Skills for Real Engineers Claude Skill

Composable engineering skills for requirements, test-driven development, architecture review and turning plans into small tasks.

Published by mattpocockmattpocock/skills

Open source on GitHub

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Install

Pick your client, then copy the command.

Claude Code

Terminal; pinned README setup (package installs may track a release, not this source commit)

claude plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-official

Codex

Terminal; pinned README setup (package installs may track a release, not this source commit)

codex plugin marketplace add mattpocock/skills
codex plugin add mattpocock-skills@mattpocock

Cursor

Terminal; pinned README setup (package installs may track a release, not this source commit)

npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills -a cursor

Git

Check out the pinned revision

git clone 'https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.git'
cd skills && git checkout 5beb35b040e3de97e54fa9e386d7e42d15c295c2

Any agent

Paste into your agent chat

Read the source at https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/5beb35b040e3de97e54fa9e386d7e42d15c295c2/README.md (pinned revision 5beb35b040e3). Explain what it does and which tools, credentials and network access it needs. Do not install or run anything until I confirm.

How to install Claude Code skills: compare folder, plugin and CLI methods

All client instructions (works without JavaScript)

Claude Code

Terminal; pinned README setup (package installs may track a release, not this source commit)

claude plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-official

Codex

Terminal; pinned README setup (package installs may track a release, not this source commit)

codex plugin marketplace add mattpocock/skills
codex plugin add mattpocock-skills@mattpocock

Cursor

Terminal; pinned README setup (package installs may track a release, not this source commit)

npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills -a cursor

Git

Check out the pinned revision

git clone 'https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.git'
cd skills && git checkout 5beb35b040e3de97e54fa9e386d7e42d15c295c2

Any agent

Paste into your agent chat

Read the source at https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/5beb35b040e3de97e54fa9e386d7e42d15c295c2/README.md (pinned revision 5beb35b040e3). Explain what it does and which tools, credentials and network access it needs. Do not install or run anything until I confirm.

Listed ≠ audited. Snippets follow the pinned source docs; review the source and any scripts before running them. Nothing is installed from this page.

Source record

Repository: mattpocock/skills
Source file: README.md
Pinned revision: 5beb35b
Upstream commit: 19 Oct 2026
Last checked: 24 Oct 2026
Stars at check: 301915 (2026-10-24)
Repository created: 2026-02-03
Default branch: main
License: MIT
Cited in guides: 1

No review scores. No automatic installs. Not affiliated with the publisher.

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What you are opening

Composable engineering skills for requirements, test-driven development, architecture review and turning plans into small tasks.

How to set it up

Read the pinned README, license and companion scripts.
Choose a documented setup below; review dependencies and any configuration changes before running it.
Try one small task in a test workspace and review the result.

Requirements and third-party terms

A supported coding agent. Pick one installation method per agent to avoid duplicate skills.

Before you add it

Read the instructions and review any scripts before running them.
Check tool access, required credentials and third-party network requests.
The source license and any resource-specific terms take precedence.

What you are opening

How to set it up

Requirements and third-party terms

Before you add it

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