Favorite Skills and Plugins

A curated collection of agent skills and plugins for enhancing Claude Code and other AI agents.

Structure

favorite_skills_and_plugins/
├── skills/          # Claude Code skills and agent capabilities
├── commands/        # Custom slash commands for Claude Code
├── plugins/         # MCP servers and plugin integrations
├── examples/        # Example configurations and usage patterns
├── docs/           # Detailed documentation for created skills
└── .github/        # GitHub Actions and repository automation

Created Skills

Custom skills built specifically for this repository.

continuous-claudemd-updates

Automatically maintains CLAUDE.md documentation in sync with codebase changes through commit analysis and periodic audits.

Key features: Automatic git commit analysis, conciseness enforcement, staleness detection, audit capabilities, auto-commit functionality.

Install:

npx skills add vijaykpatel/favorite_skills_and_plugins@continuous-claudemd-updates

Read full documentation →

cold-outreach

Write highly effective cold emails and LinkedIn messages to recruiters, hiring managers, founders, and engineers. Based on Ben Lang's proven cold outreach framework (Next Play) - the three-part email structure, five deadly sins to avoid, and concrete examples that got real responses.

Key features: Three-part email structure (who/why/care), five deadly sins validation, proven templates by scenario (founders, recruiters, hiring managers), follow-up strategy, LinkedIn variations, "show don't tell" tactics.

Install:

npx skills add vijaykpatel/favorite_skills_and_plugins@cold-outreach

pr-review-handler

Systematically handle PR review feedback by fetching comments, analyzing priorities, implementing fixes, responding to reviewers, and pushing updates.

Key features: Automated comment fetching via gh CLI, priority categorization (critical/high/medium/low), structured fix implementation, reviewer response templates, support for bot reviews (Devin AI, Cursor Bugbot).

Install:

npx skills add vijaykpatel/favorite_skills_and_plugins@pr-review-handler

Read full documentation →

design-taste

Apply principles of good design taste when creating, reviewing, or critiquing any creative or technical work. Based on Paul Graham's "Taste for Makers" essay—taste is not subjective preference but a learnable sense for what makes something genuinely good. Applies across software, writing, visual design, architecture, APIs, and more.

Key features: Fourteen design principles (simplicity, timelessness, solving the right problem, suggestiveness, symmetry, redesign, daring, and more), philosophy of craft across disciplines, exemplars from math to visual art.

Install:

npx skills add vijaykpatel/favorite_skills_and_plugins@design-taste

Read full documentation →

Custom Commands

Reusable slash commands for Claude Code. Copy to .claude/commands/ in any repo.

Command	Description
deep-plan	Garry Tan's plan mode prompt for detailed interactive code review (architecture, code quality, tests, performance)

Install:

cp commands/deep-plan.md /path/to/your-repo/.claude/commands/
# Or symlink globally:
ln -s $(pwd)/commands/deep-plan.md ~/.claude/commands/

Imported Skills

Curated skills from the community and leading developers.

Skill Name	Source
Find Skills	skills.sh
Web Design Guidelines	skills.sh
Frontend Design	skills.sh
Agent Browser	skills.sh
Before and After Screenshots	jm.sv
Skill Creator	skills.sh
React Composition Patterns	skills.sh
Vercel React Best Practices	skills.sh
Next Best Practices	skills.sh
AI SDK	skills.sh
SEO Audit	skills.sh
Technical & SEO Website Audit	skills.sh
Programmatic SEO	skills.sh
Performance Optimization	skills.sh
Core Web Vitals	skills.sh
PDF Parsing	skills.sh
Webapp Testing	skills.sh
MCP Builder	skills.sh
Theme Factory	skills.sh
Algorithmic Art	skills.sh
Using Git Worktrees	skills.sh
UI-UX Pro Max	skills.sh
Ralph (PRD to Tasks)	skills.sh
Ryan Carson PRD Generator	skills.sh

Plugins & Toolsets

Complete plugin packages and comprehensive toolsets from the community.

Collections

• Obra's Superpowers - Jesse Vincent's curated collection of essential agent skills
• Superpowers Lab - Experimental and advanced agent skills
• Anthropic Skills - Official skills from Anthropic
• Vercel Skills - Frontend and Next.js focused skills
• Ryan Carson's Skills - Practical agent skills collection

Complete Plugins

• Claude Playgrounds - Generate HTML playgrounds to visualize problems with Claude, interact with them, and get output prompts to paste back into Claude Code
• Every Compound Engineering - Comprehensive plugin with subagents and workflow automation
• Ryan Carson Ralph Plugin - Convert PRDs into actionable tasks
• Compound Product Scripts - Product development workflow automation

Installation

All skills in this repository are symlinked to ~/.claude/skills/ for easy management and updates.

To install a skill:

ln -s /path/to/favorite_skills_and_plugins/skills/skill-name ~/.claude/skills/skill-name

Benefit: Updates to skills in this repository are immediately reflected in Claude Code without file copying.

Skills vs Plugins

Understanding when to use skills versus plugins (MCP servers) is key to building effective AI workflows.

Core Differences

Aspect	Skills	Plugins (MCP Servers)
Layer	Prompt/Knowledge Layer	Connectivity/Tooling Layer
Purpose	Teach Claude how to do something	Give Claude access to external systems
Best For	Workflows, procedures, domain expertise	Database access, API integrations, tool connectivity
Format	Markdown files with instructions	Executable programs with protocol interface

When to Use Skills

Use Skills when you need to:

• ✅ Define repeatable workflows and procedures
• ✅ Provide domain-specific expertise (SEO best practices, design guidelines)
• ✅ Teach Claude specialized knowledge (coding patterns, composition techniques)
• ✅ Create automated, context-driven behaviors

Example: React best practices, SEO audit workflows, git procedures

When to Use Plugins (MCP Servers)

Use Plugins when you need to:

• ✅ Connect to external databases (PostgreSQL, SQLite)
• ✅ Integrate with third-party APIs (GitHub, Slack, Calendar)
• ✅ Access file systems and cloud storage
• ✅ Provide real-time data from external sources

Example: GitHub integration, database queries, file system operations

Using Together

Skills and plugins are complementary - they work best together:

MCP Server: GitHub (provides access to repos, PRs, issues)
    +
Skill: Code Review Best Practices (teaches how to review code)
    =
Automated, expert code reviews with direct GitHub integration

Key Principle: If you're explaining how to use a tool → Skill. If you need Claude to access databases/APIs → MCP.

Official Documentation

Claude Code

• Skills Documentation
• MCP Documentation
• Plugins Documentation
• Agent Skills Overview
• Complete Guide to Building Skills

Cursor AI

• Agent Skills Documentation
• Agent Best Practices
• Cursor Docs

Community Resources

• Anthropic Skills Repository
• Awesome Agent Skills
• Model Context Protocol

Contributing

Add your own skills:

1. Create a new directory in skills/
2. For created skills, add detailed documentation in docs/
3. Update this README with a brief description
4. Commit and push changes

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details.