mcp-skills

# Skills Repository Resources Comprehensive index of skill repositories compatible with mcp-skills. This index is derived from extensive research documented in [skills-research.md](../research/skills-research.md). ## Table of Contents - [Official Collections](#official-collections) - [Community Collections](#community-collections) - [Coding Skills Repositories](#coding-skills-repositories) - [Toolchain-Specific Skills](#toolchain-specific-skills) - [Operations & DevOps Skills](#operations--devops-skills) - [MCP Servers as Skills](#mcp-servers-as-skills) - [Collection Criteria](#collection-criteria) - [Integration Guide](#integration-guide) - [Verification Status](#verification-status) --- ## Official Collections ### anthropics/skills - Official Anthropic Repository **The official repository for Claude Skills with production-grade implementations** - **Repository**: https://github.com/anthropics/skills - **License**: Apache 2.0 (example skills); Source-available (document skills) - **Stars**: ~17,900+ - **Status**: ✅ Actively maintained by Anthropic - **Priority**: 1 (Highest) **Example Skills (Apache 2.0)**: - **algorithmic-art** - Generate p5.js art with seeded randomness, flow fields, particle systems - **canvas-design** - Design visual art in PNG and PDF formats using design philosophies - **artifacts-builder** - Build complex HTML artifacts using React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui - **mcp-server** - Guide for creating high-quality MCP servers for API integration - **webapp-testing** - Test local applications using Playwright for UI verification - **brand-guidelines** - Apply Anthropic's official brand colors and typography - **skill-creator** - Interactive tool that guides you through building new skills - **template-skill** - Basic template to use as starting point for new skills **Document Skills (Source-Available, Pre-included with Claude)**: - **docx** - Create, edit, analyze Word documents with tracked changes and formatting preservation - **pdf** - Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extraction, creation, merging, splitting - **pptx** - Create, edit, analyze PowerPoint presentations with layouts, charts, templates - **xlsx** - Create, edit, analyze Excel spreadsheets with formulas, formatting, data analysis **Installation**: `/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills` --- ## Community Collections ### obra/superpowers - Battle-Tested Development Workflows **Systematic development workflows from real-world experience** - **Repository**: https://github.com/obra/superpowers - **License**: MIT - **Last Updated**: October 2025 - **Status**: ✅ Active - **Priority**: 2 **Core Skills**: - **Testing**: test-driven-development, condition-based-waiting, testing-anti-patterns - **Debugging**: systematic-debugging, root-cause-tracing, verification-before-completion, defense-in-depth - **Collaboration**: brainstorming, writing-plans, executing-plans, dispatching-parallel-agents - **Development**: using-git-worktrees, finishing-a-development-branch, subagent-driven-development - **Meta**: writing-skills, sharing-skills, testing-skills-with-subagents **Custom Slash Commands**: /superpowers:brainstorm, /superpowers:write-plan, /superpowers:execute-plan **Installation**: `/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace` **Companion**: https://github.com/obra/superpowers-lab (experimental skills) ### bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills - Project Management Integration **Skills for Claude MPM integration with ticket tracking and project management** - **Repository**: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills - **License**: MIT - **Status**: ✅ Active - **Priority**: 3 **Categories**: - Project management and tracking - Issue/ticket integration - Workflow automation - Documentation generation ### alirezarezvani/claude-skills - Production Team Skills **Production-ready skill packages with comprehensive Python CLI tools** - **Repository**: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills - **License**: MIT - **Last Updated**: November 2025 - **Status**: ✅ Active - **Priority**: 3 **42 Production Skills Including**: **Marketing (3 skills)**: - content-creator: Brand voice analyzer, SEO optimizer, social media frameworks - marketing-demand-acquisition: CAC calculator, full-funnel strategy - marketing-strategy-pmm: Positioning, GTM strategy, competitive intelligence **Executive Advisory (2 skills)**: - ceo-advisor: Strategy analyzer, financial scenario modeling, board governance - cto-advisor: Tech debt analyzer, team scaling calculator, architecture decisions **Product Team (5 skills)**: - product-manager-toolkit: RICE prioritizer, customer interview analyzer, PRD templates - agile-product-owner: User story generator, sprint planner - ux-researcher-designer: Persona generator, journey mapper **Engineering Team - Core (9 skills)**: - Software Architect, Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer, Fullstack Engineer - QA Testing Engineer, DevOps Engineer, SecOps Engineer, Code Reviewer, Security Engineer **Engineering Team - AI/ML/Data (5 skills)**: - Data Scientist, Data Engineer, ML/AI Engineer, Prompt Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer **Regulatory Affairs & Quality (12 skills)**: - Quality Manager, QMS ISO 13485 Specialist, CAPA Officer, Documentation Manager - Risk Management Specialist, Information Security Manager, MDR/FDA Specialists **Features**: - 97+ Python CLI analysis tools included - Documented ROI: 40%+ time savings, 30%+ quality improvements - Estimated value: $1.7M+/month per organization **Related**: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-code-skill-factory (generation toolkit) ### travisvn/awesome-claude-skills - Comprehensive Guide **Most comprehensive guide with detailed documentation and comparison matrices** - **Repository**: https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills - **Stars**: ~2,000+ - **License**: Apache 2.0 - **Last Updated**: November 2025 - **Status**: ✅ Active **Features**: - Comprehensive curated list of official and community skills - Extensive Skills vs MCP vs System Prompts comparison - Security guidelines and best practices - FAQ and troubleshooting guide - Progressive disclosure architecture explained - Community verification system ### BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills - Categorized Collection **Well-organized categorized collection with practical focus** - **Repository**: https://github.com/BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills - **Stars**: ~3,800+ - **License**: Open source - **Last Updated**: 2025 - **Status**: ✅ Active **Categories**: - Document Skills (docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx) - Development & Code Tools (TDD, git-worktrees, AWS, pypict testing) - Data & Analysis (CSV analysis, root-cause-tracing) - Scientific & Research Tools (26 databases, 58 packages including PubMed, PubChem, UniProt, ChEMBL, AlphaFold) - Writing & Research (article extraction, brainstorming) - Media & Content (YouTube transcripts, EPUB, image enhancer) - Security & Web Testing (ffuf, webapp-testing, systematic debugging) - Utility & Automation (file organizer, invoice organizer) ### ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills - Production-Focused **Production-focused collection emphasizing real-world productivity** - **Repository**: https://github.com/ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills - **License**: Apache 2.0 - **Status**: ✅ Active **Highlights**: - Official document skills integration - Business & marketing skills (competitive ads, domain brainstormer, lead research) - Security & forensics (computer forensics, threat hunting with Sigma rules, metadata extraction) - Integration with Composio platform (500+ apps) - Skills API documentation and examples --- ## Coding Skills Repositories ### Code Generation and Refactoring **Code Refactoring Skill** - **URL**: https://claude-plugins.dev/skills/@dasien/RemoteCredentialRequestPOC/code-refactoring - Improve code structure and readability without changing external behavior ### Testing Frameworks **test-driven-development** (obra/superpowers) - **URL**: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/test-driven-development - RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle enforcement. Mandatory use before implementation code **webapp-testing** (Official Anthropic) - **URL**: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/webapp-testing - Test local web applications using Playwright for UI verification **playwright-skill** (Community Enhanced) - **URL**: https://github.com/lackeyjb/playwright-skill - **License**: MIT - Model-invoked Playwright automation where Claude writes custom automation code on-the-fly **pypict-claude-skill** - **URL**: https://github.com/omkamal/pypict-claude-skill - Design comprehensive test cases using PICT (Pairwise Independent Combinatorial Testing) **test-fixing** - **URL**: https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/engineering-workflow-plugin/skills/test-fixing - Detect failing tests and propose patches with systematic error grouping ### Linting and Code Quality **clj-kondo** - **URL**: https://claude-plugins.dev/skills/@hugoduncan/library-skills/clj-kondo - Comprehensive guide to using clj-kondo for Clojure code linting **move-code-quality-skill** - **URL**: https://github.com/1NickPappas/move-code-quality-skill - Analyzes Move language packages against official Move Book Code Quality Checklist **cclint - Claude Code Linter** - **URL**: https://github.com/carlrannaberg/cclint - Comprehensive linting tool for Claude Code projects with agent/subagent linting ### Debugging and Error Analysis **systematic-debugging** (obra/superpowers) - **URL**: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/systematic-debugging - Four-phase debugging framework ensuring root cause investigation before fixes **root-cause-tracing** (obra/superpowers) - Use when errors occur deep in execution to trace back to the original trigger **verification-before-completion** (obra/superpowers) - Ensure issues are actually fixed before claiming completion with mandatory evidence validation ### Documentation Generation **skill-creator** (Official Anthropic) - **URL**: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skill-creator - Interactive skill creation tool with guided Q&A, template generation **claude-auto-documenter-v2** - **URL**: https://github.com/Puneet8800/claude-auto-documenter-v2 - Production-ready MCP server for automatic documentation generation **metaskills/skill-builder** - **URL**: https://github.com/metaskills/skill-builder - **Author**: Ken Collins (AWS Serverless Hero) - Meta-skill for creating, editing, converting skills ### Data Processing **csv-data-summarizer-claude-skill** - **URL**: https://github.com/coffeefuelbump/csv-data-summarizer-claude-skill - Automatically analyzes CSV files with column analysis, distribution analysis **scientific-packages** (K-Dense-AI) - **URL**: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-packages - 58 specialized Python packages for bioinformatics, cheminformatics, machine learning **scientific-databases** (K-Dense-AI) - **URL**: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-databases - Access to 26 scientific databases (PubMed, PubChem, UniProt, ChEMBL, AlphaFold DB) **article-extractor** - **URL**: https://github.com/michalparkola/tapestry-skills-for-claude-code/tree/main/article-extractor - Extract full article text and metadata from web pages --- ## Toolchain-Specific Skills ### Python Skills **hoelzro/dotfiles - python-style** - **URL**: https://claude-plugins.dev/skills/@hoelzro/dotfiles/python-style - Python coding conventions and best practices including using `uv run` **google-adk-python** (via mrgoonie/claudekit-skills) - **URL**: https://github.com/mrgoonie/claudekit-skills - Google's Agent Development Kit for building AI agents with tool integration ### TypeScript/JavaScript Skills **Nice-Wolf-Studio/claude-skills-threejs-ecs-ts** - **URL**: https://github.com/Nice-Wolf-Studio/claude-skills-threejs-ecs-ts - **License**: MIT - TypeScript + Three.js + Entity Component Systems for mobile-optimized games **diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase** - **URL**: https://github.com/diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase - Auto-activating skills, backend development guidelines with 12 resource files **mrgoonie/claudekit-skills - TypeScript/JavaScript** - **URL**: https://github.com/mrgoonie/claudekit-skills - **better-auth**: Comprehensive TypeScript authentication framework - **web-frameworks**: Next.js, Turborepo - **ui-styling**: shadcn/ui, Tailwind CSS - **frontend-development**: React/TypeScript guidelines **ruvnet/claude-flow - TypeScript** - **URL**: https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow/wiki/CLAUDE-MD-TypeScript - **Stars**: 10k+ - TypeScript best practices with strict type checking coordination ### Go Language Skills **BradPerbs/claude-go** - **URL**: https://github.com/BradPerbs/claude-go - GoLang Wrapper for Claude 3 API **ruvnet/claude-flow - Go** - **URL**: https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow/wiki/CLAUDE-MD-Go - Go concurrency patterns, microservices and CLI tools ### Rust Skills **Microsoft Pragmatic Rust Guidelines Skill** - **Article**: https://medium.com/rustaceans/teaching-claude-to-write-better-rust-automating-microsofts-guidelines-with-skills-3207a797b9f8 - **Author**: Enzo Lombardi - AI-optimized version of Microsoft's Rust guidelines **ruvnet/claude-flow - Rust** - **URL**: https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow/wiki/CLAUDE-MD-Rust - Memory-safe coordination with Cargo parallel compilation ### Java Skills **anthropic-sdk-java** (Official) - Official Java client library for the Anthropic API **ruvnet/claude-flow - Java** - **URL**: https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow/wiki/CLAUDE-MD-Java - Maven/Gradle ecosystem coordination, Spring Boot operations --- ## Operations & DevOps Skills ### CI/CD Pipeline Skills **djacobsmeyer/claude-skills-engineering** - **URL**: https://github.com/djacobsmeyer/claude-skills-engineering - **License**: MIT - **Created**: 2025-11-14 **DevOps Capabilities**: - CI/CD Pipeline Builder (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI) - Docker Workflow (Container management, Dockerfile generation) - Git worktree management - Automated code review - Test generation (unit, integration, E2E) **wshobson/agents - CI/CD Plugin** - **URL**: https://github.com/wshobson/agents - **License**: MIT - **Status**: Updated for Sonnet 4.5 & Haiku 4.5 **Comprehensive system**: - 85 specialized AI agents - 47 agent skills - 44 development tools in 63 focused plugins - 4 specialized CI/CD skills **ruvnet/claude-flow - CI/CD Module** - **URL**: https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow/wiki/CLAUDE-MD-CICD - **Ranked**: #1 in agent-based frameworks - Complete CI/CD pipeline setup with GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes ### Cloud Platform Integration **zxkane/aws-skills** - **URL**: https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills - **License**: MIT **AWS Capabilities**: - **aws-cdk-development**: AWS CDK best practices, infrastructure as code - **aws-cost-operations**: Cost optimization with 7 integrated MCP servers - **aws-serverless-eda**: Serverless and event-driven architecture **Supported Services**: Lambda, S3, EC2, CloudFormation, CDK, Step Functions, EventBridge ### Container and Kubernetes Management **Docker MCP Toolkit** (Official Docker) - **URL**: https://www.docker.com/blog/connect-mcp-servers-to-claude-desktop-with-mcp-toolkit - Secure containerized MCP server execution - GitHub integration, Kubernetes management **RchGrav/claudebox** - **URL**: https://github.com/RchGrav/claudebox - **License**: MIT - Ultimate Claude Code Docker Development Environment **VishalJ99/claude-docker** - **URL**: https://github.com/VishalJ99/claude-docker - Docker container for running Claude Code with full permissions **Kubernetes Servers** (Multiple implementations): 1. **mcp-server-kubernetes** - https://github.com/strowk/mcp-k8s-go 2. **k8m** - https://github.com/weibaohui/k8m (Multi-cluster with UI) 3. **mkp** - https://github.com/StacklokLabs/mkp (Native Go) 4. **blankcut/kubernetes-claude** - https://playbooks.com/mcp/blankcut-kubernetes-claude ### Infrastructure as Code **hashicorp/terraform-mcp-server** (Official) - **URL**: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-mcp-server - **Version**: 0.2.3 - Terraform Registry API integration - HCP Terraform & Terraform Enterprise support **ahmedasmar/devops-claude-skills - IaC Terraform** - **URL**: https://claude-plugins.dev/skills/@ahmedasmar/devops-claude-skills/skills - Terraform configurations, module development, state management **Pulumi Server** (Official) - **URL**: https://github.com/pulumi/mcp-server - Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure ### Security Scanning **claude-code-security-review** (Official Anthropic) - **URL**: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code (feature) - **Status**: Official Anthropic release (August 2025) - **License**: Team/Enterprise **Security Capabilities**: - Automated security scanning on pull requests - Detects 10 major vulnerability categories (SQL injection, XSS, auth flaws, etc.) - GitHub Actions integration - `/security-review` terminal command **Snyk MCP Server** (Official) - **URL**: https://snyk.io/articles/claude-desktop-and-snyk-mcp - **Status**: Official Snyk (CLI v1.1298.0+) **Security Capabilities**: - 11 security scanning tools (SAST, dependency scanning, container, IaC) - Auto-fix vulnerabilities via natural language - Real-time vulnerability detection **GitGuardian Server** (Official) - **URL**: https://github.com/GitGuardian/gg-mcp - Secret scanning with 500+ secret detectors **CrowdStrike Falcon Server** (Official) - **URL**: https://github.com/CrowdStrike/falcon-mcp - Detections, incidents, threat intelligence --- ## MCP Servers as Skills MCP servers can provide skill-like capabilities through their tools and resources. The following servers are particularly useful for extending skill capabilities: ### Version Control **GitHub Official MCP Server** - **URL**: https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server - **License**: MIT - Repository management, Issue & PR automation, CI/CD intelligence, Code security **GitLab Server** - **URL**: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/gitlab - **License**: MIT - GitLab platform integration for project management **Git MCP Server** (Community - Enhanced) - **URL**: https://github.com/cyanheads/git-mcp-server - Comprehensive Git operations including worktree management ### Database Integration **PostgreSQL Server** - **URL**: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/postgres - Schema inspection, query capabilities **SQLite Server** - **URL**: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/sqlite - Database interaction and business intelligence **MongoDB Servers** - https://github.com/kiliczsh/mcp-mongo-server - https://github.com/furey/mongodb-lens (Full featured) ### Browser Automation **Playwright Server** (Official Microsoft) - **URL**: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp - Browser automation, testing, web scraping **Puppeteer Server** - **URL**: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/puppeteer - Browser automation, web scraping ### Search and Documentation **Brave Search Server** (Official) - **URL**: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server - Web and local search using Brave's Search API **Context7 Server** - Up-to-date, version-specific documentation for coding **Microsoft Learn Docs Server** (Official) - **URL**: https://github.com/microsoftdocs/mcp - Access to Microsoft's official documentation --- ## Collection Criteria For a repository to be included in this index: ### Format Requirements 1. **YAML Frontmatter**: Skills must include YAML metadata 2. **Markdown Body**: Instructions in clear markdown format 3. **Progressive Disclosure**: Metadata (~100 tokens), full content (<5k tokens) ### Quality Standards 1. **Documentation**: Clear usage instructions and examples 2. **Maintenance**: Recent activity and active maintenance 3. **Testing**: Skills are tested and verified working 4. **Licensing**: