Skill

Conclusion first: plenty of tools out there can be installed, but most of them sit there gathering dust after installation. Below is what I filtered out of the things I actually use, sorted into five scenario categories, with a few genuinely used picks in each. First, One All-Rounder Recommendation # If you want a single install that covers most scenarios, take a look at this one:

If you’ve used Claude Code, you may have noticed the /skills command listing installed “skills”. Writing standards, architecture design methods, TDD workflows, code review strategies — it sounds like a plugin marketplace. Skills are not plugins. That’s the first and most important thing to understand about the Skill system. A plugin is code — it extends what the program can do. A Skill is a prompt — it extends what the model knows.