claude-skills is a free, open source ai development platforms project written in Python and released under MIT. It has 26,077 GitHub stars, 3,677 forks and 17 open issues, and was last pushed 19 days ago. On this registry it ranks #31 of 61 tracked projects in AI Development Platforms, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available. It gained 85 stars over the last 3 tracked days.

What is claude-skills?

claude-skills is an MIT-licensed library of 388 Claude Code skills, plugins, and agent skills that packages domain expertise for AI coding agents, aimed at developers and teams running Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and nine other coding agents.

What it is

claude-skills lives in the AI coding agent ecosystem as a collection of modular instruction packages that give agents expertise they do not have out of the box. Each skill is built from three parts: a SKILL.md file holding structured instructions, workflows, and decision frameworks; Python CLI tools; and reference documentation such as templates, checklists, and domain knowledge files. The repository distinguishes three layers, which work together rather than competing. Skills describe how to execute a task, agents describe what task to do, and personas describe who is thinking, with the README using "Follow these steps for SEO", "Run a security audit", and "Think like a startup CTO" as the illustrative cases. An orchestration section explains how the three combine.

The concrete problem it solves is tool fragmentation. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw, Cursor, Aider, Windsurf, Kilo Code, OpenCode, Augment, and Antigravity each carry their own conventions for agent extensions, and teams that use more than one agent normally maintain separate copies. claude-skills instead ships one repository that works natively as Claude Code plugins, Codex agent skills, and Gemini CLI skills, and it uses the agentskills.io SKILL.md standard so that Hermes Agent and Mistral Vibe need no format conversion at all. For everything else, scripts/convert.sh performs the conversion. The thing it replaces is the per-tool rewrite of the same expertise package.

Key capabilities

  • 388 skills, 118 agents, 7 personas, and 150 commands, per the README badges.
  • Bundled Python tooling: 706 CLI scripts that are stdlib-only with zero pip installs, plus 823 reference docs and templates.
  • Cross-platform install targets covering thirteen named tools, with scripts/convert.sh handling tools without a native path.
  • 21 /cs:* slash commands and founder-mode C-level personas spanning CFO, CMO, CRO, CPO, COO, CHRO, CISO, GC, CDO, CAIO, CCO, and VPE.
  • Domain coverage across engineering, DevOps, marketing including AEO (Answer Engine Optimization for LLM citation), compliance, and security through PreToolUse hooks.
  • An academic research stack (litreview, grants, dossier, patent, syllabus, pulse, notebooklm, deep-research plus a hybrid router) and v2.9.0 enterprise Research Operations packs: clinical-research, research-finance, market-research, product-research.
  • Productivity skills for capture, email, reflect, weekly-review, deep-work, and meetings, with a SkillCheck validation badge.

Who uses it and how

  • Individual developers on Claude Code who install the library as plugins instead of writing their own skill definitions.
  • Teams where different members run different agents, since one repository serves Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and the other supported tools.
  • Founders and operators who invoke the C-level personas and /cs:* commands for advisory work across finance, marketing, and product.
  • Research and clinical teams using the v2.9.0 Research Operations packs for structured, repeatable research workflows.
  • Windows users, who must clone with git clone -c core.symlinks=true under Developer Mode and set PYTHONUTF8=1, because the .gemini/, .codex/, .vibe/, and .hermes/ mirror trees otherwise check out as one-line pointer text files.

Getting started

The README provides a Quick Install section per tool, with native plugin installation for the primary agents and BYO-sync steps for the others: run python scripts/sync-hermes-skills.py once locally to populate ~/.hermes/skills/, or ./scripts/vibe-install.sh to populate ~/.vibe/skills/. Both use pre-generated trees (​.hermes/skills/claude-skills/ and .vibe/skills/claude-skills/) already present in the repository.

How it compares

The facts name no paid products that this project replaces, and they name no directly comparable skills library, so claude-skills stands alone in this registry. The only adjacent tools listed are the coding agents it supports, and those are integrations rather than substitutes.

