89 Development Agent Skills

Skills that make Claude Code faster at the parts of development that slow you down.

Agent Skills for Claude Code and Codex CLI covering debugging, code review, architecture, automated testing, and the full engineering workflow.

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Development skills are where Claude Code was built to shine. The skills here cover the full software engineering lifecycle — from the moment you open a PR to the day you ship a release. Code review, PR descriptions, architecture decisions, database design, API documentation, automated test generation — each is a structured workflow you install once and run repeatedly.

Unlike a general prompt, a skill carries your preferences forward. Install a code review skill and it applies the same standards on every PR. Install a release notes skill and it follows the same format every time. That consistency is what makes these worth using at scale.

Most development skills work with Claude Code and Codex CLI. They're especially well-suited to solo developers and small engineering teams where there's no dedicated DevRel, tech writing, or QA function.

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Agent Designer

by @alirezarezvani

Design and orchestrate multi-agent AI systems — define agent roles, communication protocols, tool use patterns, and failure recovery strategies.

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MCP Builder

by @anthropics

Anthropic's official skill for building or reasoning about Model Context Protocol tooling and integrations.

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RAG Architect

by @alirezarezvani

Design and build Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems — chunking strategies, embedding selection, vector store setup, and query pipeline optimization.

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gstack: Auto Review Pipeline

by @garrytan

Runs CEO, design, and engineering reviews sequentially with auto-decisions using 6 built-in principles. Surfaces only the taste decisions that need your input. One command, fully reviewed plan.

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gstack: Performance Benchmarking

by @garrytan

Establishes baselines for page load times, Core Web Vitals, and resource sizes. Compares before/after on every PR and tracks performance trends over time.

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gstack: Headless Browser for Claude

by @garrytan

Gives Claude a real Chromium browser. Navigate URLs, click elements, verify page state, take annotated screenshots, test forms, check responsive layouts — 100ms per command.

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gstack: Post-Deploy Canary Monitor

by @garrytan

Watches the live app after a deploy for console errors, performance regressions, and page failures. Takes periodic screenshots, compares against pre-deploy baselines, and alerts on anomalies.

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gstack: Destructive Command Guardrails

by @garrytan

Warns before running rm -rf, DROP TABLE, force-push, git reset --hard, kubectl delete, and similar destructive operations. You can override each warning. Scoped to the current session.

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gstack: OpenAI Codex Second Opinion

by @garrytan

Independent code review from OpenAI Codex CLI — a completely different AI reviewing the same diff. Three modes: code review with pass/fail gate, adversarial challenge, or open consultation.

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gstack: Connect Real Chrome

by @garrytan

Launches your actual Chrome browser controlled by gstack, with a Side Panel extension showing a live activity feed of every action. Watch Claude navigate in real time.

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gstack: Chief Security Officer Audit

by @garrytan

Infrastructure-first security audit: secrets archaeology, dependency supply chain, CI/CD security, OWASP Top 10, and STRIDE threat modelling. Zero noise — 8/10 confidence gate, 17 false positive exclusions. Every finding includes a concrete exploit scenario.

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gstack: Production HTML Generator

by @garrytan

Generates production-quality HTML where text actually reflows on resize and heights compute dynamically. Accepts mockups, CEO plans, or design reviews as input. Zero dependencies.

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gstack: Edit Scope Lock

by @garrytan

Restricts all file edits to a single directory for the session. Blocks Edit and Write operations outside the allowed path — prevents accidentally changing unrelated code while debugging.

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gstack: Full Safety Mode

by @garrytan

Combines /careful (warns before destructive commands) and /freeze (locks edits to one directory) in a single command. Maximum safety for production work or high-stakes debugging.

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gstack: Codebase Health Dashboard

by @garrytan

Wraps your existing project tools — type checker, linter, test runner, dead code detector, shell linter — into a weighted composite 0–10 health score with trend tracking over time.

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gstack: Root Cause Debugger

by @garrytan

Systematic root-cause debugging with four phases: investigate, analyze, hypothesize, implement. Iron Law: no fixes without root cause. Stops after 3 failed hypotheses and escalates.

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gstack: Land and Deploy

by @garrytan

Merges the PR, waits for CI to pass, deploys to production, and verifies production health via canary checks. One command from approved PR to verified live deploy.

