skills — Agent Tool by mattpocock

by mattpocock · Agent Tool · ★ 74.0k

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About skills

Agent Skills A collection of agent skills that extend capabilities across planning, development, and tooling. Planning & Design These skills help you think through problems before writing code. write-a-prd — Create a PRD through an interactive interview, codebase exploration, and module design. Filed as a GitHub issue. prd-to-issues — Break a PRD into independently-grabbable GitHub issues using vertical slices. grill-me — Get relentlessly interviewed about a plan or design until every branch of the decision tree is resolved. Development These skills help you write, refactor, and fix code. tdd — Test-driven development with a red-green-refactor loop. Builds features or fixes bugs one vertical slice at a time. triage-issue — Investigate a bug by exploring the codebase, identify the root cause, and file a GitHub issue with a TDD-based fix plan. improve-codebase-architecture — Explore a codebase for architectural improvement opportunities, focusing on deepening shallow modules and improving testability. Tooling & Setup setup-pre-commit — Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged, Prettier, type checking, and tests.

Quick Facts

Stars73,965
Forks6,385
LanguageShell
CategoryAgent Tool
LicenseMIT
Quality Score35.036/100
Open Issues24
Last Updated2026-05-12
Created2026-02-03
Platformsclaude-code, cli
Est. Tokens~11k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is skills?

skills is Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 74.0k GitHub stars.

What programming language is skills written in?

skills is primarily written in Shell.

How do I install or use skills?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the skills GitHub repository at github.com/mattpocock/skills. The project has 74.0k stars and 6385 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does skills use?

skills is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

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