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Anthropic Official Skills Repository

Skill Setup & Config Solid

Official Anthropic GitHub repo of Claude Code skills — curated, vetted automation patterns for common developer workflows. Covers code review, testing, deployment, documentation generation, and more.

111,017 starsFreeQuick setup
Built and maintained by Anthropic, the makers of Claude.

Anthropic-maintained skills have the highest trust/quality bar in the ecosystem. Starting with official skills before adopting community ones reduces security and reliability risk.

Organizations that need vetted, supported skills and can't spend time evaluating community options

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https://github.com/anthropics/skills

By Anthropic

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → PluginsAdd plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.
Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.
Command
claude skill install anthropics/skills/<skill-name>

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

PrerequisitesClaude Code CLITime to functional5 minutesCostFree — $0

Trust Signals Source Reviewed

Stars111,017Contributors10Last updated2026-03-25Known CVEsNone found

Data & Access

Data processingProcessed by Anthropic (the makers of Claude)

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

20 mentions across 2 sources

Reviewer notes

Source Reviewed review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Anthropic-maintained — highest trust in ecosystem. Narrower scope than community repos but higher quality bar. Solid foundation before adopting community skills.

Reference/directory resource — no code execution, no data access, no permissions required. No security concerns.

2026-03-29: Official repo: https://github.com/anthropics/skills. Contains skills for: code-review, test-generation, documentation, commit-messages, PR-descriptions, refactoring patterns. Related: anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins (Cowork plugins) and anthropics/claude-plugins-official (plugin marketplace). These three repos form Anthropic's official skill/plugin ecosystem. Security rating: A — Anthropic-maintained, no external dependencies in core skills.

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Evaluation

Ease of Use
4/5
Versatility
4/5
Reliability
5/5
Security
5/5
Overall score4.40 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedMar 2026
Anthropic-maintained — highest trust in ecosystem. Narrower scope than community repos but higher quality bar. Solid foundation before adopting community skills.

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