Coding & Dev Tools
Coding agent skills teach AI agents repeatable engineering workflows: reviewing pull requests, writing tests, refactoring safely, and enforcing house style. Install one SKILL.md and your agent applies the same checklist every time, whether you use Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or another agent.
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outfitter-dev Skill Use Skillset 4Use the skillset compiler to build, check, inspect, and import source skills or plugins.
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fabioc-aloha Bundle Ethical Reasoning 3Ethical reasoning framework for AI decisions — 5 moral foundations (care/harm, fairness, loyalty, authority, sanctity) with priority ordering, constitutional principles (human agency, transparency, beneficence, justice, privacy), 5-step ethical decision process, cultural sensitivity guidance, self-monitoring cadence, plus privacy-by-design (minimize/purpose-limit/anonymize/encrypt/expire) and responsible-AI principles (fairness/transparency/human oversight/safety). Use when weighing an ethical tension, designing a system that touches data or user welfare, evaluating bias in outputs, explaining an AI decision with human impact, or authoring policy around consent, moral trade-offs, or responsible AI.
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opsmill Skill Speckit Specify 3Create or update the feature specification from a natural language feature description.
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bitsocialnet Skill Translate 6Add, update, or remove Bitsocial Web i18next translations when locale changes are requested.
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bitsocialnet Bundle Playwright CLI 5Verify browser behavior or reproduce a web UI issue with the installed Playwright CLI.
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bitsocialnet Bundle Playwright CLI 6Verify browser behavior or reproduce a web UI issue with the installed Playwright CLI.
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bitsocialnet Bundle Profile Browsing 5Measure Bitsocial Web loading, navigation, or interaction performance and investigate observed bottlenecks.
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bitsocialnet Bundle Profile Browsing 6Measure Bitsocial Web loading, navigation, or interaction performance and investigate observed bottlenecks.
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opsmill Skill Speckit Tasks 3Generate an actionable, dependency-ordered tasks.md for the feature based on available design artifacts.
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managedcode Bundle Modern Csharp 3Write modern, version-aware C# for .NET repositories while staying compatible with the repo's target framework and language-version policy. USE FOR: modern idiomatic C# code; language-version compatibility decisions; upgrading or reviewing C# feature usage across versions. DO NOT USE FOR: non-C# .NET languages such as F# or VB; analyzer-only or formatter-only setup with no language feature choice. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.
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managedcode Bundle Project Setup 3Create or reorganize .NET solutions with clean project boundaries, repeatable SDK settings, and a maintainable baseline for libraries, apps, tests, CI, and local development. USE FOR: creating a new .NET solution or restructuring an existing one; setting up Directory.Build.props, shared package management, or repo-wide defaults; defining project. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks that do not need this specific guidance. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.
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managedcode Bundle Microsoft Extensions 3Use the Microsoft.Extensions stack correctly across Generic Host, dependency injection, configuration, logging, options, HttpClientFactory, and other shared infrastructure patterns. USE FOR: wiring dependency injection, configuration, logging, or options; introducing Generic Host patterns into non-web .NET apps; cleaning up service registration, typed HTTP. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks that do not need this specific guidance. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.
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compozy Bundle Git Rebase 4Intelligently handle git rebase operations and resolve merge conflicts while preserving features and maintaining code quality. Use when rebasing feature branches, resolving conflicts across commits, and ensuring clean linear history without losing changes.
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dojogenesis Skill Skill Maintenance 3Systematic process for maintaining skill health through accuracy checks, completeness reviews, and terminology updates. Use when skill names become unclear, terminology needs updating, periodic audits are due, new skills need cross-reference validation, or skills are reported as confusing or outdated.
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fabioc-aloha Bundle Skill Creator 5Create skills that pass skill-review's five gates by construction — intent capture, prior-art scan, draft against gates, dogfood self-review. Use when authoring a new skill, refactoring an existing one, or adopting a Mall unit into this brain.
