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Looking for the best productivity skills for Claude Code and other AI coding agents? This collection ranks 159 open-source productivity skills by a blend of GitHub popularity, licensing clarity, and how well each one documents what it does. Skills — sometimes called Agent Skills — are small, shareable bundles of instructions that an agent loads on demand to become better at a specific job, so a strong productivity skill can save you from re-explaining the same context in every session. The highest-ranked entries here, including code-review-and-quality, code-simplification, incremental-implementation, pair an active repository with a real open-source license, which matters if you plan to adapt or redistribute them. Every listing links straight back to its original repository so you can read the source, check recent activity, and copy the exact install command. We refresh this ranking every week as stars, forks, and new releases change across the ecosystem.
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Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.
Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or extracting text from any .pptx or .potx file (even if the extracted content will be used elsewhere, like in an email or summary); editing, modifying, or updating existing presentations; combining or splitting slide files; working with templates (.potx), layouts, speaker notes, or comments. Trigger whenever the user mentions "deck," "slides," "presentation," or references a .pptx or .potx filename, regardless of what they plan to do with the content afterward. If a .pptx or .potx file needs to be opened, created, or touched, use this skill.
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Conducts multi-axis code review. Use before merging any change. Use when reviewing code written by yourself, another agent, or a human. Use when you need to assess code quality across multiple dimensions before it enters the main branch.
Simplifies code for clarity. Use when refactoring code for clarity without changing behavior. Use when code works but is harder to read, maintain, or extend than it should be. Use when reviewing code that has accumulated unnecessary complexity.
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Delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan. Use when rolling a change out behind a feature flag, when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step.
Prepare a new release by collecting commits, generating bilingual release notes, updating version files, and creating a release branch. Use when asked to prepare/create a release, bump version, or run `/prepare-release`.
搜索、安装和协调创建 Claude Code Agent Skills。当用户想要搜索技能、安装工具、创建自定义 Skill，或者说"find a skill"、"搜索技能"、"帮我做个 skill"、"create a skill"时触发。也适用于用户说"有没有做 X 的工具"、"我想扩展 Agent 能力"，或当前能力不足需要先查找可复用方案的场景。
MUST read before searching X/Twitter with the x_search tool. When xAI is connected: date-bound every time-sensitive query (from_date >= yesterday, widen to 7 days), scope trusted accounts with allowed_x_handles, phrase queries as latest/recent with since:/from:/filter: operators, split into 2-3 searches by account and by keyword, and reconcile against web_search. Triggers: X search, Twitter search, tweets, posts on X, what people are saying on X, x_search, social signal.
Runs the Code Mate Qoder CN CLI non-interactively with structured output. Use when the user asks to delegate a bounded coding task to Qoder.
Runs Kimi Code in non-interactive prompt mode and parses its event stream. Use when the user asks to delegate a bounded repository task to Kimi Code.
Conducts multi-axis code review. Use before merging any change. Use when reviewing code written by yourself, another agent, or a human. Use when you need to assess code quality across multiple dimensions before it enters the main branch.
Simplifies code for clarity. Use when refactoring code for clarity without changing behavior. Use when code works but is harder to read, maintain, or extend than it should be. Use when reviewing code that has accumulated unnecessary complexity.
Delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan. Use when rolling a change out behind a feature flag, when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step.
Prepare a new release by collecting commits, generating bilingual release notes, updating version files, and creating a release branch. Use when asked to prepare/create a release, bump version, or run `/prepare-release`.
搜索、安装和协调创建 Claude Code Agent Skills。当用户想要搜索技能、安装工具、创建自定义 Skill，或者说"find a skill"、"搜索技能"、"帮我做个 skill"、"create a skill"时触发。也适用于用户说"有没有做 X 的工具"、"我想扩展 Agent 能力"，或当前能力不足需要先查找可复用方案的场景。
Runs Hermes Agent in one-shot mode for bounded local tasks. Use when the user explicitly asks to delegate work to Hermes and accepts its automatic tool approval behavior.
Runs Kimi Code in non-interactive prompt mode and parses its event stream. Use when the user asks to delegate a bounded repository task to Kimi Code.
Runs a local OpenClaw agent non-interactively and returns its structured response. Use when the user asks to delegate a bounded task to the OpenClaw main agent.