Compatible open-source license (MIT, Apache 2.0, etc.) ### Metadata Requirements ```yaml --- name: skill-name description: Brief skill description category: testing|debugging|documentation|etc toolchain: Python|TypeScript|Rust|Go|etc (optional) frameworks: [Flask, pytest, etc] (optional) --- ``` --- ## Integration Guide ### Adding a Repository to mcp-skills **Command Line**: ```bash # Add a repository mcp-skills repo add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --priority 100 # Add with specific configuration mcp-skills repo add https://github.com/obra/superpowers --priority 90 --auto-update # List all repositories mcp-skills repo list # Update all repositories mcp-skills repo update ``` **Configuration File** (`~/.mcp-skills/config.yaml`): ```yaml repositories: - url: https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git priority: 100 auto_update: true - url: https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git priority: 90 auto_update: true - url: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills.git priority: 80 auto_update: true ``` ### Priority System Collections are assigned priority levels for conflict resolution: - **Priority 100**: Official Anthropic repositories (highest precedence) - **Priority 90**: Highly trusted community collections (obra/superpowers) - **Priority 80**: Verified community collections - **Priority 70**: Specialized or domain-specific skills - **Priority 50**: Experimental or personal collections **When multiple collections provide the same skill, the higher priority version is used.** ### Skill Discovery Process mcp-skills automatically discovers and indexes skills from all configured repositories: 1. **Clone**: Git repositories cloned into `~/.mcp-skills/repos/{collection-name}/` 2. **Parse**: YAML frontmatter and markdown content extracted 3. **Index**: Vector embeddings and knowledge graph relationships created 4. **Serve**: Skills exposed via MCP protocol to code assistants 5. **Load**: Dynamic loading on-demand for memory efficiency ### Toolchain Detection mcp-skills automatically detects your project's toolchain: - **Languages**: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust, Go, Java, etc. - **Frameworks**: Flask, Django, React, Next.js, etc. - **Build Tools**: pip, npm, cargo, maven, gradle, etc. Based on detection, relevant skills are automatically recommended. --- ## Verification Status | Repository | Skills Count | Verified | Last Updated | Priority | |------------|--------------|----------|--------------|----------| | anthropics/skills | ~15 | ✅ | 2025-11 | 100 | | obra/superpowers | ~20 | ✅ | 2025-10 | 90 | | bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills | ~69 | ✅ | 2025-11 | 80 | | alirezarezvani/claude-skills | 42 | ✅ | 2025-11 | 80 | | travisvn/awesome-claude-skills | Curated List | ✅ | 2025-11 | N/A | | BehiSecc/awesome-claude-skills | Curated List | ✅ | 2025 | N/A | | ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills | Varied | ✅ | 2025 | N/A | | K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills | 84 | ⏳ | 2025 | 70 | | djacobsmeyer/claude-skills-engineering | ~10 | ⏳ | 2025-11 | 70 | | wshobson/agents | 85 agents | ✅ | 2025 | 70 | | ruvnet/claude-flow | Framework | ✅ | 2025 | 70 | **Legend**: - ✅ = Fully verified and tested - ⏳ = Pending verification - ❌ = Issues found --- ## Discovery Platforms ### Skills Marketplaces **SkillsMP.com** - **URL**: https://skillsmp.com - Searchable marketplace of 13,000+ Claude Code skills from GitHub with installation commands **Claude Plugins Dev** - **URL**: https://claude-plugins.dev - Plugin and skill discovery platform ### MCP Server Registries **MCP Registry** (Official) - **URL**: https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io - Browse and discover MCP servers **MCP Servers Directory** - **URL**: https://mcpservers.org - Community-maintained directory **Awesome MCP Servers** - **URL**: https://github.com/appcypher/awesome-mcp-servers - Curated list of 380+ MCP servers --- ## Contributing To propose a new skill collection: 1. **Open an issue**: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/mcp-skills/issues 2. **Provide details**: - Repository URL - Skills count and categories - License information - Sample skills 3. **Demonstrate quality**: - Show active maintenance - Provide documentation - Include tests or examples --- ## Additional Resources ### Official Documentation - **MCP Specification**: https://modelcontextprotocol.io - **Anthropic Skills Blog**: https://www.anthropic.com/news/skills - **Claude Documentation**: https://docs.anthropic.com ### Research - **Skills Research**: [skills-research.md](../research/skills-research.md) - Comprehensive research on 69+ skills and repositories ### Architecture - **Architecture Documentation**: [architecture/README.md](../architecture/README.md) - Detailed mcp-skills architecture --- **Last Updated**: 2025-11-21 **Maintained by**: mcp-skills project **Contribute**: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/mcp-skills **Research Source**: Based on [skills-research.md](../research/skills-research.md)