--- title: "Agent Skills for Coding · skilld" description: "The coding skills worth installing first, curated for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Plan, verify, debug, test, and model a domain, every skill from a maintainer you can read before you run it. 53 curated skills." canonical_url: "https://skilld.dev/skills/coding" last_updated: "2026-08-20T07:10:35.560Z" meta: "og:description": "The coding skills worth installing first, curated for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Plan, verify, debug, test, and model a domain, every skill from a maintainer you can read before you run it. 53 curated skills." "og:image": "https://skilld.dev/_og/d/a_Everyday%2Bcoding%2Bon%2Bskilld%2Cc_Page.takumi%2Ctitle_Everyday%2Bcoding%2Cdescription_You%2Bwant%2Bthe%2Bhandful%2Bof%2Bskills%2Bthat%2Bearn%2Btheir%2Bcontext%2Bon%2Bevery%2Bproject.%2Cp_Ii9za2lsbHMvY29kaW5nIg%2Cs_NseUiI5-CNpoH4MZ.png" "og:image:alt": "Everyday coding on skilld" "og:image:height": "600" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Agent Skills for Coding" "twitter:image": "https://skilld.dev/_og/d/a_Everyday%2Bcoding%2Bon%2Bskilld%2Cc_Page.takumi%2Ctitle_Everyday%2Bcoding%2Cdescription_You%2Bwant%2Bthe%2Bhandful%2Bof%2Bskills%2Bthat%2Bearn%2Btheir%2Bcontext%2Bon%2Bevery%2Bproject.%2Cp_Ii9za2lsbHMvY29kaW5nIg%2Cs_NseUiI5-CNpoH4MZ.png" "twitter:image:alt": "Everyday coding on skilld" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://skilld.dev/llms.txt) # **Everyday coding** You want the handful of skills that earn their context on every project. ## Time range Teach your agent skilld `npx skilld install skilld --global` Adds the skilld Skill to your agent for every project. ## Tracks 53 skills Devs talked about 4 of these skills this week. A list ranked by devs starts at 5. ## **Hand-picked coding skills** Cross-stack first installs that work in any agent: plan, verify, debug, test, and a design baseline. Every skill is a context tax; these are the ones that earn it. 1. 01 [/find-skills](https://skilld.dev/gh/vercel-labs/skills) vercel-labs/skills Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.35k GitHub stars 2. 02 [/planning-with-files](https://skilld.dev/gh/othmanadi/planning-with-files/planning-with-files) othmanadi/planning-with-files Persistent file-based planning for multi-step AI-agent work. Keeps task\_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk; lifecycle hooks inject selected project planning context. Automatic recovery reads project planning files only. Explicit session-catchup.py --metadata reads same-project local agent session records and emits aggregate counts only; --replay may emit bounded nonce-framed excerpts. Optional gated mode can request continuation only when the host supports it and never runs commands declared in Markdown. The skill has no network upload path. Use for research or work needing 5+ tool calls.27k GitHub stars 3. 03 [/grill-me](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/grill-me) mattpocock/skills A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design.293k GitHub stars 4. 04 [/systematic-debugging](https://skilld.dev/gh/obra/superpowers/systematic-debugging) obra/superpowers Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes299k GitHub stars 5. 05 [/tdd](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/tdd) mattpocock/skills Test-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests.293k GitHub stars 6. 06 [/improve-codebase-architecture](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/improve-codebase-architecture) mattpocock/skills Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.293k GitHub stars 7. 07 [/domain-modeling](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/domain-modeling) mattpocock/skills Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing a GLOSSARY.md, or recording or editing an ADR.293k GitHub stars 8. 08 [/frontend-design](https://skilld.dev/gh/anthropics/skills/frontend-design) anthropics/skills Guidance for distinctive, intentional visual design when building new UI or reshaping an existing one. Helps with aesthetic direction, typography, and making choices that don't read as templated defaults.181k GitHub stars ## **More coding skills, ranked by GitHub stars** 1. 01 [/slack-gif-creator](https://skilld.dev/gh/anthropics/skills/slack-gif-creator) anthropics/skills Knowledge and utilities for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack. Provides constraints, validation tools, and animation concepts. Use when users request animated GIFs for Slack like "make me a GIF of X doing Y for Slack.181k GitHub stars 2. 02 [/time-svg-creator](https://skilld.dev/gh/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/time-svg-creator) shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice Creates an SVG time card showing the current time for Dubai. Writes the SVG to agent-teams/output/dubai-time.svg and updates agent-teams/output/output.md.68k GitHub stars 3. 03 [/weather-svg-creator](https://skilld.dev/gh/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/weather-svg-creator) shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice Creates an SVG weather card showing the current temperature for Dubai. Writes the SVG to orchestration-workflow/weather.svg and updates orchestration-workflow/output.md.68k GitHub stars 4. 