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Claude Skills
Claude Skills is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code, published by Jeffallan. Its author describes it as: “66 Specialized Skills for Full-Stack Developers. Transform Claude Code into your expert pair programmer.”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT License license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills ~/.claude/skills/claude-skills`.
Installation
Add Claude Skills to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills ~/.claude/skills/claude-skillsAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
When to use it
Reach for Claude Skills when you want productivity help from Claude Code without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT License license — safe to read and adapt
- Established project with 10,806 GitHub stars
- Declares compatibility with Claude Code
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
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