette," "brand guidelines," "AI brand aesthetics," "brand colors," "font choices," "spacing system," "design tokens," "motion," "distinctive design," "frontend aesthetics," "PowerPoint theme," "Google Slides brand," or "slide master colors." For brand story, positioning, and voice, use branding

Design & UI1.4k
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business-document-generator
business-document-generator
ailabs-393 / ai-labs-claude-skills

Use this skill when the user requests professional business documents (proposals, business plans, or budgets) from templates. It provides PDF templates and a Python script for generating filled documents from user data.

Documents1.4k
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dhanhq
dhanhq
dhan-oss / dhanhq-skills

Use when the user mentions DhanHQ, Dhan API, or wants to trade on Indian exchanges (NSE, BSE, MCX). Triggers for: place, modify, or cancel stock/F&O/commodity orders on Dhan; fetch portfolio holdings or positions; get live or historical market data; access option chains with Greeks; check fund limits or margin; build any trading automation for Indian markets; resolve NSE/BSE instrument IDs; stream live WebSocket market feeds or order updates. Also trigger for general questions about programmatic trading on Indian exchanges if Dhan is the user's broker.

Other1.4k
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ssotize
ssotize
lilmgenius / paperthin

Audit and consolidate a fact that's scattered across places into one canonical source, after approval, and replace the rest with references. Use when asked to find duplication, check consistency, locate the source of truth, deduplicate, consolidate, unify, or establish SSOT across artifacts or platforms. Starts read-only, reports the map and plan, then mutates only after explicit approval.

Productivity1.4k
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cs-issue
cs-issue
codestable / codestable

Diagnose or fix bugs, errors, performance regressions, or unexpected existing behavior. Not for new features (cs-feat) or behavior-preserving refactors (cs-refactor).

Development1.4k
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stripe-best-practices
stripe-best-practices
anthropics / claude-plugins-official

Best practices for building Stripe integrations. Use when implementing payment processing, checkout flows, subscriptions, webhooks, Connect platforms, or any Stripe API integration.

Development1.4k
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api-patterns
api-patterns
sickn33 / agentic-awesome-skills

API design principles and decision-making. REST vs GraphQL vs tRPC selection, response formats, versioning, pagination

Development1.4k
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quarterly-review
quarterly-review
anthropics / knowledge-work-plugins

Generates a full QBR narrative — revenue trend, margin trend, customer health, top opportunities and risks — as a presentation-ready PDF or deck. Accepts optional quarter and save-to arguments.

Data & databases1.4k
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screenshot-to-code
screenshot-to-code
onewave-ai / claude-skills

Turns a screenshot, mockup, Figma export, or photo of a UI into working front-end code—React + Tailwind CSS v4 by default, or Next.js, Vue, or plain HTML/CSS—matching layout, spacing, colors, and typography, then renders the result and compares it against the image to close visual gaps. Use whenever the user shares an image of a website, app screen, dashboard, component, or wireframe and wants it built, cloned, recreated, or “made real,” or says “code this up,” “build this design,” or “match this screenshot”

Design & UI1.4k
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video-processing-editing
video-processing-editing
curiositech / some_claude_skills

FFmpeg automation for cutting, trimming, concatenating videos. Audio mixing, timeline editing, transitions, effects. Export optimization for YouTube, social media. Subtitle handling, color

Creative & media1.4k
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cli-for-agents
cli-for-agents
cursor / plugins

Designs or reviews CLIs so coding agents can run them reliably: non-interactive flags, layered --help with examples, stdin/pipelines, fast actionable errors, idempotency, dry-run, and predictable structure. Use when building a CLI, adding commands, writing --help, or when the user mentions agents, terminals, or automation-friendly CLIs.

Development1.4k
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day5-fetch-and-digest
day5-fetch-and-digest
ai-native-camp / camp-1

Create a skill for digesting AI Native Camp Day 5 content. Build and use the three skills fetch-tweet, fetch-youtube, and content-digest. Use for requests such as “Day 5,” “fetch,” “content skill,” “tweet skill,” “YouTube skill,” or “digest skill.”

