Claude Code · Skills Catalogue
Claude Code Skills — the Licence-Safe Directory
47 skills, subagents, and slash commands from 9 repos with explicit permissive licences. Every entry is safe to copy into your .claude/ directory.
Catalogue verified April 20, 2026
The short answer
The biggest community list — awesome-claude-code — is CC BY-NC-ND. You can link to it but cannot republish entries. This directory is the opposite: every skill comes from a repo with an MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, CC0, or Unlicense licence. Copy, fork, adapt — no legal friction. Start with the High-signal tier; those earn their keep daily.
Showing 47 of 47 skills · 13 from community repos · 33 originals · 1 from anthropics/skills
Commit Helper
High signalStages relevant changes, writes a conventional-commit message, and pushes — in one command.
PR Open
High signalOpens a pull request with a structured description drawn from the full commit range, not just the latest commit.
PR Review
High signalRuns a multi-angle review on an open PR: correctness, style, tests, security, and docs.
Security Audit
High signalSweeps a repo for OWASP-top-10 issues, hardcoded secrets, insecure dependencies, and auth logic gaps.
Test Writer
SolidGenerates unit tests for a specific function or module, with sensible edge cases.
Content Writer
High signalDrafts a blog post, newsletter, or landing page from a brief — using the site's established voice.
Content Researcher
High signalGathers sources, stats, frameworks, and competitive analysis for a topic — keeps research separate from writing.
Brand Voice Analyzer
SolidAnalyses existing content to extract the brand's voice patterns, then scores new drafts against them.
Copywriting Specialist
SolidWrites high-conversion short copy — headlines, CTAs, subject lines, hero copy — using classic copywriting frameworks (PAS, AIDA, 4Ps).
Headline Lab
SolidGenerates 10 headline variants against different frameworks (curiosity, benefit, controversy, listicle, how-to) and ranks them.
Ghostwrite In Voice
SituationalDrafts in a specific author's voice after reading 3-5 of their pieces — attribution-safe for transparency.
Newsletter Recycle
High signalTurns one blog post into a newsletter + 5 social posts (LinkedIn, Twitter/X thread, Instagram caption) in one pass.
Twitter Algorithm Optimizer
SituationalRewrites a tweet or thread for the current Twitter/X algorithm preferences — engagement bait avoidance, read-time, link handling.
SEO Audit
High signalRuns a full on-page SEO audit on a URL or page file — title, meta, H1, schema, internal links, content gaps.
AEO Citability Check
High signalScores a page for LLM-citability — direct answers, quote-ready structure, source attribution, FAQ coverage.
Schema Generator
SolidGenerates JSON-LD schema markup for a page — Article, FAQPage, HowTo, Product, SoftwareApplication, BreadcrumbList.
Internal Link Mapper
SolidSuggests contextual internal links for a page by scanning the rest of the site for topically-relevant anchors.
Meta Rewrite
SolidRewrites meta title and description for a page, optimised for CTR on target query.
Deploy to Netlify
High signalBuilds the site, validates output, and pushes to Netlify — with rollback if the build fails post-deploy.
Netlify Status
SolidChecks the latest deploy status for all (or one) Netlify site — green/building/failed at a glance.
Preview Server
SolidSpins up the project's dev server — handles npm install if needed, picks an available port, opens the browser.
Kubernetes Architect
SituationalDesigns Helm charts, K8s manifests, and GitOps workflows — with sensible defaults for indie/small-team deploys.
Competitor Scan
SolidScrapes 3-5 competitor pages on the same topic, compares stance, and identifies content gaps + differentiation angles.
Academic Brief
SituationalSummarises 3-5 academic papers on a topic into a plain-English brief with the core claim, method, and limitations of each.
Doc to Markdown
SolidConverts Word, PDF, or HTML documents into clean markdown — preserving structure, tables, and code blocks.
Meeting Insights Analyzer
SituationalAnalyses a meeting transcript for key decisions, action items, sentiment shifts, and unanswered questions.
Pivot Sweep
High signalSweeps CTAs, URLs, or brand terms across a repo with tier-based policy — keep some, swap others, leave the rest.
Copy Align
High signalGreps for residual outdated copy across a repo after a pivot — catches prose that escaped the CTA sweep.
Drift Check
High signalVerifies a project's reference data (prices, models, deps) against upstream sources — flags staleness.
Retire Model
SituationalAutomates the lifecycle: current → legacy → deprecated → retired as dates pass. Keeps model data in sync with vendor announcements.
Site Health Check
High signalRuns a battery of drift/regression checks on a site — CTA hygiene, data freshness, link health, cruft in pages/.
Hub Link Check
SolidVerifies that a defined hub of pages all link to each other — catches missing cross-links that break SEO and UX.
Skill Creator
SolidScaffolds a new Claude Code skill with proper frontmatter, invocation block, and SKILL.md spec compliance.
SKILL.md Template
High signalThe canonical SKILL.md template from Anthropic's official skills repo — frontmatter fields, trigger syntax, invocation patterns.
Skill Tester
SituationalDry-runs a skill against a test input to verify trigger detection, output shape, and side-effect safety before shipping.
