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Claude Skills

Skills for Claude Code. Install them in any project or brain.

Quick Start

1. Bootstrap the package manager

Copy the /brain skill into your project:

# From your project root
mkdir -p .claude/skills/brain
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giobi/claude-skills/main/plugins/brain/skills/brain/SKILL.md \
  -o .claude/skills/brain/SKILL.md

That's it. Now you have /brain available in Claude Code.

2. Install skills

In Claude Code:

/brain install brainstorm
/brain install stalker
/brain list --available

3. Use them

/brainstorm Should I rewrite this in Rust?
/stalker acme-corp.com
/devil Here's my deployment plan...

Available Skills

Creative

Skill	What it does
brainstorm	Zero-filter brainstorming — ideas without judgement
devil	Devil's advocate — ruthlessly tears apart any plan

OSINT & Research

Skill	What it does
stalker	Deep research on any subject — people, companies, domains
linkedin	LinkedIn intelligence with Proxycurl integration

Design

Skill	What it does
figma	Extract design system from Figma files via API
site-ripper	Extract design system from any live website via Playwright

Testing & QA

Skill	What it does
playralph	Playwright diagnostic loop — finds what's broken
playw	Playwright sidecar — visual verification after every change
radar	Full site audit with ELI5 summary + technical details

DevOps

Skill	What it does
scar	S.C.A.R. — structured incident documentation (Signal → Cause → Action → Reinforcement)
snapshot	Docker Time Machine — snapshot and restore PHP apps

Web & Content

Skill	What it does
pressless	AI static site generator — WordPress without the weight
blog	Blog management — draft, publish, images for Jekyll/WordPress

Content & Publishing

Skill	What it does
public	Static mini-sites and reports — CRUD with HTML templates
kindle	Personal reading site — Claude generates long-form articles

Meta

Skill	What it does
cmd	Manage your own slash commands — list, create, edit, delete
brain	This package manager

How It Works

Skills are Claude Code custom slash commands — a SKILL.md file in .claude/skills/{name}/ that Claude reads when you type /{name}.

The /brain skill adds package management:

.claude/skills/{name}/     ← Skill code (from registry, replaceable)
  SKILL.md                  Instructions for Claude
  *.py                      Supporting scripts (optional)

wiki/skills/               ← Your config (survives updates)
  .index.yaml               What's installed, versions, sources
  {name}.md                 Per-skill parameters

When you /brain update, code gets replaced but your config stays.

Skill Parameters

Some skills accept configuration. For example, a writing style skill needs samples of your writing. Parameters live in wiki/skills/{name}.md and survive updates.

During install, if a skill needs configuration, it asks you interactively.

Dependencies

Some skills depend on others:

Skill	Depends on	Also needs
stalker	linkedin, public	Playwright, Proxycurl (optional)
playralph	—	Playwright
playw	—	Playwright
figma	—	Figma API token
linkedin	—	Proxycurl API key (optional)
public	—	Web server for public/ dir
kindle	—	Web server for articles

When you /brain install stalker, it checks for dependencies and prompts you to install them first. Skills that need API keys or external tools include a POSTINSTALL.md that guides setup.

Create Your Own Skills

A skill is just a folder with a SKILL.md:

.claude/skills/my-skill/
  SKILL.md        # Instructions (YAML frontmatter + markdown)

To publish, add it to a registry repo following this structure:

plugins/my-skill/
  .claude-plugin/plugin.json    # {"name":"my-skill","description":"...","version":"1.0.0"}
  skills/my-skill/SKILL.md      # The skill itself

License

MIT — Giobi Fasoli