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Caveman, Matt Pocock Skills, and Andrej Karpathy Skills are the current high-signal set in this index. This page keeps them together so we do not create a pile of thin sub-skill pages.

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Three repos to inspect first

We use the boring signals: stars, forks, recent pushes, SKILL.md count, and install text found in the repo. Caveman stays on its existing detail page.

Token saving 80strong fit

caveman

JuliusBrussee/caveman

Open Caveman first if your agent is verbose and you want shorter, lower-token collaboration.

49,793 stars2,628 forks11 SKILL.md11d ago pushed
Open detail page GitHub repo
Engineering workflows 70solid fit

Matt Pocock Skills

mattpocock/skills

Open Matt Pocock Skills if you want practical coding-agent workflows: diagnosis, TDD, PRD work, setup, and architecture.

40,993 stars3,213 forks22 SKILL.mdtoday pushed
Open detail page GitHub repo
Karpathy coding guidelines 80strong fit

Andrej Karpathy Skills

forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills

Open Andrej Karpathy Skills if your agent overbuilds, skips assumptions, or needs clearer success criteria.

98,200 stars9,540 forks1 SKILL.md9d ago pushed
Open detail page GitHub repo

Start with the problem

Stars are useful, but they are not the decision.

Caveman skill Token saving

Open Caveman first if your agent is verbose and you want shorter, lower-token collaboration.

Check caveman
Matt Pocock skills Engineering workflows

Open Matt Pocock Skills if you want practical coding-agent workflows: diagnosis, TDD, PRD work, setup, and architecture.

Check Matt Pocock Skills
Andrej Karpathy Claude Code skills Karpathy coding guidelines

Open Andrej Karpathy Skills if your agent overbuilds, skips assumptions, or needs clearer success criteria.

Check Andrej Karpathy Skills

Install evidence we found

These commands come from README/SKILL.md excerpts. Treat them as a starting point and read the repo before running anything.

caveman

JuliusBrussee/caveman

Install commands appear here only when the crawler found them in README or SKILL.md content.

  • README.md · Install

    claude plugin marketplace add JuliusBrussee/caveman && claude plugin install caveman@caveman

  • README.md · Install

    gemini extensions install https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman

  • README.md · Install

    npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman -a cursor

Hot Claude Code skills FAQ

Short answers for people comparing these three repos.

What are the best Claude Code skills right now?

Start with these three if you want the current high-signal set: Caveman for shorter agent communication, Matt Pocock Skills for engineering workflows, and Andrej Karpathy Skills for coding guardrails.

What are Matt Pocock skills?

Matt Pocock Skills is a collection of engineering workflow skills. It has many SKILL.md files, so AIBestSkill keeps it as one collection page until search data says a sub-skill deserves its own 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 is listed here as a related high-signal repo, but its existing detail page stays unchanged.