accessing-github-repos
GitHub repository access in containerized environments using REST API and credential detection. Use when git clone fails, or when accessing private repos/writing files via API.
api-credentials
Securely manages API credentials for multiple providers (Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, GitHub). Use when skills need to access stored API keys for external service invocations.
asking-questions
Guidance for asking clarifying questions when user requests are ambiguous, have multiple valid approaches, or require critical decisions. Use when implementation choices exist that could significantly affect outcomes.
categorizing-bsky-accounts
Analyze and categorize Bluesky accounts by topic using keyword extraction. Use when users mention Bluesky account analysis, following/follower lists, topic discovery, account curation, or network analysis.
browsing-bluesky
Browse Bluesky content via API and firehose - search posts, fetch user activity, sample trending topics, read feeds and lists, analyze and categorize accounts. Supports authenticated access for personalized feeds. Use for Bluesky research, user monitoring, trend analysis, feed reading, firehose sampling, account categorization.
building-github-index
Generate progressive disclosure indexes for GitHub repositories to use as Claude project knowledge. Use when setting up projects referencing external documentation, creating searchable indexes of technical blogs or knowledge bases, combining multiple repos into one index, or when user mentions "index", "github repo", "project knowledge", or "documentation reference".
charting-vega-lite
Create interactive data visualizations using Vega-Lite declarative JSON grammar. Supports 20+ chart types (bar, line, scatter, histogram, boxplot, grouped/stacked variations, etc.) via templates and programmatic builders. Use when users upload data for charting, request specific chart types, or mention visualizations. Produces portable JSON specs with inline data islands that work in Claude artifacts and can be adapted for production.
check-tools
Validates development tool installations across Python, Node.js, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, Git, and system utilities. Use when verifying environments or troubleshooting dependencies.
cloning-project
Exports project instructions and knowledge files from the current Claude project. Use when users want to clone, copy, backup, or export a project's configuration and files.
configuring
Universal environment variable loader for AI agent environments. Loads secrets and config from Claude.ai, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Jules, and standard .env files.
controlling-spotify
Control Spotify playback and manage playlists via MCP server. Use when user requests playing music, controlling Spotify, creating playlists, searching songs, or managing their Spotify library.
convening-experts
Convenes expert panels for problem-solving. Use when user mentions panel, experts, multiple perspectives, MECE, DMAIC, RAPID, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, strategic decisions, or process improvement.
crafting-instructions
Generate optimized instructions for Claude (Project instructions, Skills, or standalone prompts). Use when users request creating project setups, writing effective prompts, building Skills, or need guidance on instruction types for Claude.ai.
creating-bookmarklets
Creates browser-executable JavaScript bookmarklets with strict formatting requirements. Use when users mention bookmarklets, browser utilities, dragging code to bookmarks bar, or need JavaScript that runs when clicked in the browser toolbar.
creating-mcp-servers
Creates production-ready MCP servers using FastMCP v2. Use when building MCP servers, optimizing tool descriptions for context efficiency, implementing progressive disclosure for multiple capabilities, or packaging servers for distribution.
creating-skill
Creates Skills for Claude. Use when users request creating/updating skills, need skill structure guidance, or mention extending Claude's capabilities through custom skills.
developing-preact
Specialized Preact development skill for standards-based web applications with native-first architecture and minimal dependency footprint. Use when building Preact projects, particularly those involving data visualization, interactive applications, single-page apps with HTM syntax, Web Components integration, CSV/JSON data parsing, WebGL shader visualizations, or zero-build solutions with CDN imports.
exploring-codebases
Semantic search for codebases. Locates matches with ripgrep and expands them into full AST nodes (functions/classes) using tree-sitter. Returns complete, syntactically valid code blocks rather than fragmented lines. Use when looking for specific implementations, examples, or references where full context is needed.
exploring-data
Exploratory data analysis using ydata-profiling. Use when users upload .csv/.xlsx/.json/.parquet files or request "explore data", "analyze dataset", "EDA", "profile data". Generates interactive HTML or JSON reports with statistics, visualizations, correlations, and quality alerts.
extracting-keywords
Extract keywords from documents using YAKE algorithm with support for 34 languages (Arabic to Chinese). Use when users request keyword extraction, key terms, topic identification, content summarization, or document analysis. Includes domain-specific stopwords for AI/ML and life sciences. Optional deeper extraction mode (n=2+n=3 combined) for comprehensive coverage.
