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# Skills Recommendations
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Skills are packaged expertise with workflows, reference materials, and best practices that Claude can invoke for specialized tasks.
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## Built-in Agents
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### Plan Agent
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**Best for**: Complex implementations needing architectural planning
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| Multi-file changes needed | New feature development |
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| Architectural decisions | System design |
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| Unknown scope | Needs investigation first |
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| Multiple valid approaches | Trade-off analysis |
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**Value**: Thinks through implementation before coding, identifies files to change, considers edge cases.
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### Explore Agent
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**Best for**: Understanding large or unfamiliar codebases
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Large codebase (>500 files) | Navigate efficiently |
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| New to the project | Understand structure |
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| Finding patterns | How is X done? |
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| Debugging | Trace execution paths |
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**Value**: Quickly searches, reads, and synthesizes information across many files.
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## Document Creation Skills
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### docx (Word Documents)
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**Best for**: Creating and editing Word documents
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Report generation | Technical reports |
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| Contract templates | Legal documents |
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| Documentation export | Share with non-developers |
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| Tracked changes | Review workflows |
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### xlsx (Spreadsheets)
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**Best for**: Creating and analyzing Excel files
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Data analysis | Process CSV/Excel data |
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| Report generation | Formatted tables |
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| Financial models | Formulas and calculations |
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| Data transformation | Clean and reshape data |
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### pptx (Presentations)
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**Best for**: Creating PowerPoint presentations
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Technical presentations | Architecture diagrams |
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| Project updates | Status slides |
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| Demo decks | Feature walkthroughs |
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| Training materials | Educational content |
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### pdf (PDF Documents)
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**Best for**: PDF manipulation and creation
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Form filling | Complete PDF forms |
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| Document merging | Combine files |
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| Text extraction | Parse PDF content |
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| PDF generation | Create from data |
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## Frontend & Design Skills
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### frontend-design
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**Best for**: Creating polished, production-ready UI components
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| UI component work | React, Vue, Angular |
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| Landing pages | Marketing sites |
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| Dashboard design | Data visualization |
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| Design system work | Component libraries |
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**Value**: Creates distinctive, high-quality UI instead of generic AI aesthetics.
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### canvas-design
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**Best for**: Creating visual art and static designs
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| Poster creation | Marketing materials |
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| Visual diagrams | Architecture visuals |
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| Infographics | Data visualization |
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### algorithmic-art
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**Best for**: Generative art with p5.js
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| Interactive visuals | Creative coding |
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| Generative patterns | Flow fields, particles |
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| Data art | Algorithmic visualization |
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### theme-factory
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**Best for**: Applying themes to artifacts
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Brand consistency | Apply company colors |
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| Document styling | Professional look |
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| Presentation themes | Consistent decks |
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### brand-guidelines
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**Best for**: Applying Anthropic brand styling
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Anthropic materials | Official branding |
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| Partner materials | Co-branded content |
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## Development Skills
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### mcp-builder
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**Best for**: Creating MCP servers to extend Claude
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Custom tool needs | Internal APIs |
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| API integrations | Third-party services |
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| Workflow automation | Custom tooling |
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**Value**: Guides creation of well-designed MCP servers in Python (FastMCP) or TypeScript.
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### webapp-testing
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**Best for**: Testing web applications with Playwright
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| UI testing needs | Verify functionality |
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| Visual debugging | Screenshot issues |
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| Browser automation | Interactive testing |
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| Console log analysis | Debug JS errors |
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### skill-creator
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**Best for**: Creating new skills for Claude
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Repeatable workflows | Standardize processes |
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| Domain expertise | Package knowledge |
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| Team patterns | Share best practices |
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## Collaboration Skills
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### doc-coauthoring
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**Best for**: Co-authoring documentation with users
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Technical specs | RFC documents |
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| Decision docs | ADRs |
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| Proposals | Feature proposals |
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| Documentation | User guides |
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**Value**: Structured workflow for iterative document refinement.
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### internal-comms
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**Best for**: Writing internal communications
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Status reports | Project updates |
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| Announcements | Team comms |
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| Incident reports | Post-mortems |
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| FAQs | Knowledge sharing |
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## Multimedia Skills
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### slack-gif-creator
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**Best for**: Creating animated GIFs for Slack
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| Recommend When | Examples |
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| Team celebrations | Achievements |
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| Demo animations | Feature previews |
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| Fun reactions | Custom emoji-style GIFs |
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## Quick Reference: Detection Patterns
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| Look For | Suggests Skill |
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| Complex task, multiple files | Plan agent |
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| "How does X work?" | Explore agent |
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| `.docx` files or doc requests | docx skill |
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| `.xlsx` files or spreadsheet work | xlsx skill |
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| Presentation needs | pptx skill |
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| PDF files to process | pdf skill |
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| React/Vue/Angular components | frontend-design |
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| UI design requests | canvas-design |
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| Testing local web app | webapp-testing |
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| "Build an MCP server" | mcp-builder |
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| Documentation writing | doc-coauthoring |
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| Internal announcement | internal-comms |
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