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How-tos, comparisons and roundups of agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other AI coding agents, from the Skill Navigator editors.
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Best Claude Code Skills: Official and Community Picks
A grouped shortlist of the best Claude Code skills from the directory's top and official lists, with licence, requirements and a trade-off for each pick.
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Best Claude DOCX Skills: Word Skills for AI Coding Agents
A comparison of Claude DOCX skills for creating, editing and redlining Word files, with requirements, licences and the job each one fits.
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Best Claude PDF Skills: Read, Fill, Extract and Create PDFs
Compare the best Claude PDF skills from the directory: what each one does, what it needs, its licence, and which PDF job it fits.
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Best Claude PowerPoint Skills and Slides Skills for AI Agents
Compare PowerPoint and slides skills for Claude Code and Codex: native .pptx generators and HTML deck builders, with requirements and licences.
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Best Claude Stock Analysis and Trading Skills for AI Agents
Compare Claude stock analysis skills and backtesting skills in the directory: data sources, credentials required, licence terms and safety check results.
· 6 min read
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Best Code Review Skills for Claude Code and Codex
Compare code review skills for Claude Code and Codex: reviewer subagents, checklists and pull request loops, with licence, requirements and trade-offs.
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Best Debugging Skills for Claude Code and Codex
Compare the best Claude Code debugging skill options and root-cause skills in the directory: method, requirements, licence and which bugs each one suits.
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Best Excel (XLSX) Skills for Claude Code and Codex
Which Claude Excel skill should you use? Compare XLSX skills for formulas, formatting, recalculation and data analysis, with licences and requirements.
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Best Frontend Design Skills for Claude Code and Codex
Compare frontend design skills for AI coding agents: design direction, UI knowledge bases, component systems and accessibility, with licences.
· 6 min read
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Best Humanizer Skills for Claude: Make AI Writing Sound Less Robotic
Compare the humanizer Claude skills in the directory: the rules each one applies, tokens it loads, licence and the trade-offs of editing AI prose.
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Best LinkedIn and Social Media Skills for Claude
Compare each Claude LinkedIn skill in the directory: draft-only writers, publishing tools, API keys needed, licence, safety results and platform-terms caveats.
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Best Obsidian Skills for Claude Code: Notes, Vaults and Canvas
Compare the best Claude skill for Obsidian notes, Bases, JSON Canvas and vault control: what each reads and writes, requirements, licence and trade-offs.
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Best Remotion and Video Skills for Claude Code
Compare Remotion Claude skills and other video skills in the directory: what each builds, what it needs installed, licence terms and trade-offs.
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Best Web Scraping and Web Search Skills for Claude Code and Codex
Compare web scraping and web search skills for Claude Code and Codex: API keys needed, what each fetches, licence, safety results and robots caveats.
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Claude Code Plugins and Marketplaces: How They Work and How They Differ from Skills
How Claude Code plugins and marketplaces work, what a plugin bundles beyond a skill, the install and scope commands, and when to pick one over a skill.
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Claude Code Subagents: What They Are and the Best Subagent Skills
How Claude Code subagents work, how to define one, how they differ from skills, and which subagent and multi-agent skills in the directory are worth installing.
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Claude Playwright Skills: Best Browser Automation and E2E Testing
Compare Claude Playwright skills and other browser automation and e2e testing skills: tools used, setup, licence and what to check before you install.
· 6 min read
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Claude Skills vs MCP vs Plugins vs Subagents: Which to Use
Skills, MCP servers, plugins and subagents solve different problems in Claude Code. See what each one is, what it loads into context, and how to choose.
· 7 min read
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CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md vs Skills: What Goes Where
CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md vs skills, explained: which agents read which file, what loads every session, and a simple rule for placing each instruction.
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Codex Skills: How to Add and Use Agent Skills in OpenAI Codex
Codex skills are SKILL.md folders Codex loads on demand. See where they live, four ways to install one, how Codex picks it, and which to try first.
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Cursor Skills: How to Add Agent Skills and How They Differ from Rules
Cursor skills are SKILL.md folders the agent loads when relevant. Learn where they live, how to install one, and when to pick a rule instead.
· 6 min read
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Everything Claude Code (ECC): What the Repository Contains and How to Use It
What the everything-claude-code repository, now called ECC, ships: skills, agents, commands, hooks and rules, how to install it and what to review.
· 6 min read
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Gemini CLI Skills: Installing and Using Agent Skills
Gemini CLI skills load on demand after you approve them. See how they differ from extensions and custom commands, where they live and how to install.
· 6 min read
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GitHub Copilot Agent Skills: Where They Live and How to Install Them
GitHub Copilot agent skills are SKILL.md folders in .github/skills. See which Copilot surfaces use them, how gh skill installs one, and project vs user scope.
· 6 min read
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How to Add Skills to Claude Code (4 Install Methods)
Four ways to add skills to Claude Code: plugin marketplace, skills CLI, GitHub CLI or manual copy, plus personal vs project scope and load fixes.
· 6 min read
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How to Create a Claude Skill: SKILL.md Step by Step
Build your first Claude skill from an empty folder: write the SKILL.md, craft a description that triggers, test it, use skill-creator and publish to GitHub.
· 7 min read
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MCP Builder Skill: The Official Anthropic Skill and Other MCP Skills Compared
What the official mcp-builder skill does, how it differs from an MCP server, and which other MCP skills in the directory build, wrap or configure servers.
· 6 min read
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OpenClaw Skills: Where They Live, How to Install Them and What ClawHub Is
How OpenClaw skills work: the seven folders it reads and which wins, how to install one from ClawHub or GitHub, what gating does, and what to vet first.
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SKILL.md Format Reference: Frontmatter, Folders and Limits
Every SKILL.md frontmatter field, the skill folder layout, size and description limits, and how Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Copilot differ from the spec.
· 7 min read
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SkillsMP Alternatives: Claude Skills Marketplace Options Compared
SkillsMP, skills.sh, ClawHub, GitHub lists, vendor repos and this directory compared on how skills are listed, vetted and installed, as each site states.
· 6 min read
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Superpowers for Claude Code: What the Skills Do and How to Install Them
What the obra Superpowers skills do in Claude Code, how brainstorming, plans, subagents and TDD chain together, and how to install them.
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UI UX Pro Max Skill: What ui-ux-pro-max Does and How to Install It
What the ui-ux-pro-max skill from nextlevelbuilder contains, how its design system generator works, how to install it, and how its copies differ.
· 6 min read
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What Are Claude Skills? How SKILL.md Folders Work
Claude skills are folders with a SKILL.md file that an agent loads on demand. Learn what is inside one, how loading works and when a skill beats a prompt.
· 7 min read