fetching-blocked-urls
Retrieve clean markdown from URLs when web_fetch fails. Converts pages via Jina AI reader service with automatic retry. Use when web_fetch or curl returns 403, blocked, paywall, timeout, JavaScript-rendering errors, or empty content or user explicitly suggests using jina.
generating-patches
Generates git patch files from codebase modifications for local application. Use when user mentions patch, diff, export changes, bring changes back, apply locally, or after editing uploaded codebases.
githubbing
GitHub CLI (gh) installation and authenticated operations in Claude.ai containers. Use when user needs to create issues, PRs, view repos, or perform GitHub operations beyond raw API calls.
hello-demo
Delivers a static Hello World HTML demo page with bookmarklet. Use when user requests the hello demo, hello world demo, or demo page.
inspecting-skills
Discovers and indexes Python code in skills, enabling cross-skill imports. Use when importing functions from other skills or analyzing skill codebases.
installing-skills
Install skills from github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills into /mnt/skills/user. Use when user mentions "install skills", "load skills", "add skills", "update skills", "refresh skills", or references a skill not currently installed.
invoking-gemini
Invokes Google Gemini models for structured outputs, multi-modal tasks, and Google-specific features. Use when users request Gemini, structured JSON output, Google API integration, or cost-effective parallel processing.
invoking-github
Enables GitHub repository operations (read/write/commit/PR) for Claude.ai chat environments. Use when users request GitHub commits, repository updates, DEVLOG persistence, or cross-session state management via GitHub branches. Not needed in Claude Code (has native git access).
iterating
Multi-conversation methodology for iterative stateful work with context accumulation. Use when users request work that spans multiple sessions (research, debugging, refactoring, feature development), need to build on past progress, explicitly mention iterative work, work logs, project knowledge, or cross-conversation learning.
json-render-ui
Generate guardrailed UI from natural language. Claude emits constrained JSON, skill runtime renders via Preact. Use when user provides json and requests: Dashboards with metrics, charts, tables; Admin panels; Data visualization interfaces; Form-based applications
making-waffles
Generates WAFFLES Declarations for social media posts — preemptive lists of what a post does NOT say. Use when users mention WAFFLES, ask for clarifications on their post, want to prevent misinterpretation, or request disclaimers for controversial/nuanced takes.
mapping-codebases
Generate navigable code maps for unfamiliar codebases. Extracts exports/imports via AST (tree-sitter) to create _MAP.md files per directory showing classes, functions, methods with signatures and line numbers. Use when exploring repositories, understanding project structure, analyzing unfamiliar code, or before modifications. Triggers on "map this codebase", "explore repo", "understand structure", "what does this project contain", or when starting work on an unfamiliar repository.
orchestrating-agents
Orchestrates parallel API instances, delegated sub-tasks, and multi-agent workflows with streaming and tool-enabled delegation patterns. Use for parallel analysis, multi-perspective reviews, or complex task decomposition.
remembering
Advanced memory operations reference. Basic patterns (profile loading, simple recall/remember) are in project instructions. Consult this skill for background writes, memory versioning, complex queries, edge cases, session scoping, retention management, type-safe results, proactive memory hints, GitHub access detection, and ops priority ordering.
reviewing-ai-papers
Analyze AI/ML technical content (papers, articles, blog posts) and extract actionable insights filtered through enterprise AI engineering lens. Use when user provides URL/document for AI/ML content analysis, asks to "review this paper", or mentions technical content in domains like RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, LLM deployment.
sampling-bluesky-zeitgeist
DEPRECATED - Use browsing-bluesky skill instead. Sample and analyze Bluesky firehose to identify trending topics and content clusters. Use when user asks about "what's happening on Bluesky", "Bluesky trends", "zeitgeist", "firehose analysis", or wants to see real-time topic clusters from the network.
updating-knowledge
Systematic research methodology for building comprehensive, current knowledge on any topic. Requires web_search tool. Use when questions require thorough investigation, recent developments post-cutoff, synthesis across multiple sources, or when Claude's knowledge may be outdated or incomplete. Triggered by "Research", "Investigate", "What's current on", "Latest info on", complex queries needing validation, or technical topics with recent changes.
using-webctl
Browser automation via webctl CLI in Claude.ai containers with authenticated proxy support. Use when users mention webctl, browser automation, Playwright browsing, web scraping, or headless Chrome in container environments.
versioning-skills
REQUIRED for all skill development. Automatically version control every skill file modification for rollback/comparison. Use after init_skill.sh, after every str_replace/create_file, and before packaging.