Builder's Skills

What is a skill?

A skill is a small instruction file you save in your project. Once it's there, you can type a command like /validate-idea in Claude Code (or any AI coding agent), and it runs those instructions automatically. Every time. No re-explaining, no copy-pasting from a guide, no forgetting the steps. The thinking is baked in.

Think of it like this: right now, every time you want your AI to help with something specific, you type out what you want from scratch. A skill means you do that work once, save it, and reuse it forever. It's the difference between giving directions from memory every time and just saving the address.

These skills are different. They're not generic templates. Each one carries specific judgment from my experience building 30+ products, examining banks at the FDIC, and shipping AI systems at Dell. When you run /security-audit, you're not getting a generic checklist. You're getting the questions a former bank examiner would ask about your code. When you run /validate-idea, you're getting the framework I wish I'd used before building 30 things nobody paid for.

How to add a skill to your project

1. Find the skill you want below and click through to copy it
2. In your project, create the folder .claude/skills/ if it doesn't exist
3. Save the content as a .md file in that folder (e.g., .claude/skills/validate-idea.md)
4. In Claude Code, type /validate-idea and it runs automatically

That's it. The skill lives in your project. It works every time. You can edit it, customize it, make it yours. These are starting points, not sacred texts.