04 [/knap](https://skilld.dev/gh/kepano/obsidian-skills/knap) kepano/obsidian-skills Render Markdown from templates and structured data using Knap CLI. Use when the user asks to apply a Knap template, turn JSON or CSV data into notes, batch-generate Markdown files, or format Defuddle output into a note.50k GitHub stars 5. 05 [/generate-image](https://skilld.dev/gh/github/awesome-copilot/generate-image) github/awesome-copilot Generate images using AI. Use when asked to generate, create, or make images, textures, icons, sprites, artwork, visual assets, or mockups. Supports OpenAI (gpt-image-2) and Google Gemini (Nano Banana). Requires an API key for the chosen provider.40k GitHub stars 6. 06 [/latchshot-page-capture](https://skilld.dev/gh/github/awesome-copilot/latchshot-page-capture) github/awesome-copilot Use this skill when a user needs a screenshot, website thumbnail, full-page capture, or PDF of a public HTTP(S) webpage saved as a local artifact through Latchshot, including report, QA, archive, and social-preview workflows. Do not use it for private or authenticated pages, raw HTML, scraping or extraction, arbitrary browser actions, CAPTCHA or anti-bot bypass, or local-file capture.40k GitHub stars 7. 07 [/nano-banana-pro-openrouter](https://skilld.dev/gh/github/awesome-copilot/nano-banana-pro-openrouter) github/awesome-copilot Generate or edit images via OpenRouter with the Gemini 3 Pro Image model. Use for prompt-only image generation, image edits, and multi-image compositing; supports 1K/2K/4K output.40k GitHub stars 8. 08 [/imagegen](https://skilld.dev/gh/openai/skills/imagegen) openai/skills Generate or edit raster images when the task benefits from AI-created bitmap visuals such as photos, illustrations, textures, sprites, mockups, or transparent-background cutouts. Use when Codex should create a brand-new image, transform an existing image, or derive visual variants from references, and the output should be a bitmap asset rather than repo-native code or vector. Do not use when the task is better handled by editing existing SVG/vector/code-native assets, extending an established icon or logo system, or building the visual directly in HTML/CSS/canvas.28k GitHub stars 9. 09 [/pdf](https://skilld.dev/gh/openai/skills/pdf) openai/skills Use when tasks involve reading, creating, or reviewing PDF files where rendering and layout matter; prefer visual checks by rendering pages (Poppler) and use Python tools such as \`reportlab\`, \`pdfplumber\`, and \`pypdf\` for generation and extraction.28k GitHub stars 10. 10 [/baoyu-cover-image](https://skilld.dev/gh/jimliu/baoyu-skills/baoyu-cover-image) jimliu/baoyu-skills Generates article cover images with 5 dimensions (type, palette, rendering, text, mood) combining 11 color palettes and 7 rendering styles. Supports cinematic (2.35:1), widescreen (16:9), and square (1:1) aspects. Use when user asks to "generate cover image", "create article cover", or "make cover".27k GitHub stars 11. 11 [/baoyu-xhs-images](https://skilld.dev/gh/jimliu/baoyu-skills/baoyu-xhs-images) jimliu/baoyu-skills Generates infographic image card series with 12 visual styles, 8 layouts, and 3 color palettes. Breaks content into 1-10 cartoon-style image cards optimized for social media engagement. Use when user mentions "小红书图片", "小红书种草", "小绿书", "微信图文", "微信贴图", "image cards", "图片卡片", baoyu-xhs-images, or wants social media infographic series.27k GitHub stars 12. 12 [/ads-report](https://skilld.dev/gh/agricidaniel/claude-ads/ads-report) agricidaniel/claude-ads Render Markdown, HTML, or PDF paid-advertising reports from a validated Claude Ads JSON run bundle. Use for ads report, client report, audit PDF, executive audience reporting, or exporting prior audit and plan results.10k GitHub stars 13. 13 [/nitro](https://skilld.dev/gh/antfu/skills/nitro) antfu/skills Nitro is the framework-agnostic server toolkit (powering Nuxt) for building and deploying web servers anywhere. Use when working with nitro.config, server routes/event handlers, route rules, caching, storage, tasks, websockets, or deploying to Node/Bun/Deno/Cloudflare/Vercel.6k GitHub stars 14. 14 [/nuxt](https://skilld.dev/gh/antfu/skills/nuxt) antfu/skills Nuxt full-stack Vue framework with SSR, auto-imports, and file-based routing. Use when working with Nuxt apps, server routes, useFetch, middleware, or hybrid rendering.6k GitHub stars 15. 15 [/remotion-render](https://skilld.dev/gh/remotion-dev/skills/remotion-render) remotion-dev/skills Export a Remotion video5.2k GitHub stars ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://skilld.dev/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Curated agent skills by humans, written by real maintainers in their own GitHub repos","name":"skilld","url":"https://skilld.dev/"},{"@id":"https://skilld.dev/skills/coding#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"The coding skills worth installing first, curated for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. 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