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gstack: Engineering Plan Review

by @garrytan

Eng manager-mode plan review. Locks in architecture, data flow diagrams, edge cases, test coverage, and failure modes before any code is written.

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gstack: QA Testing — Find and Fix

by @garrytan

Opens a real Chromium browser and tests your app the way a user would. Finds bugs, fixes them with atomic commits, generates regression tests for every fix, and gives you a before/after health score.

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gstack: QA Testing — Report Only

by @garrytan

Same real-browser methodology as /qa but produces a structured bug report with health score and repro steps without making any code changes. Pure signal, no side effects.

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gstack: Engineering Retrospective

by @garrytan

Weekly engineering retro with persistent history and trend tracking. Per-person breakdowns, commit analysis, test health trends, shipping streaks, and growth opportunities. Works across all your projects.

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gstack: Pre-Landing Code Review

by @garrytan

Staff engineer-level PR review. Finds bugs that pass CI but blow up in production — SQL safety, LLM trust boundaries, conditional side effects, race conditions. Auto-fixes the obvious ones.

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gstack: Browser Cookie Importer

by @garrytan

Imports cookies from your real Chrome, Arc, Brave, or Edge browser into the headless browse session. Lets Claude test authenticated pages without you having to log in again.

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gstack: Deployment Configurator

by @garrytan

One-time setup for /land-and-deploy. Detects your deploy platform (Fly.io, Render, Vercel, Netlify, Heroku, GitHub Actions, custom), production URL, and health check endpoints.

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gstack: Ship Workflow

by @garrytan

Syncs main, runs tests, audits coverage, bumps VERSION, updates CHANGELOG, pushes the branch, and opens the PR. One command from ready code to open pull request.

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gstack: Remove Edit Lock

by @garrytan

Clears the directory restriction set by /freeze, allowing edits across all directories again without ending the session.

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gstack: Self-Updater

by @garrytan

Upgrades gstack to the latest version. Detects whether you have a global or vendored install, syncs both, and shows you what changed.

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Agent Workflow Designer

by @alirezarezvani

Design agentic workflows for automation — map task sequences, define tool use patterns, set human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and optimize for reliability.

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API Design Reviewer

by @alirezarezvani

Review REST and GraphQL API designs for consistency, developer experience, versioning strategy, and adherence to industry standards.

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API Test Suite Builder

by @alirezarezvani

Build comprehensive API test suites — contract tests, integration tests, load tests, and automated regression for REST and GraphQL APIs.

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Artifacts Builder

by @ComposioHQ

A Composio community skill for building richer Claude artifacts with modern frontend patterns and UI components.

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AWS Agentic AI

by @zxkane

AWS Bedrock AgentCore skill for deploying, managing, and scaling agent infrastructure across Gateway, Runtime, Memory, Identity, and related services.

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AWS CDK Development

by @zxkane

AWS CDK expert skill for building cloud infrastructure with TypeScript or Python using best-practice CDK patterns.

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AWS MCP Setup

by @zxkane

AWS documentation and MCP setup skill for configuring AWS knowledge tools, credentials, and connectivity in Claude workflows.

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AWS Serverless EDA

by @zxkane

AWS serverless and event-driven architecture skill for Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, and SNS systems.

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AWS Solution Architect

by @alirezarezvani

Cloud infrastructure design and optimization on AWS — VPCs, IAM, compute, databases, serverless, and cost optimization from a certified architect perspective.

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CI/CD Pipeline Builder

by @alirezarezvani

Build production CI/CD pipelines for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and CircleCI — from lint and test to deploy with environment promotion and rollbacks.

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Claude API

by @anthropics

Anthropic's official Claude Code skill for building with the Claude API — usage patterns, tool use, streaming, and API integration examples.

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Code Reviewer

by @alirezarezvani

Deep code review for TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and Go — anti-pattern detection, security issues, performance bottlenecks, and quality metrics.

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Codebase Onboarding

by @alirezarezvani

Get up to speed on any codebase fast — architecture overview, key entry points, data flow diagrams, and a curated reading order for new contributors.

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Cowork Plugin Management Cowork Plugin Customizer

by @anthropics

Customize a Claude Code plugin for a specific organization's tools and workflows.

