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Claude Code skills channel
Hot Claude Code skills with GitHub evidence.
Start with three skill repos Claude Code users already compare: Caveman for terse agent communication, Matt Pocock Skills for engineering workflows, and Andrej Karpathy Skills for coding guardrails. The channel keeps the comparison narrow and adds source proof, maintenance, and adoption signals.
3approved shortlist
375kGitHub stars
+26kstars / week
>500 starsNew candidates need more than 500 GitHub stars.
Adoption momentumAfter the gate, ranking looks at stars, growth, and maintenance.
Review gateDaily discovery finds candidates. Review and QA decide what becomes public.
Rank signalStars, growth, and maintenance
GitHub starsAdoption baseline
Measured growthStars per week
Recent maintenanceLast repo update
Source proofSKILL.md and excerpts
Three different jobs for the same Claude Code workflow
This page is intentionally narrow. It groups practical comparison jobs, then shows the repo, SKILL.md count, maintenance, and adoption question before you open a detail page.
Rank signal99/100
Open Caveman first if your agent is verbose and you want shorter, lower-token collaboration.
Rank signal100/100
Open Matt Pocock Skills if you want practical coding-agent workflows: diagnosis, TDD, PRD work, setup, and architecture.
Rank signal90/100
Open Andrej Karpathy Skills if your agent overbuilds, skips assumptions, or needs clearer success criteria.
Stars matter, but they do not decide alone
Optional install notes and source paths
Commands come from repo snapshots when we can extract them. Treat them as review notes, not one-click approval. Open the upstream file before running anything inside an agent workflow.
caveman
JuliusBrussee/caveman
Primary source path: skills/caveman/SKILL.md
Install
claude plugin marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman && claude plugin install caveman@cavemanInstall
gemini extensions install https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/cavemanInstall
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman -a cursorInstall
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman -a windsurfMatt Pocock Skills
mattpocock/skills
Primary source path: skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md
Quickstart (30-second setup)
npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skillsAndrej Karpathy Skills
forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills
Primary source path: skills/karpathy-guidelines/SKILL.md
Install
/plugin marketplace add forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skillsShort answers for people comparing these repos
What are the best Claude Code skills right now?
Start with Caveman for terse agent communication, Matt Pocock Skills for engineering workflows, and Andrej Karpathy Skills for coding guardrails. They are grouped here because they match different search intents, not because stars alone decide quality.
What are Matt Pocock skills?
Matt Pocock Skills is a collection of engineering workflow skills. AIBestSkill keeps it as one collection page until search data says an individual sub-skill deserves a public page.
What are Andrej Karpathy Claude Code skills?
Andrej Karpathy Skills is a small Claude Code skill for coding behavior: avoid overbuilding, state assumptions, define success criteria, and verify the result.
What is the Caveman skill?
Caveman is a terse communication skill for Claude Code. It belongs in this hot list because people search for install and GitHub guidance around it.
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