When to use it — and when not to

Operations burden is light, since the Python tools are stdlib-only and no database, storage service, or SMTP dependency appears in the facts, but Hermes Agent and Mistral Vibe users must run a sync script locally rather than receiving a managed install. Anyone not using one of the thirteen supported coding agents should look elsewhere, and anyone wanting a hosted service rather than a cloned repository will not find that option here. The README also carries internally inconsistent counts — the tagline says 380+ skills, 30+ agents, and 70+ commands while the badges say 388, 118, and 150, and the README body still claims 5,200+ GitHub stars against the registry figure of 26,037 — which is worth checking against the current tree before relying on exact numbers.

project readme (upstream, from github) — read inline

Claude Code Skills & Plugins — Agent Skills for Every Coding Tool

388 production-ready Claude Code skills, plugins, and agent skills for 13 AI coding tools.

The most comprehensive open-source library of Claude Code skills and agent plugins — also works with OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 9 more coding agents. Reusable expertise packages covering engineering, DevOps, marketing (incl. AEO — Answer Engine Optimization for LLM citation), security (PreToolUse hooks), compliance, C-level advisory (incl. founder-mode CFO/CMO/CRO/CPO/COO/CHRO/CISO/GC/CDO/CAIO/CCO/VPE personas + 21 /cs:* slash commands), productivity (capture/email/reflect/weekly-review/deep-work/meetings), an academic research stack (litreview/grants/dossier/patent/syllabus/pulse/notebooklm/deep-research + hybrid router), and enterprise Research Operations (clinical-research/research-finance/market-research/product-research, v2.9.0).

Works with: Claude Code · OpenAI Codex · Gemini CLI · OpenClaw · Hermes Agent[^hermes] · Mistral Vibe[^vibe] · Cursor · Aider · Windsurf · Kilo Code · OpenCode · Augment · Antigravity

[^hermes]: Hermes Agent is BYO-sync tier: the repo ships a pre-generated .hermes/skills/claude-skills/ tree, but you run python scripts/sync-hermes-skills.py once locally to install into ~/.hermes/skills/. Uses the same agentskills.io SKILL.md standard — no format conversion. [^vibe]: Mistral Vibe is also BYO-sync tier: the repo ships a pre-generated .vibe/skills/claude-skills/ tree, run ./scripts/vibe-install.sh once locally to install into ~/.vibe/skills/. Same agentskills.io SKILL.md standard — no format conversion. Docs: .

License: MIT Skills Agents Personas Commands Stars SkillCheck Validated

5,200+ GitHub stars — the most comprehensive open-source Claude Code skills & agent plugins library.


What Are Claude Code Skills & Agent Plugins?

Claude Code skills (also called agent skills or coding agent plugins) are modular instruction packages that give AI coding agents domain expertise they don't have out of the box. Each skill includes:

  • SKILL.md — structured instructions, workflows, and decision frameworks
  • Python tools — 706 CLI scripts (all stdlib-only, zero pip installs)
  • Reference docs — 823 templates, checklists, and domain-specific knowledge files

One repo, thirteen platforms. Works natively as Claude Code plugins, Codex agent skills, Gemini CLI skills, Hermes Agent skills, Mistral Vibe skills, and converts to more tools via scripts/convert.sh. All 727 Python tools run anywhere Python runs.

Skills vs Agents vs Personas

Skills Agents Personas
Purpose How to execute a task What task to do Who is thinking
Scope Single domain Single domain Cross-domain
Voice Neutral Professional Personality-driven
Example "Follow these steps for SEO" "Run a security audit" "Think like a startup CTO"

All three work together. See Orchestration for how to combine them.


Quick Install

Windows users: clone with git clone -c core.symlinks=true (Developer Mode enabled) — otherwise the .gemini//.codex//.vibe//.hermes/ mirror trees check out as 1-line pointer text files instead of skills — and set PYTHONUTF8=1 so tools that print Unicode don't crash on legacy-codepage consoles. Details: INSTALLATION.md → Windows Notes.

