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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-31",
 "repo": "anthropics/skills",
 "name": "skills",
 "owner": "anthropics",
 "slug": "anthropics-skills",
 "github": "https://github.com/anthropics/skills",
 "what": "anthropics/skills is Anthropic's public repository of Agent Skills for Claude. A skill is a self-contained folder with a SKILL.md file of instructions and metadata that Claude loads dynamically for specialized tasks. The repo covers creative and design skills such as frontend-design, technical skills such as web app testing and MCP server generation, enterprise communication skills, and the document skills (docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx) behind Claude's document features. You can register it as a Claude Code plugin marketplace, and it includes the Agent Skills spec and a skill template.",
 "why": "+1,888 stars this week, 186k total, talked about in 2 AI sources we track",
 "language": "Python",
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  "Claude Code to install the plugins (Claude.ai paid plans already include the example skills)",
  "The Claude API only if you use pre-built or custom skills through the API",
  "Many skills are Apache 2.0; the docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx skills are source-available, not open source"
 ],
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 "risk": "none",
 "section": "earlier",
 "weekly_rank": null,
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/anthropics-skills/",
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  {
   "id": "anthropics-skills--build-distinctive-frontends-with-the-frontend-design-skill",
   "title": "Build frontends without the generic AI look in Claude Code",
   "best": true,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/anthropics-skills/build-distinctive-frontends-with-the-frontend-design-skill/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/anthropics-skills/build-distinctive-frontends-with-the-frontend-design-skill.json"
  },
  {
   "id": "anthropics-skills--extract-pdf-form-fields-with-the-document-skills",
   "title": "Extract PDF form fields in Claude Code",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/anthropics-skills/extract-pdf-form-fields-with-the-document-skills/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/anthropics-skills/extract-pdf-form-fields-with-the-document-skills.json"
  },
  {
   "id": "anthropics-skills--write-your-own-claude-skill-from-the-template",
   "title": "Write your own Claude skill from the template",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/anthropics-skills/write-your-own-claude-skill-from-the-template/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/anthropics-skills/write-your-own-claude-skill-from-the-template.json"
  }
 ],
 "disclaimer": "Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk."
}