Agent workflows1.4k
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goldie
goldie
software-mansion-labs / goldie

Create App Store and Play Store screenshots and preview videos for an iOS or Android app. goldie explores the app on a simulator or emulator, writes argent flows, renders framed screenshots and a preview video, and opens a local studio with the finished store page. Use this skill when the user asks for store screenshots, store assets, a preview video, or mentions goldie. Also use it to change assets goldie made before: new headlines, a different background or bezel, or a new screenshot order. Run it from the mobile app's repo.

Marketing & growth1.4k
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qiaomu-mondo-poster-design
qiaomu-mondo-poster-design
joeseesun / qiaomu-mondo-poster-design

Generate master-level posters, book covers, album covers, and other designs from a single sentence. No need to know Photoshop, color theory, or art history; AI automatically selects the best style based on 33+ legendary designers. Supports multiple platforms and aspect ratios: official account covers (21:9), Xiaohongshu images (3:4), article images (16:9), book covers (9:16), album covers (1:1), and movie posters (9:16). Includes AI prompt optimization, style comparison, and image-to-image conversion. Trigger phrases: “Mondo style,” “book cover design,” “album cover,” “poster design,” “reading notes image,” “official account cover,” “Xiaohongshu image,” and “article image.” Generate master-level posters, book covers, album covers, and designs from a single sentence. Includes styles based on 33+ legendary designers and supports multiple platform aspect ratios (21:9, 16:9, 3:4, 1:1, 9:16).

Design & UI1.4k
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cc-skill-frontend-patterns
cc-skill-frontend-patterns
sickn33 / agentic-awesome-skills

Frontend development patterns for React, Next.js, state management, performance optimization, and UI best practices.

Development1.4k
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omni-combos-routing
omni-combos-routing
cheaper-inference / omniroute

Create and manage routing combos with 19 strategies (priority, weighted, round-robin, Auto-combo, and more). Configure fallback chains, test routing outcomes, and retrieve combo metrics.

Cloud & DevOps1.4k
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security-audit
security-audit
ruvnet / ruflo

Comprehensive security scanning and vulnerability detection. Includes input validation, path traversal prevention, CVE detection, and secure coding pattern enforcement. Use when: authentication implementation, authorization logic, payment processing, user data handling, API endpoint creation, file upload handling, database queries, external API integration. Skip when: read-only operations on public data, internal development tooling, static documentation, styling changes

Security1.4k
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ue-editor-tools
ue-editor-tools
quodsoler / unreal-engine-skills

Use when extending the Unreal Editor from C++ with detail customizations, editor utility widgets, menus, editor modes, asset definitions or editor subsystems. Also use when the user mentions 'IDetailCustomization', 'IPropertyTypeCustomization', 'CustomizeDetails', 'RegisterCustomClassLayout', 'IDetailLayoutBuilder', 'AddCustomRow', 'IPropertyHandle', 'UToolMenus', 'ExtendMenu', 'FToolMenuEntry', 'UEditorUtilityWidget', 'Blutility', 'UAssetActionUtility', 'UEditorSubsystem', 'UEdMode', 'UAssetDefinition', 'UFactory', 'FScopedTransaction', or 'editor module'. For Slate fundamentals, see ue-ui-umg-slate; for Build.cs wiring, see ue-module-build-system.

Development1.4k
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ai-video-gen
ai-video-gen
calesthio / openmontage

Generate AI videos from text prompts using multiple provider gateways. Use when: (1) Generating videos from text descriptions, (2) Creating AI-generated video clips for content production, (3) Image-to-video generation with a reference image, (4) Choosing between video generation providers (VEO, Kling, Sora, Runway, Seedance, MiniMax, Gemini Omni). Supports gateways: HeyGen API, fal.ai API, Kling official direct API, and the Gemini API (Gemini Omni Flash).

Creative & media1.4k
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shower
shower
lilmgenius / paperthin

Cold-read the artifact you're focused on from a fresh, zero-context sub-session to confirm it stands on its own — a shower-thought reset for accumulated session bias. Use when a long session has worn away your fresh eyes and you can no longer tell whether the artifact in focus is clear to someone with no prior context; before a handoff, publish, or merge; or when you want a clean-room comprehension smoke test. Spawns a separate context-free reviewer; it diagnoses, it does not fix.