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Cowork Plugin Management Create Cowork Plugin

by @anthropics

Guide users through creating a new plugin from scratch in a cowork session.

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Database Designer

by @alirezarezvani

Design production-grade databases — schema modeling, normalization, indexing strategy, query optimization, and choosing between SQL and NoSQL.

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Dependency Auditor

by @alirezarezvani

Audit project dependencies for vulnerabilities, outdated packages, license risks, and bloat — with a prioritized remediation plan.

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Email Template Builder

by @alirezarezvani

Build production-ready HTML email templates — responsive design, dark mode support, email client compatibility, and reusable component libraries.

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Engineering Architecture

by @anthropics

Create or evaluate an architecture decision record (ADR). Use when choosing between technologies (e.g., Kafka vs SQS), documenting a design decision with trade-offs and consequences, reviewing a system design proposal, or designing a new component from requirements and constraints.

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Engineering Code Review

by @anthropics

Review code changes for security, performance, and correctness. Trigger with a PR URL or diff, "review this before I merge", "is this code safe?", or when checking a change for N+1 queries, injection risks, missing edge cases, or error handling gaps.

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Engineering Debug

by @anthropics

Structured debugging session — reproduce, isolate, diagnose, and fix. Trigger with an error message or stack trace, "this works in staging but not prod", "something broke after the deploy", or when behavior diverges from expected and the cause isn't obvious.

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Engineering Deploy Checklist

by @anthropics

Pre-deployment verification checklist. Use when about to ship a release, deploying a change with database migrations or feature flags, verifying CI status and approvals before going to production, or documenting rollback triggers ahead of time.

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Engineering Documentation

by @anthropics

Write and maintain technical documentation. Trigger with "write docs for", "document this", "create a README", "write a runbook", "onboarding guide", or when the user needs help with any form of technical writing — API docs, architecture docs, or operational runbooks.

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Engineering Incident Response

by @anthropics

Run an incident response workflow — triage, communicate, and write postmortem. Trigger with "we have an incident", "production is down", an alert that needs severity assessment, a status update mid-incident, or when writing a blameless postmortem after resolution.

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Engineering Standup

by @anthropics

Generate a standup update from recent activity. Use when preparing for daily standup, summarizing yesterday's commits and PRs and ticket moves, formatting work into yesterday/today/blockers, or structuring a few rough notes into a shareable update.

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Engineering System Design

by @anthropics

Design systems, services, and architectures. Trigger with "design a system for", "how should we architect", "system design for", "what's the right architecture for", or when the user needs help with API design, data modeling, or service boundaries.

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Engineering Tech Debt

by @anthropics

Identify, categorize, and prioritize technical debt. Trigger with "tech debt", "technical debt audit", "what should we refactor", "code health", or when the user asks about code quality, refactoring priorities, or maintenance backlog.

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Engineering Testing Strategy

by @anthropics

Design test strategies and test plans. Trigger with "how should we test", "test strategy for", "write tests for", "test plan", "what tests do we need", or when the user needs help with testing approaches, coverage, or test architecture.

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Environment & Secrets Manager

by @alirezarezvani

Design secure secrets management workflows — vaults, rotation policies, environment variable hygiene, and developer-friendly secret distribution.

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Git Worktree Manager

by @alirezarezvani

Master Git worktrees — manage multiple branches simultaneously, set up parallel development workflows, and avoid branch-switching friction.

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Incident Commander

by @alirezarezvani

Lead incident response from detection to resolution — coordinate teams, run war rooms, draft status updates, and produce postmortems.

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Landing Page Generator

by @alirezarezvani

Scaffold production-ready Next.js/React landing pages with Tailwind CSS, copywriting frameworks (PAS, AIDA, BAB), and SEO-optimized structure.

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LangSmith Fetch

by @ComposioHQ

A Composio community skill for pulling LangSmith traces into Claude workflows for debugging and inspection.

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MCP Server Builder

by @alirezarezvani

Create Model Context Protocol servers from scratch — define tools, resources, and prompts, then wire up to external APIs or local services.

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Migration Architect

by @alirezarezvani

Plan and execute code and system migrations — database migrations, framework upgrades, cloud migrations, and monolith-to-microservices transitions.