Gemini CLI (New)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
cd claude-skills

# Run the setup script
./scripts/gemini-install.sh

# Start using skills
> activate_skill(name="senior-architect")

Claude Code (Recommended)

# Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills

# Install by domain
/plugin install engineering-skills@claude-code-skills          # 24 core engineering
/plugin install engineering-advanced-skills@claude-code-skills  # 25 POWERFUL-tier
/plugin install product-skills@claude-code-skills               # 12 product skills
/plugin install marketing-skills@claude-code-skills             # 43 marketing skills
/plugin install ra-qm-skills@claude-code-skills                 # 12 regulatory/quality
/plugin install pm-skills@claude-code-skills                    # 6 project management
/plugin install c-level-skills@claude-code-skills               # 28 C-level advisory (full C-suite)
/plugin install business-growth-skills@claude-code-skills       # 4 business & growth
/plugin install finance-skills@claude-code-skills               # 2 finance (analyst + SaaS metrics)

# Or install individual skills
/plugin install skill-security-auditor@claude-code-skills       # Security scanner
/plugin install playwright-pro@claude-code-skills                  # Playwright testing toolkit
/plugin install self-improving-agent@claude-code-skills         # Auto-memory curation
/plugin install content-creator@claude-code-skills              # Single skill

OpenAI Codex

npx agent-skills-cli add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --agent codex
# Or: git clone + ./scripts/codex-install.sh

OpenClaw

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/main/scripts/openclaw-install.sh)

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
# Copy any skill folder to ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code) or ~/.codex/skills/ (Codex)

Multi-Tool Support (New)

Convert all 345 skills to 9 AI coding tools with a single script:

Tool Format Install
Cursor .mdc rules ./scripts/install.sh --tool cursor --target .
Aider CONVENTIONS.md ./scripts/install.sh --tool aider --target .
Kilo Code .kilocode/rules/ ./scripts/install.sh --tool kilocode --target .
Windsurf .windsurf/skills/ ./scripts/install.sh --tool windsurf --target .
OpenCode .opencode/skills/ ./scripts/install.sh --tool opencode --target .
Augment .augment/rules/ ./scripts/install.sh --tool augment --target .
Antigravity ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/ ./scripts/install.sh --tool antigravity
Hermes Agent ~/.hermes/skills/ python scripts/sync-hermes-skills.py --verbose
Mistral Vibe ~/.vibe/skills/ ./scripts/vibe-install.sh

How it works:

# 1. Convert all skills to all tools (takes ~15 seconds)
./scripts/convert.sh --tool all

# 2. Install into your project (with confirmation)
./scripts/install.sh --tool cursor --target /path/to/project

# Or use --force to skip confirmation:
./scripts/install.sh --tool aider --target . --force

# 3. Verify
find .cursor/rules -name "*.mdc" | wc -l  # Should show 346

Each tool gets:

  • ✅ All 345 skills converted to native format
  • ✅ Per-tool README with install/verify/update steps
  • ✅ Support for scripts, references, templates where applicable
  • ✅ Zero manual conversion work

Run ./scripts/convert.sh --tool all to generate tool-specific outputs locally.


Skills Overview

388 production-ready skills across 20 domains:

Domain Skills Highlights Details
🔧 Engineering — Core 53 Architecture, frontend, backend, fullstack, QA, DevOps, SecOps, AI/ML, data, Playwright Pro (test gen, flaky fix, migrations), self-improving agent (auto-memory curation), security suite, a11y audit, named-persona-adversarial-review (review via named engineering philosophies), embedded-iot-mentor (MCU/board selection, firmware-reuse-first, breadboard-MVP discipline) engineering-team/
⚡ Engineering — POWERFUL 93 Agent designer, RAG architect, database designer, CI/CD builder, security auditor, MCP builder, AgentHub, Helm charts, Terraform, self-eval, llm-wiki, tc-tracker, autoresearch-agent, reliability portfolio (feature-flags-architect, kubernetes-operator, chaos-engineering, slo-architect), ship-gate, security-guidance PreToolUse hook, Matt Pocock skills (write-a-skill, caveman, grill-me, handoff, grill-with-

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Frequently asked questions

Is claude-skills free to use?

claude-skills is open source under the MIT licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does claude-skills do?

380 Claude Code skills & agent skills & plugins (30+ Agents, 70+ custom commands, 380+ skills, customizable references, scripts)for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini C

What is claude-skills written in?

claude-skills is primarily written in Python. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills, and it has 26,077 GitHub stars.