Runs the Code Mate Qoder CN CLI non-interactively with structured output. Use when the user asks to delegate a bounded coding task to Qoder.
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Autonomous iterative experimentation loop for any programming task. Guides the user through defining goals, measurable metrics, and scope constraints, then runs an autonomous loop of code changes, testing, measuring, and keeping/discarding results. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. USE FOR: autonomous improvement, iterative optimization, experiment loop, auto research, performance tuning, automated experimentation, hill climbing, try things automatically, optimize code, run experiments, autonomous coding loop. DO NOT USE FOR: one-shot tasks, simple bug fixes, code review, or tasks without a measurable metric.
Add clidash — a zero-dependency, read-only web dashboard that derives its tabs and tables at runtime from any CLI that lists resources as JSON. Ships pre-wired for NanoClaw's ncl CLI (agent groups, sessions, channels, users, roles), plus message-activity charts, a log tail, and a read-only file viewer for group skills/CLAUDE.md/profiles.
Add a monitoring dashboard to NanoClaw. Installs @nanoco/nanoclaw-dashboard and a pusher that sends periodic JSON snapshots.
Add DeltaChat channel integration via @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server. Native adapter — no Chat SDK bridge. Email-based messaging with end-to-end encryption.
Add Emacs as a channel. Opens an interactive chat buffer and org-mode integration so you can talk to NanoClaw from within Emacs (Doom, Spacemacs, or vanilla). Local HTTP bridge — no bot token or external service needed.
Add iMessage to NanoClaw — one channel, two backends. Local (this Mac's chat.db via the Chat SDK bridge; macOS + Full Disk Access) or Hosted iMessage (via photon.codes — native spectrum-ts with a device-login wizard; any OS, no Mac relay). Triggers on "add imessage", "connect imessage", "add photon", "imessage via photon", "native imessage".
Add a macOS menu bar status indicator for NanoClaw. Shows a bolt icon with a green/red dot indicating whether NanoClaw is running, with Start, Stop, and Restart controls. macOS only.
Add persistent graph-based memory via mnemon. Agents recall past context before responding and remember insights after each turn.
Use OpenCode as an agent provider. OpenRouter, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, etc. via OpenCode config — not the Anthropic Agent SDK. Per group via `ncl groups config update --provider opencode`; host passes OPENCODE_* and XDG mount when spawning containers.
Add Tavily Search and Extract as keyless remote MCP tools for selected NanoClaw agent groups. Use when installing Tavily web search or URL extraction without an API key.
Add Vercel deployment capability to NanoClaw agents. Installs the Vercel CLI in agent containers and sets up OneCLI credential injection for api.vercel.com. Use when the user wants agents to deploy web applications to Vercel.
Deploy apps to Vercel. Use when asked to deploy, ship, or publish a web application, or manage Vercel projects, domains, and environment variables.
Add WeChat (personal) channel integration via Tencent's official iLink Bot API. Uses long-polling and QR scan — no webhook, no ToS risk, no paid token.
Add WhatsApp channel via native Baileys adapter. Direct connection — no Chat SDK bridge. Uses QR code or pairing code for authentication.
Add new capabilities or modify NanoClaw behavior. Use when user wants to add channels (Telegram, Slack, email input), change triggers, add integrations, modify the router, or make any other customizations. This is an interactive skill that asks questions to understand what the user wants.
Debug container agent issues. Use when things aren't working, container fails, authentication problems, or to understand how the container system works. Covers logs, session DBs, mounts, and common issues.
Walk the operator through wiring the first NanoClaw agent to a DM channel — resolve the operator's channel identity, select or create the agent, and trigger a welcome DM via the normal delivery path. Use after channel credentials are configured and the service is running.
Install and initialize OneCLI Agent Vault. Migrates existing .env credentials to the vault. Use after /update-nanoclaw brings in OneCLI as a breaking change, or for first-time OneCLI setup.
Distill a reusable skill from anything — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or what you just did together — or refine an existing skill with new learnings. Use when the user says '/learn', 'learn this', 'turn this into a skill', 'capture this workflow', 'make a skill from <source>', or 'improve/update the <name> skill'. Produces or updates a .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md authored to NanoClaw's skill guidelines. (This CREATES or REFINES a skill from a source; it does not install existing skills from a registry.)
Wire channels to agent groups, manage isolation levels, add new channel groups. Use after adding a channel, during setup, or standalone to reconfigure.