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fabioc-aloha Bundle Alex Banner Generation 4Generate on-brand Alex — ACT Edition SVG banners for documents (READMEs, plans, notes, release artifacts)
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managedcode Bundle Mcaf Architecture Overview 4Create or update `docs/Architecture/Overview.md` as the global architecture map for a solution. Use when bootstrapping a repo, onboarding, or changing modules, boundaries, or contracts. Keep it navigational and use `references/overview-template.md` for scaffolding.
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drmoisan Skill Pr Author 6Write a GitHub-ready pull request body from the canonical PR-context bundle with strict verification and auto-close rules.
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drmoisan Skill Atomic Plan Contract 9Atomic plan format and toolchain contract shared by planning and execution agents. Use when generating, validating, or executing atomic plans with Phase 0, baseline capture, and final QA loops.
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drmoisan Skill Pr Context Artifacts 4PR context artifact locations and refresh rules. Use when generating, reading, or inlining pr_context summary/appendix artifacts.
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drmoisan Skill Pr Base Branch Merge Base 9Resolve PRBaseBranch for mcp__drmCopilotExtension__collect_pr_context using merge-base ancestry. Use when orchestrators or review workflows need the correct comparison base branch and must select the branch with the most recent common ancestor commit with HEAD.
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mrwogu Skill Debug Issue 3Systematically debug issues using graph-powered code navigation
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mrwogu Skill Review Changes 3Perform a structured code review using change detection and impact
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mrwogu Skill Refactor Safely 3Plan and execute safe refactoring using dependency analysis
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mrwogu Skill Explore Codebase 3Navigate and understand codebase structure using the knowledge graph
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obra Skill Executing Plans 3Execute detailed plans in batches with review checkpoints
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obra Skill Using Git Worktrees 3Create isolated git worktrees with smart directory selection and safety verification
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obra Skill Verification Before Completion 3Run verification commands and confirm output before claiming success
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drmoisan Skill Pr Base Branch Merge Base 10Resolve PRBaseBranch for VS Code command: `drm-copilot: Collect PR Context` (command ID: `drmCopilotExtension.collectPrContext`) using merge-base ancestry. Use when orchestrators or review workflows need the correct comparison base branch and must select the branch with the most recent common ancestor commit with HEAD.
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drmoisan Skill Remediation Handoff Atomic Planner 8Reusable remediation trigger and atomic_planner handoff steps. Use when audits require remediation inputs and a delegated remediation plan.
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drmoisan Skill Csharp Orchestration State Machine 6Checkpoint schema and resume protocol for long-running C# orchestration workflows.
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drmoisan Skill Powershell Orchestration State Machine 7Checkpoint schema and resume protocol for long-running PowerShell orchestration workflows.
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dojogenesis Skill Release Specification 3Write production-ready, A+ quality specifications for software releases. A spec is a contract, not a wishlist. Encodes the disciplined engineering practice of creating comprehensive, precise, actionable, and testable release specifications.
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shipshitdev Bundle Layout 4Improve layout, spacing, and visual rhythm. Fixes monotonous grids, inconsistent spacing, and weak visual hierarchy. Use when the user mentions layout feeling off, spacing issues, visual hierarchy, crowded UI, alignment problems, or wanting better composition.
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shipshitdev Bundle Polish 4Performs a final quality pass fixing alignment, spacing, consistency, and micro-detail issues before shipping. Use when the user mentions polish, finishing touches, pre-launch review, something looks off, or wants to go from good to great.
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shipshitdev Bundle Typescript Expert 4Resolves TypeScript and JavaScript problems across type-level programming, performance, monorepo management, migration, and modern tooling. Invoke when diagnosing "type instantiation excessively deep" errors, migrating JS to TS, configuring strict tsconfig, debugging module resolution, or choosing between Biome/ESLint/Turborepo/Nx.
Frequently asked questions
What are Coding & Dev Tools agent skills?
Coding agent skills teach AI agents repeatable engineering workflows: reviewing pull requests, writing tests, refactoring safely, and enforcing house style. Install one SKILL.md and your agent applies the same checklist every time, whether you use Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or another agent.
Which Coding & Dev Tools skills are most installed?
Popular Coding & Dev Tools skills on SkillMD right now include Verification Before Completion, use-skillset, ethical-reasoning. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do Coding & Dev Tools skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.