Testing & quality1.4k
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vue
vue
vercel-labs / json-render

Vue 3 renderer for json-render. Use when building Vue UIs from JSON specs, working with @json-render/vue, defining Vue component registries, or rendering AI-generated specs in Vue.

Development1.4k
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webup-statusline
webup-statusline
webup / skills-cc

Generate and install a custom Claude Code status line with selectable columns (model, context, effort level, git, dir, worktree, vim) and a color theme. Context and effort elements color-change based on level. Triggers on "status line", "statusline", "customize status", "status bar", "effort level display", "状态栏", "ステータスライン", or similar.

Agent workflows1.4k
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antv-g2-chart
antv-g2-chart
antvis / chart-visualization-skills

Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, customize, or troubleshoot G2 v5 chart visualizations. Triggers include: any mention of 'G2', 'antv g2', '@antv/g2', 'G2 chart', 'G2 可视化', or requests to produce charts like bar charts (柱状图), line charts (折线图), pie charts (饼图), scatter plots (散点图), area charts (面积图), heatmap (热力图), radar charts (雷达图), treemap (矩形树图), funnel charts (漏斗图), sankey diagrams (桑基图), gauge (仪表盘), wordcloud (词云), boxplot (箱线图), as well as G2-specific topics like encode channels, scale config, coordinate systems, transforms, interactions, themes, labels, and animations. Also use when debugging G2 rendering errors, V4→V5 migration issues, or chart type selection. Do NOT use for G6 graph/network visualization, X6 editor diagrams, or S2 pivot tables

Data & databases1.4k
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go-testing
go-testing
cxuu / golang-skills

Use when writing, reviewing, or improving Go test code — including table-driven tests, subtests, parallel tests, test helpers, test doubles, and assertions with cmp.Diff. Also use when a user asks to write a test for a Go function, even if they don't mention specific patterns like table-driven tests or subtests. Does not cover benchmark performance testing (see go-performance).

Testing & quality1.4k
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legal-writing
legal-writing
anthropics / claude-for-legal

Structural feedback on a legal writing draft (memo, brief, paper, exam essay)—organization, analysis depth, clarity, and citation form. NEVER rewrites the draft. Use when the user says “feedback on my memo,” “read my draft,” or “critique my brief.”

Documents1.4k
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build-game-camera-controls
build-game-camera-controls
mengto / skills

Implement or tune Three.js game cameras. Use for isometric framing, follow behavior, orbit/zoom limits, occlusion, lock-on, camera shake, touch camera controls, and camera regression tests.

Development1.4k
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crm-builder
crm-builder
customware-ai / skills

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vertical skill for the Customware SPA. Defines the section layout, entity views, and mapping rules for transforming a DOMAIN.md into a CRM tool. Use when the Builder Agent classifies a customer's domain as contact management, sales pipeline, deal tracking, or customer relationship workflows. Trigger signals: contacts, leads, deals, pipeline, follow-ups, opportunities, accounts, customer data everywhere, can't track who talked to whom, sales process, referrals.

Development1.4k
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esp32-firmware-engineer
esp32-firmware-engineer
adamlipecz / esp32-firmware-engineer-skill

ESP32 firmware engineering for ESP-IDF projects. Write, review, and debug embedded C/C++ code involving FreeRTOS tasks/queues/timers, GPIO/I2C/SPI/UART/ADC/PWM peripherals, TWAI/CAN, Wi-Fi/BLE networking, OTA updates, Secure Boot and flash encryption, LVGL display integration, build/flash/monitor workflows, logging, crash analysis, memory/code-size optimization, low-power sleep/wakeup design, on-device USB/serial service terminals, and board bring-up. Use when an agent is asked to implement ESP-IDF firmware features, review embedded changes for correctness or race conditions, investigate boot/runtime failures or Guru Meditation panics, interpret serial logs, fix build/link/flash problems, optimize RAM/flash usage, tune deep sleep/light sleep behavior, harden firmware for production, add a service console/CLI, integrate a display with LVGL, or diagnose hardware-software integration issues on ESP32-class devices.