Configure which host directories agent containers can access. View, add, or remove mount allowlist entries. Triggers on "mounts", "mount allowlist", "agent access to directories", "container mounts".
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Generate user-facing release notes from tickets, PRDs, or changelogs. Creates clear, engaging summaries organized by category (new features, improvements, fixes). Use when writing release notes, creating changelogs, announcing product updates, or summarizing what shipped.
Summarize a meeting transcript into structured notes with date, participants, topic, key decisions, summary points, and action items. Use when processing meeting recordings, creating meeting notes, writing meeting minutes, or recapping discussions.
Generate professional infographics with 21 layout types and 22 visual styles. Analyzes content, recommends layout×style combinations, and generates publication-ready infographics. Use when user asks to create "infographic", "信息图", "visual summary", "可视化", or "高密度信息大图".
Summarizes WeChat group chat highlights into a structured digest using the local wx-cli binary (https://github.com/jackwener/wx-cli). Generates a normal digest by default; a roast (毒舌) version is opt-in. Maintains per-group history (history.json + history-digests.jsonl), per-user profiles, and per-group fact memory (memory.md) across runs, with privacy guardrails baked in. Use when the user asks to "总结群聊", "群聊精华", "群聊摘要", "summarize group chat", "group chat digest", mentions a WeChat group name with a time range, says "帮我看看 XX 群最近聊了什么", "XX 群有什么值得看的", or asks to "回溯画像" / "初始化画像" / "backfill profiles". Adds the roast version when the user says "毒舌版", "roast 版", "再来个毒舌的", or similar.
Autonomous experiment loop that optimizes any file by a measurable metric. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. The agent edits a target file, runs a fixed evaluation, keeps improvements (git commit), discards failures (git reset), and loops indefinitely. Use when: user wants to optimize code speed, reduce bundle/image size, improve test pass rate, optimize prompts, improve content quality (headlines, copy, CTR), or run any measurable improvement loop. Requires: a target file, an evaluation command that outputs a metric, and a git repo.
Delegation mode for open-code-review (OCR). Instead of OCR calling an LLM endpoint, this skill instructs the host agent to perform the code review itself, using OCR only for deterministic engineering: file selection and rule resolution. Use when the host agent should drive the review with its own LLM capabilities.
数字生命卡兹克（Khazix）的公众号长文写作skill。当用户需要撰写公众号文章、写稿子、续写文章、根据素材产出长文时使用。触发词包括但不限于：写文章、写稿子、帮我写、续写、扩写、公众号文章、长文、出稿、按我的风格写。即使用户只是说"帮我把这个写成文章"或"用我的风格写一下"，只要上下文涉及内容创作和公众号输出，都应该触发。也适用于用户丢过来一个PDF、brief、新闻链接、语音转文字或任何素材说"帮我写篇文章"的场景。不要用于短内容（小红书帖子、推特、朋友圈）或纯标题摘要生成（那个用wechat-title skill）。
把一句话的想法拆成 AI agent 能独立跑完的目标任务书。用户说「帮我给 agent 写个目标」「帮我详细拆一下这个目标」「写个任务书/brief 给 agent」「写个 goal 提示词」「让 agent 自己跑这个项目」「把活分给几个 agent 并行」时使用。先进代码库实测、必要时联网调研，再一次性提问（≤5 个），产出一份 ≤4000 字符、直接粘进 /goal 就能跑的任务书，含实测数字、白名单地界、防作弊验收和断点续跑。执行型与探索型（调研/选型/找方案）自动分流。
Open-source & free — Battle-tested at Alibaba's scale. Hybrid architecture code review tool: deterministic pipelines + LLM Agent, precise line-level comments, built-in fine-tuned ruleset (NPE, thread-safety, XSS, SQL injection), OpenAI & Anthropic compatible.
Reference-only OpenClaw adaptation of SkillOpt-Sleep. Use it to study or port the contributed DeepSeek wrapper, not as a ready-to-run installation.
Structures and derives research formulas when the user wants to 推导公式, build a theory line, organize assumptions, turn scattered equations into a coherent derivation, or rewrite theory notes into a paper-ready formula document. Use when the derivation target is not yet fully fixed, the main object still needs to be chosen, or the user needs a coherent derivation package rather than a finished theorem proof.
