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behisecc/awesome-claude-skills

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TLDR

A community-curated directory of add-ons (Skills) for Claude Code that teach the AI agent to perform specific workflows, organized into categories covering development, data, security, documents, and more.

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    What It Is
      Curated directory
      Community list
    Skill Categories
      Document handling
      Dev and code tools
      Data and analysis
      Security testing
    How To Use
      Browse by category
      Open skill link
      Install skill file
    Contributions
      Open submissions
      Contact section
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Browse pre-built Claude Code Skills by category to find one that fits your workflow, such as Git automation or AWS infrastructure management.

USE CASE 2

Install a Skill that adds real code debugging with breakpoints and stack traces to your Claude Code sessions.

USE CASE 3

Find a Skill to make Claude Code generate responsive HTML email templates automatically.

USE CASE 4

Discover Skills for specialized domains like accessibility auditing, health sciences, or Terraform cloud infrastructure.

Getting it running

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In plain English

Awesome Claude Skills is a community-curated directory of add-ons for Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding assistant. Claude Code has a feature called Skills, which are small instruction files that teach the AI agent how to perform specific workflows or use specific tools. This repository collects links to Skills built by individuals and organizations and organizes them into categories so people can find them more easily. The categories in the list cover a wide range: document handling (Word files, PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations), development and code tools (testing frameworks, Git workflows, AWS infrastructure, Azure DevOps), data and analysis, scientific and research tools, writing and research assistance, health and life sciences, collaboration and project management, security and web testing, and utility automation. Each entry in the list is a link to an external GitHub repository where the actual Skill file lives, along with a short description of what that Skill does. Some examples from the list illustrate the variety. One Skill helps Claude generate responsive HTML email templates. Another gives it access to a real code debugger with breakpoints and stack traces. One automates pairwise test case generation using a tool called PICT. Another connects Claude to HashiCorp's Terraform workflow for managing cloud infrastructure. There are also Skills for generating presentations, managing virtual Visa cards for AI agents, analyzing Bitcoin Lightning Network protocols, and auditing UI designs against accessibility and typography rules. The repository itself does not contain any code. It is purely a reference list of links, similar to other "awesome list" collections on GitHub. The README notes a related security Skill by the same author for people building web applications with Claude. Contributions to the list are welcomed, and the README includes a contact section and a contribution section for anyone wanting to add new Skills.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I want to add AWS infrastructure management to my Claude Code workflow. Find a Claude Code Skill in the awesome-claude-skills directory that handles AWS resources and show me how to install it.
Prompt 2
Using a Skill from the awesome-claude-skills list, set up Claude Code to automatically generate pairwise test cases for my project using PICT.
Prompt 3
Find a Claude Code Skill from this list that adds real code debugging with breakpoints and stack traces, and walk me through how to install and use it.
Prompt 4
I want Claude Code to generate responsive HTML email templates. Show me how to find and install the relevant Skill from the awesome-claude-skills directory.
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