couimet/my-claude-skills

Claude Code is powerful, but out-of-the-box sessions are ephemeral — context evaporates between tasks, there's no trail of decisions made along the way, and commit messages end up as whatever the AI felt like writing. I built these skills because I wanted Claude to be a structured development partner, not just a code generator.
This is a collection of portable Claude Code skills that add lightweight workflow conventions to every project I work on. They've been iterated over many real issues, PR reviews, and side-quests. Nothing here is theoretical — I use every one of these daily.
> Want to see these skills in action? Read the full follow-along — a real issue turned into a shipped PR, with every artifact visible.
## Installation
### Quick Install (npx skills)
The fastest way to install the whole suite is the skills CLI — the cross-agent installer used by the skills.sh ecosystem:
bash
npx skills add couimet/my-claude-skills --global
This pulls the skills straight from the GitHub repo and makes them available in every Claude Code project. Leave off --global to install them only in the current project.
Install a subset of skills by name (repeatable) or target a specific agent:
bash
npx skills add couimet/my-claude-skills --global --skill start-issue --skill note
npx skills add couimet/my-claude-skills --global --agent claude-code
Update later with npx skills update (add -g to update only globally-installed skills).
One caveat: the CLI installs into the same ~/.claude/skills/ directory that install.sh manages, so pick one install path and stick with it — mixing both for the same skills can overwrite each other's copies.
This installs only this repo's skills. A few of them optionally call external skills — see External skill dependencies below to install those too.
### Clone and Symlink
bash
git clone git@github.com:couimet/my-claude-skills.git ~/src/my-claude-skills
~/src/my-claude-skills/install.sh
This creates symlinks from ~/.claude/skills/ to the repo, making all skills globally available in every Claude Code project. Skills are the standard Claude Code extension mechanism — each one is a markdown file with instructions that Claude follows when you invoke it. Best for contributors and anyone who wants a live checkout that updates with git pull.
install.sh requires bash (macOS/Linux). On Windows, use the quick install or marketplace paths instead.
After the links, install.sh asks whether to add the Claude Code hook to ~/.claude/settings.json. The default answer is no. Pass --no-hooks to skip the question, and --uninstall-hooks to remove the entry later. When the hook script cannot run, install.sh does not ask and changes nothing.
Run install.sh from the main checkout. It refuses to run from a linked git worktree, because each link into a worktree breaks when the worktree is removed. It names the main checkout to run it from.
install.sh symlinks only this repo's own skills. A few of them optionally call external skills — see External skill dependencies below to install those too.
### Updating
bash
cd ~/src/my-claude-skills && git pull && ./install.sh
The install script is idempotent — safe to run on every pull. It only creates/updates symlinks; it never deletes non-symlink directories. When the hook entry is already in your settings file, it asks nothing.