Overview
Free Skills is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code, published by guildshelf. Its author describes it as: “Free Apache-2.0 skills for Claude Code, plus trigger-probe — the open-source tool we used to measure all 18 of our paid skills: 144/180 fires when it should, 180/180 stays quiet when it should, 8 failures published.”. The project has 0 stars on GitHub and does not declare a license, so check with the author before reuse. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add guildshelf/free-skills`.
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Installation
Add Free Skills to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add guildshelf/free-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — named in the skill.md
License
guildshelf has not declared a standard open-source license for this repository (No license). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
Strengths
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Things to check
- No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse
- Limited adoption so far — evaluate before depending on it
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does Free Skills do?
- Free Apache-2.0 skills for Claude Code, plus trigger-probe — the open-source tool we used to measure all 18 of our paid skills: 144/180 fires when it should, 180/180 stays quiet when it should, 8 failures published.
- How do I install Free Skills?
- Run /plugin marketplace add guildshelf/free-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/guildshelf/free-skills before installing.
- Is Free Skills free to use?
- Free Skills is publicly available on GitHub, but guildshelf has not declared a standard open-source license (No license). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.
- Which agents does Free Skills work with?
- Free Skills lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