Development1.4k
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ian-xiaohei-illustrations
ian-xiaohei-illustrations
helloianneo / ian-xiaohei-illustrations

Generate Chinese illustrations in Ian’s style. Use for requests to create illustrations for Chinese articles, posts, blogs, Notion documents, workflow documents, methodologies, processes, structures, states, metaphors, or viewpoints, including requests for “怪诞,” “小黑,” “手绘,” “正文配图,” “文章插图,” “配图建议,” “shot list,” or “去标题/改图.” By default, use the 小黑 IP, pure-white hand-drawn style, a few red, orange, and blue annotations, and a clean, fresh yet imaginative visual style.

Creative & media1.4k
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mapbox-maplibre-migration
mapbox-maplibre-migration
mapbox / mapbox-agent-skills

Guide for migrating from MapLibre GL JS to Mapbox GL JS, covering API compatibility, token setup, style configuration, and the benefits of Mapbox's official support and ecosystem

Development1.4k
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reflect
reflect
neolabhq / context-engineering-kit

Reflect on previous response and output, based on Self-refinement framework for iterative improvement with complexity triage and verification

Agent workflows1.4k
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code-review-checklist
code-review-checklist
sickn33 / agentic-awesome-skills

Comprehensive checklist for conducting thorough code reviews covering functionality, security, performance, and maintainability

Testing & quality1.4k
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sf-integration
sf-integration
jaganpro / sf-skills

Salesforce integration architecture with 120-point scoring. Trigger when the user sets up Named Credentials, External Services, REST/SOAP callouts, Platform Events, CDC, or touches .namedCredential-meta.xml files. Do not trigger for Connected App/OAuth configuration (use sf-connected-apps), Apex-only logic (use sf-apex), or data import/export (use sf-data).

Development1.4k
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electron-development
electron-development
mindrally / skills

Electron development guidelines for building cross-platform desktop applications with JavaScript/TypeScript

Development1.4k
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mcp2cli
mcp2cli
knowsuchagency / mcp2cli

Turn any MCP server, OpenAPI spec, or GraphQL endpoint into a CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to interact with an MCP server, OpenAPI/REST API, or GraphQL API via command line, discover available tools/endpoints, call API operations, or generate a new skill from an API. Triggers include "mcp2cli", "call this MCP server", "use this API", "list tools from", "create a skill for this API", "graphql", or any task involving MCP tool invocation, OpenAPI endpoint calls, or GraphQL queries without writing code.

Development1.4k
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product
product
boshu2 / agentops

Create or refine PRODUCT.md while separating evidence, aspiration, users, value, and non-goals. Triggers: "product", "create PRODUCT.md", "product boundary".

Development1.4k
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crm-maintenance
crm-maintenance
anthropics / knowledge-work-plugins

Keeps HubSpot up to date without the owner opening it: creates and updates contacts and deals from email and calendar context, logs notes and calls, and flags stale records. The “stop doing data entry” skill. Use when the user asks to update the CRM, log a call, clean up HubSpot, or add context to a deal.

Marketing & growth1.4k
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ecommerce-keyword-research
ecommerce-keyword-research
nexscope-ai / ecommerce-skills

Cross-platform keyword research for e-commerce. Discover high-converting keywords across Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, Google Shopping, TikTok Shop, and Walmart. Analyzes search volume signals, competition indicators, commercial intent, and long-tail opportunities.

Marketing & growth1.4k
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pptx-author
pptx-author
anthropics / financial-services

Produce a .pptx file on disk (headless) instead of driving a live PowerPoint document — for managed-agent sessions with no open Office app

Documents1.4k
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wt-switch-create
wt-switch-create
max-sixty / worktrunk

Create a new worktrunk worktree (optionally in another repo) and switch this session's working directory into it. Use when launching a session that should work in its own worktree.

Development1.4k
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axiom-media
axiom-media
charleswiltgen / axiom

Use when working with camera, photos, audio, haptics, ShazamKit, on-device music analysis, face grouping and video highlights, screen recording, casting to non-AirPlay routes, SharePlay playback, the user's Apple Music library, lock-screen metadata, or CarPlay app design, templates, and navigation. Covers AVCaptureSession, AVFoundation, Core Haptics, MediaPlayer, MusicKit, NowPlaying, ScreenCaptureKit, DockKit.