Legal Sweep
High signalAudits a site for a legal disclaimer page + footer link; creates and wires up if missing.
Dependency Audit
SolidChecks every dependency's licence — flags GPL contamination, commercial-incompatible licences, missing attribution.
Vendor Add
High signalAdds a new vendor to a vendor-directory site — creates the JSON data file, the detail page, the category listing, and cross-links.
Vendor Verify
SolidVerifies a vendor's data against their actual website — pricing, features, contact details.
Site Picker
High signalPresents a menu of your sites, loads per-site memory + recent git log, surfaces a session brief.
GitHub Actions Audit
SolidAudits GitHub Actions across all your repos for failures in the last 7 days — flags broken cron jobs, silent CI failures.
QA Swarm
SolidLaunches 3-5 parallel QA subagents against a site, each with a distinct remit (SEO, monetisation, freshness, accuracy), synthesises findings.
AI Endpoint Smoke Test
SituationalFires a smoke test at AI-powered API endpoints (Claude, GPT, custom agents) on live sites — flags 5xx, timeouts, broken auth.
Dead Link Crawler
SolidCrawls a live site for 4xx/5xx responses — reports broken internal links and rotted outbound links.
Core Web Vitals Check
SolidRuns Lighthouse against homepages (or specific pages) across a portfolio — reports LCP, CLS, INP, and regressions.
Licence Checker
SolidVerifies the licence of a GitHub repo (or specific file) before you fork, republish, or include content from it.
Changelog Generator
SolidGenerates a human-readable changelog between two git tags — grouped by feat/fix/refactor, with author attribution.
Browse by category
10 categories, skills ranked inside each by tier.
Git & version control
3Skills that handle commits, PRs, branching, and code history.
QA, review, security
5Skills that review code, run tests, and catch bugs before they ship.
Content production
7Skills that draft, edit, and repurpose written content.
SEO, AEO, LLM-citability
5Skills that improve search visibility and LLM citation rates.
Deploy & infrastructure
5Skills that handle builds, deploys, and runtime infra.
Research & analysis
5Skills that gather, summarise, and synthesise information.
Drift & regression monitoring
8Skills that catch decay in data, copy, and content over time.
Meta: skills that build skills
3Skills that help you write, test, and maintain other skills.
Legal & compliance
3Skills that check disclaimers, licences, and compliance gaps.
Domain & portfolio ops
3Skills for managing multiple sites, vendors, or brand surfaces.
Repos we excluded (and why)
Transparency about licence. If you're surprised a well-known repo is missing, this section probably explains it.
hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0No derivatives, no commercial reuse — safe to link, unsafe to republish entries.
Frequently asked
What is a Claude Code skill?+
A Claude Code skill is a reusable capability — a slash command, subagent, or skill file — that lives in your .claude/ directory and extends what Claude Code can do. Skills are markdown files with frontmatter describing when they fire and what they do. Unlike MCP servers (which add capabilities) or hooks (which enforce rules), skills package a workflow: 'when I type /commit, do these things'. Official spec: anthropics/skills on GitHub.
How is this catalogue different from awesome-claude-code?+
The biggest community catalogue — hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code (39.9k stars) — is licensed CC BY-NC-ND. You can link to it but cannot republish entries. This directory is the opposite: every skill is from a repo with an explicit permissive licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, CC0, Unlicense) that allows reuse. You can copy any skill here into your own .claude/ without legal friction.
Can I use these skills commercially?+
Yes, with attribution where the licence requires it. MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, CC0, and Unlicense all permit commercial use. MIT and Apache require you preserve the original copyright notice — so when you fork a skill, keep the 'Source: <author>' comment at the top. We exclude any skill from a repo with unclear or restrictive licensing.
How are skills different from subagents and slash commands?+
The lines blur. A slash command (~/.claude/commands/name.md) is a named prompt you invoke manually. A subagent (~/.claude/agents/name.md) is a specialist you hand work off to. A skill (~/.claude/skills/name/SKILL.md) is a bundle with richer frontmatter and sometimes scripts. This catalogue covers all three — what matters is the workflow, not the file type. See /skills-vs-mcp-vs-hooks for the deeper decision tree.
How often is this catalogue updated?+
Skills are re-verified quarterly. The lastVerified date is shown on the hub and on every skill page. Stars counts, last-commit dates, and source licence are checked on each re-verification. If a repo changes licence or goes dormant, entries are pulled or flagged.
How do I install a skill from this catalogue?+
Every skill page has a setup block — usually 2-4 steps. Typical flow: (1) save the .md file at ~/.claude/commands/<name>.md (or ~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md for bundled skills), (2) restart Claude Code, (3) invoke by typing the slash command. Full walkthrough on the Install guide page.
Can I submit a skill I've written?+
Not yet — this is a curated directory. If you've written a skill you want featured, publish it on GitHub with an MIT or Apache-2.0 licence, and mention @bryanjcollins on X with a link. Criteria for inclusion: clear licence, published for at least 30 days, at least one real-world use case, and not a duplicate of an existing entry.
Related reading
Skills complement MCP servers and hooks. The decision tree below walks through which extension type fits which problem.