Skills: Example instruction folders that teach the Claude AI assistant how to do specific tasks the same way every time.

What it does

Skills are folders of instructions, scripts and resources that Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, loads when needed. They teach Claude how to do a particular job in a repeatable way, such as making documents that follow a company's brand style or analysing data with a set workflow.

This collection holds example skills covering creative work (art, music, design), technical tasks (testing web apps, building MCP servers, which are add-ons that connect AI to other tools) and business work like communications and branding. It also includes the skills behind Claude's ability to create and edit Word, PDF, PowerPoint and Excel files, plus a template and a written specification for making your own.

Each skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file: a short name and description, followed by plain written instructions. The makers say the skills are for demonstration and learning, and that Claude's real behaviour may differ.

Who it's for

People who use Claude, through Claude Code, Claude.ai or the Claude API, and want ready-made skills or examples to build their own.

Can I use it without coding?

With some setup. You add the skills inside Claude Code with a couple of built-in commands, or upload them in Claude.ai, and writing your own skill only needs a plain text file. New to this? Start here.

Can I run it?

Cost: Free, but needs an AI accountThe software is free, but it uses an online AI service (like OpenAI or Anthropic), which usually charges for use.
Privacy: Sends what you give it to an online service

Try it

Open Claude Code and add this collection as a plugin marketplace.
Choose Browse and install plugins, then pick the document skills or example skills set and install it.
Ask Claude to use a skill by name, for example asking the PDF skill to pull form fields from a file.

Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?

Before you install

Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
Plain-AyI is an independent guide and doesn't host or review the software it lists. Please check each project's official page before installing.
No license stated. The code is public, but its maker hasn't said how it may be reused. Check the GitHub page before using it for business.
What you type or upload is sent to an online service. Avoid sharing private or sensitive information.
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