Development1.4k
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code-review
code-review
alinaqi / maggy

Mandatory code reviews via /code-review before commits and deploys

Testing & quality1.4k
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hate
hate
lilmgenius / paperthin

Attack a plan, design, or argument like you want it to fail before you commit real effort — return the single load-bearing objection and the cheapest experiment that would prove it matters, not a checklist. User-invoked on purpose: a hate-it reflex always in the agent's reach would bias it toward demolition. Weighs many failure axes but owns the synthesis to one root.

Productivity1.4k
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linkedin-writer
linkedin-writer
ognjengt / founder-skills

Creates viral LinkedIn posts using proven formats, post templates, and voice matching. Use when user needs engaging, high-performing posts for LinkedIn.

Marketing & growth1.4k
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pr-triage

PR triage: audit open PRs, deep review selected ones, draft and post review comments. Args: "all" to review all, PR numbers to focus (e.g. "42 57"), "en"/"fr" for language, no arg = audit only in French.

Testing & quality1.4k
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senior-devops
senior-devops
davila7 / claude-code-templates

Comprehensive DevOps skill for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, containerization, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). Includes pipeline setup, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and monitoring. Use when setting up pipelines, deploying applications, managing infrastructure, implementing monitoring, or optimizing deployment processes

Cloud & DevOps1.4k
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cookie-policy-page-generator
cookie-policy-page-generator
kostja94 / marketing-skills

Deprecated compatibility entry for Cookie Policy Page construction. This page is now maintained in Pagina; install and use page-builder to build a new Cookie Policy Page.

Design & UI1.4k
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debugging-capacitor
debugging-capacitor
cap-go / capgo-skills

Diagnoses and fixes runtime bugs in Capacitor iOS/Android apps - white/blank screen on launch, startup crashes, `"X" plugin is not implemented on ios/android`, `net::ERR_CLEARTEXT_NOT_PERMITTED`, App Transport Security blocks, CORS on capacitor://localhost, permission denials, live reload not connecting, and Capacitor 8.5+ UIScene regressions (appUrlOpen, universal links, pause/resume silent because AppDelegate callbacks stopped). Covers Safari Web Inspector, chrome://inspect, Xcode/LLDB, Android Studio, `npx cap run --url` (Capacitor 9) vs `-l --host` (8), `xcrun simctl openurl|privacy|push`, `xcrun devicectl device process launch|openURL`, `xctrace`. Do not use for only reading device logs (ios-android-logs), the UIScene migration itself (capacitor-uiscene-migration), deep-link setup (capacitor-deep-linking), speed (capacitor-performance), crash SDKs (capacitor-native-observability), tests (capacitor-testing), or upgrades/build errors (capacitor-app-upgrades, cocoapods-to-spm).

Development1.4k
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web-motion-design
web-motion-design
dylantarre / animation-principles

Use when building CSS animations, JavaScript transitions, React/Vue motion, or any browser-based animation work.

Design & UI1.4k
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ai-image-generator
ai-image-generator
jezweb / claude-skills

Generate AI images using Gemini or GPT APIs directly. Covers model selection (Gemini for scenes; GPT Image 2 for text rendering, batch variations, multi-reference compositing; GPT Image 1.5 for transparent icons), the 5-part prompting framework, API calling patterns, multi-turn editing, and quality assurance. Produces photorealistic scenes, icons, illustrations, OG images, posters, infographics, and product shots. Use when building websites that need images, creating marketing assets, or generating visual content. Triggers: 'generate image', 'ai image', 'create hero image', 'make an icon', 'generate illustration', 'create og image', 'poster', 'infographic', 'image variations', 'gpt-image-2', 'ai art', 'image generation'

Creative & media1.4k
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New to MCP?

From what the protocol is to installing your first server, these answers cover most first questions.

An open protocol that defines how AI applications connect to external tools and data in a uniform way. Clients talk to the model; MCP servers provide tools, resources and prompt templates. They exchange standard messages, so one server can be reused by many clients.