Overview
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. 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-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
Claude Skills is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in Jeffallan/claude-skills, an established project with 10,806 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does Claude Skills do?
- 66 Specialized Skills for Full-Stack Developers. Transform Claude Code into your expert pair programmer.
- How do I install Claude Skills?
- Run git clone https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills ~/.claude/skills/claude-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills before installing.
- Is Claude Skills free to use?
- Yes. Claude Skills is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does Claude Skills work with?
- Claude 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.
- Where does Claude Skills come from?
- Claude Skills ships inside Jeffallan/claude-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,806 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