Search research papers via Gemini for broad literature discovery. Use when user says "gemini search", "gemini papers", "search with gemini", or wants AI-powered literature discovery beyond arXiv/Semantic Scholar indexes.
Orchestrates end-to-end autonomous AI research projects using a two-loop architecture. The inner loop runs rapid experiment iterations with clear optimization targets. The outer loop synthesizes results, identifies patterns, and steers research direction. Routes to domain-specific skills for execution, supports continuous agent operation via Claude Code /loop and OpenClaw heartbeat, and produces research presentations and papers. Use when starting a research project, running autonomous experiments, or managing a multi-hypothesis research effort.
Implements and trains LLMs using Lightning AI's LitGPT with 20+ pretrained architectures (Llama, Gemma, Phi, Qwen, Mistral). Use when need clean model implementations, educational understanding of architectures, or production fine-tuning with LoRA/QLoRA. Single-file implementations, no abstraction layers.
State-space model with O(n) complexity vs Transformers' O(n²). 5× faster inference, million-token sequences, no KV cache. Selective SSM with hardware-aware design. Mamba-1 (d_state=16) and Mamba-2 (d_state=128, multi-head). Models 130M-2.8B on HuggingFace.
Educational GPT implementation in ~300 lines. Reproduces GPT-2 (124M) on OpenWebText. Clean, hackable code for learning transformers. By Andrej Karpathy. Perfect for understanding GPT architecture from scratch. Train on Shakespeare (CPU) or OpenWebText (multi-GPU).
RNN+Transformer hybrid with O(n) inference. Linear time, infinite context, no KV cache. Train like GPT (parallel), infer like RNN (sequential). Linux Foundation AI project. Production at Windows, Office, NeMo. RWKV-7 (March 2025). Models up to 14B parameters.
Language-independent tokenizer treating text as raw Unicode. Supports BPE and Unigram algorithms. Fast (50k sentences/sec), lightweight (6MB memory), deterministic vocabulary. Used by T5, ALBERT, XLNet, mBART. Train on raw text without pre-tokenization. Use when you need multilingual support, CJK languages, or reproducible tokenization.
Provides guidance for interpreting and manipulating neural network internals using nnsight with optional NDIF remote execution. Use when needing to run interpretability experiments on massive models (70B+) without local GPU resources, or when working with any PyTorch architecture.
Provides guidance for training and analyzing Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs) using SAELens to decompose neural network activations into interpretable features. Use when discovering interpretable features, analyzing superposition, or studying monosemantic representations in language models.
Provides guidance for enterprise-grade RL training using miles, a production-ready fork of slime. Use when training large MoE models with FP8/INT4, needing train-inference alignment, or requiring speculative RL for maximum throughput.
High-performance RLHF framework with Ray+vLLM acceleration. Use for PPO, GRPO, RLOO, DPO training of large models (7B-70B+). Built on Ray, vLLM, ZeRO-3. 2× faster than DeepSpeedChat with distributed architecture and GPU resource sharing.
Simple Preference Optimization for LLM alignment. Reference-free alternative to DPO with better performance (+6.4 points on AlpacaEval 2.0). No reference model needed, more efficient than DPO. Use for preference alignment when want simpler, faster training than DPO/PPO.
Provides guidance for LLM post-training with RL using slime, a Megatron+SGLang framework. Use when training GLM models, implementing custom data generation workflows, or needing tight Megatron-LM integration for RL scaling.
Provides guidance for PyTorch-native agentic RL using torchforge, Meta's library separating infra from algorithms. Use when you want clean RL abstractions, easy algorithm experimentation, or scalable training with Monarch and TorchTitan.
Fine-tune LLMs using reinforcement learning with TRL - SFT for instruction tuning, DPO for preference alignment, PPO/GRPO for reward optimization, and reward model training. Use when need RLHF, align model with preferences, or train from human feedback. Works with HuggingFace Transformers.
Comprehensive open-source library of AI research and engineering skills for any AI model. Package the skills and your claude code/codex/gemini agent will be an AI research agent with full horsepower. Maintained by Orchestra Research.
Use when developing firmware for microcontrollers, implementing RTOS applications, or optimizing power consumption. Invoke for STM32, ESP32, FreeRTOS, bare-metal, power optimization, real-time systems, configure peripherals, write interrupt handlers, implement DMA transfers, debug timing issues.
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