oaustegard/claude-skills

Overview

This repository collects custom Claude skills and publishes them as a Claude Code plugin marketplace. Each skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file and optional resources; the README states that the skills are built primarily for the Claude.ai PaaS skill compute environment, and that behavior may differ when the same skills are used as Claude Code Agent Skills.

Install in Claude Code

1. Add the marketplace from the project root in Claude Code:

   /plugin marketplace add oaustegard/claude-skills
   

2. Browse and install an individual plugin, replacing skill-name with the plugin you want:

   /plugin install skill-name@oaustegard-claude-skills
   

3. Refresh all marketplace plugins later with:

   /plugin marketplace update
   

For background on the plugin marketplace mechanism, see the Claude Code marketplace documentation.

Install in Claude.ai web or mobile

A paid Claude account (Pro or Team) is required. Download the skill ZIP from the Releases page — use the direct skill ZIP link, not GitHub's auto-generated "Source code" archives — then upload it at Claude.ai Customize › Skills. Anthropic's guide to creating custom skills covers the upload flow in more detail.

Scripted installation

The repository provides an installation script that can be piped into bash to install skills directly into a project:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/main/templates/installation/install-skills.sh | bash

To choose which skills are installed, download the script first, edit the SKILLS array, then run it:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oaustegard/claude-skills/main/templates/installation/install-skills.sh
nano install-skills.sh  # Edit SKILLS array
chmod +x install-skills.sh && ./install-skills.sh

A GitHub Actions workflow template is also available for CI use. Full options are documented in the installation README.

Add and release skills

To contribute a skill, place a folder containing SKILL.md (and optional resources/) at the repository root and open a pull request. Alternatively, upload the skill as a ZIP into .uploads/, where a workflow turns it into a pull request. Releases are triggered by changing metadata.version in the SKILL.md frontmatter on main; versions follow semantic versioning.

Constraints

• The skills target the Claude.ai PaaS skill compute environment; results as Claude Code Agent Skills may differ.
• Web/mobile installation needs a paid Claude account and manual ZIP upload; unlike the Claude Code route, there is no in-app marketplace subscription.
• The one-line curl | bash installer runs remote code from the default branch, so review the script first if you need to know exactly what is installed.
• The repository is MIT-licensed.

HotRepo's take

The project appeared on the Python daily list on 2026-11-12 with 40 new stars, ranking 7th in that language list, while holding 352 stars and 17 forks. That single snapshot shows a burst of attention, but there is no multi-day series or all-language daily rank to establish a trend. The value here is mostly as a catalog of skills and its distribution plumbing rather than a single application: users get a marketplace subscription and an installer, and contributors get a versioned release path.