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Claude Code starter skills

For developers new to Claude Code who want better results without writing their own skills yet. We picked process skills that fix the most common agent failures — jumping in without asking, skipping tests, claiming success too early — plus official Anthropic skills for setting up your project and writing your own skills later.

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   Brainstorming Before BuildingAgent skillMakes the agent ask clarifying questions about goals and constraints before it writes any code.Agent skill · MIT
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   Writing PlansAgent skillBreaks a spec into small, test-driven tasks before implementation starts.Agent skill · MIT
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   Test-Driven DevelopmentAgent skillNo production code until a failing test exists — keeps changes small and provable.Agent skill · MIT
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   Systematic DebuggingAgent skillA four-phase debugging process that proves the root cause before proposing a fix.Agent skill · MIT
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   Verification Before CompletionAgent skillForces the agent to run real verification commands before it says a task is done.Agent skill · MIT
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   Requesting Code ReviewAgent skillSpawns a separate reviewer subagent that looks only at the diff and your requirements.Agent skill · MIT
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   CLAUDE.md ImproverAgent skillAudits your CLAUDE.md files against templates and makes targeted improvements.Agent skill · Apache-2.0
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   Claude Automation RecommenderAgent skillLooks at your codebase and recommends hooks, subagents, skills and MCP servers worth adding.Agent skill · Apache-2.0
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   Documentation LookupAgent skillFetches current library docs through Context7 instead of relying on stale training data.Agent skill · MIT
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    Frontend DesignAgent skillGives UI work a deliberate aesthetic direction so it doesn't read as a template.Agent skill · Apache-2.0
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    Git Worktrees IsolationAgent skillCreates an isolated Git worktree for each task so experiments never collide.Agent skill · MIT
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    Code SimplificationAgent skillRefactors working code to be clearer without changing what it does.Agent skill · MIT
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    Skill CreatorAgent skillWhen you're ready, create, test and benchmark your own skills.Agent skill · MIT
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    SuperpowersOpen sourceThe full Superpowers framework that several of these skills come from, if you want the whole methodology.★ 311k · MIT