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Monorepo Navigator

by @alirezarezvani

Navigate and manage monorepos — understand Nx/Turborepo setups, optimize build caching, manage affected dependencies, and enforce workspace boundaries.

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Observability Designer

by @alirezarezvani

Design comprehensive observability for distributed systems — metrics, logs, traces, alerting rules, and dashboards that surface real problems fast.

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Performance Profiler

by @alirezarezvani

Profile and optimize application performance — CPU, memory, network, and database bottlenecks identified and fixed with measurable improvements.

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Playwright Pro

by @alirezarezvani

Production-grade Playwright test suites — test generation, flaky test diagnosis, migration from Cypress, and E2E coverage strategy.

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PR Review Expert

by @alirezarezvani

Expert pull request reviews — code quality, architectural impact, test coverage, security implications, and developer-friendly feedback.

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Release Manager

by @alirezarezvani

Manage software releases end to end — release checklists, versioning strategy, changelog generation, rollback plans, and stakeholder communication.

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Runbook Generator

by @alirezarezvani

Generate clear operational runbooks — step-by-step procedures for deployments, incident response, disaster recovery, and routine maintenance tasks.

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SaaS Scaffolder

by @alirezarezvani

Generate production-ready SaaS boilerplate with Next.js, TypeScript, authentication, payments (Stripe), and Docker — skip months of setup work.

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Senior Software Architect

by @alirezarezvani

Design system architecture with C4 and sequence diagrams, write Architecture Decision Records, evaluate tech stacks, and guide architectural trade-offs.

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Senior Backend Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

REST and GraphQL API development, database schema optimization, authentication patterns, and backend architecture decisions from a senior engineer.

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Senior Computer Vision Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

Object detection, image segmentation, visual AI model implementation, and computer vision pipeline design from a senior engineer perspective.

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Senior Data Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

ETL/ELT pipeline design, data warehouse architecture, dbt transformations, and data infrastructure at scale from a senior data engineer.

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Senior DevOps Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

CI/CD pipeline design, Infrastructure as Code, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and deployment automation from a senior DevOps perspective.

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Senior Frontend Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

React and Next.js component development, bundle optimization, performance tuning, and accessibility best practices from a senior engineer perspective.

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Senior Fullstack Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

End-to-end project scaffolding with Next.js, FastAPI, MERN, and Django — full-stack code quality analysis and frontend-backend integration.

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Senior ML Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

Machine learning model implementation, training pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and MLOps — production ML engineering from an expert perspective.

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Senior Prompt Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

LLM prompt design, chain-of-thought optimization, few-shot example selection, and systematic prompt testing — get the most out of any AI model.

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Senior QA Testing Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

Jest and React Testing Library test authoring, test coverage analysis, and Playwright E2E test scaffolding from a senior QA engineer perspective.

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Senior SecOps Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

SAST/DAST scanning automation, CVE triage and remediation, GDPR and SOC2 compliance workflows, and security operations from a senior SecOps perspective.

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Senior Security Engineer

by @alirezarezvani

Threat modeling, penetration testing guidance, zero-trust architecture design, and security code review from a senior security engineering perspective.

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Skill Creator

by @anthropics

Anthropic's official meta-skill for designing and packaging new skills more systematically.

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Stripe Integration Expert

by @alirezarezvani

Stripe payments, subscriptions, webhooks, and billing workflows — from checkout to dunning, built correctly the first time.

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TDD Guide

by @alirezarezvani

A step-by-step guide and live coding partner for test-driven development — write failing tests first, then implement just enough code to pass.

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Tech Debt Tracker

by @alirezarezvani

Scan a codebase for technical debt, categorize by severity and effort, and produce a prioritized remediation roadmap with business impact estimates.

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Tech Stack Evaluator

by @alirezarezvani

Systematic technology selection — compare stacks on TCO, team fit, scalability, and ecosystem maturity, then get a clear recommendation with rationale.

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Web Artifacts Builder

by @anthropics

Anthropic's official Claude Code skill for building web artifacts — interactive HTML, React components, data visualizations, and browser-ready frontend outputs.

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Webapp Testing

by @anthropics

Anthropic's official skill for testing web applications with a more repeatable, explicit QA workflow.

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