25 Claude skills worth installing
25 free skills that teach Claude a specific job, from writing and design to sales and memory, with where to get each one.
Luís Rodrigues5 min read
Skills are add-ons that teach Claude a specific job: a workflow, a set of rules, or expert know-how. Once a skill is installed, Claude uses it on its own whenever it's relevant. They work on every Claude plan, free included (Anthropic's help page).
How to install
In the Claude app (web or desktop): Turn on code execution in Settings, then Capabilities, then "Code execution and file creation". Download the skill from GitHub as a ZIP file. Then go to Customize, then Skills, click +, and upload it. Skills 1 to 6 are Anthropic's own and are already there: switch them on in Customize, then Skills.
In Claude Code: Paste the GitHub link and type: Install this skill: [link]. The bigger skill packs only work this way.
Start here: official skills from Anthropic
1. Skill Creator (by Anthropic)
Describe a task you do over and over, and Claude turns it into your own custom skill. For most people, this is the one that pays off most.
2. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF (by Anthropic)
These are the skills Claude uses to create and edit real office files. They're built into the Claude app, so just ask for a document, spreadsheet or deck.
3. Frontend Design (by Anthropic)
Makes the websites and apps Claude builds look designed rather than generic. You get bolder layouts and real typography.
4. Doc Co-authoring (by Anthropic)
Works through your drafts with you in several editing passes and suggests changes. Use it for reports, proposals and long documents.
5. Brand Guidelines (by Anthropic)
Keeps everything Claude makes in your brand's colors, fonts and style, so what it makes looks consistent.
6. Algorithmic Art (by Anthropic)
Describe a visual style and Claude creates generative art in code. Every version comes out different, so you can keep generating new ones.
Writing
7. Stop-Slop (by Hardik Pandya)
Strips the telltale signs of AI writing out of Claude's text: filler openers, clichés and overused AI words.
github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop
8. Humanizer (by blader)
Rewrites text so it reads like a person wrote it. It checks against a long list of known AI writing patterns, then runs a second pass. Give it a sample of your own writing and it will match your voice. I wrote a full guide to setting it up.
9. Caveman (by Julius Brussee)
Makes Claude answer in short, compressed language without losing accuracy. It's useful if you keep hitting your usage limits.
github.com/juliusbrussee/caveman
Design and visuals
10. Impeccable (by Paul Bakaus)
Tell it what feels wrong with a page, like "too crowded" or "hard to read," and it critiques and fixes the design while keeping your brand. It works for people who aren't designers.
11. Taste Skill (by Leon Lin)
A strict rulebook that stops AI from producing generic-looking websites. It covers layout, typography, motion and dark mode.
github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill
12. UI/UX Pro Max (by Next Level Builder)
Gives Claude a built-in library of interface styles, color palettes and font pairings. Name the kind of product you're building and it picks a matching look.
github.com/nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill
13. Frontend Slides (by Rui Zhang)
Builds animated presentations that run in the browser, or converts an existing PowerPoint into one.
github.com/zarazhangrui/frontend-slides
14. Diagram Design (by Cathryn Lavery)
Draws flowcharts, timelines, org charts and more in your brand colors, so you don't get generic boxes.
github.com/cathrynlavery/diagram-design
Video
15. Remotion Video (by Remotion)
Claude builds animated videos with captions, transitions and audio from a text description. These are the official skills from the Remotion team.
github.com/remotion-dev/skills
Business
16. Marketing Skills (by Corey Haines)
More than 30 marketing skills covering SEO, copywriting, email sequences, conversion and analytics. Each one starts by learning about your product and audience.
github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills
17. SEO Machine (by Craig Hewitt)
Researches, writes and optimizes long blog posts designed to rank on Google, starting from your topic and keywords.
github.com/TheCraigHewitt/seomachine
18. AI Sales Team (by Zubair Trabzada)
Researches prospects, qualifies leads, writes personalized outreach, prepares you for meetings and drafts proposals.
github.com/zubair-trabzada/ai-sales-team-claude
19. Entrepreneur Skills (by Matt Warren)
Founder workflows for business plans, pitch decks, hiring playbooks, operations and finance.
github.com/mfwarren/entrepreneur-claude-skills
Knowledge and memory
20. Obsidian Second Brain (by Eugeniu Ghelbur)
Claude manages your Obsidian notes for you. It adds research, connects ideas and keeps your notes up to date.
github.com/eugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain
21. Claude Mem (by Alex Newman)
Gives Claude Code a memory across sessions, so it remembers your projects and preferences and you don't have to explain them again. More on it in 5 free add-ons for Claude Code.
github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem
For builders
22. Superpowers (by Jesse Vincent)
A full workflow for building software: brainstorm, plan, build, test and review. It's the most popular community skill pack.
23. Grill Me (by Matt Pocock)
Before you build anything, Claude questions your plan hard so the gaps show up early.
Skills that improve your skills
24. Find Skills (by Fockus)
Tell Claude what you're working on and it searches for the right skills and installs them.
github.com/fockus/claude-skill-find-skill
25. Task Observer (by Eoghan Henn)
Watches how you work, notices what you keep correcting or doing by hand, and suggests new skills or improvements to your existing ones.
github.com/rebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all
Tip: Start with 3 to 5 skills that match what you actually do. Installing all of them at once just adds noise. Stick to well-known sources, because skills can run code.
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