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Skills for Real Engineers

Author
Matt Pocock
Category
Development Workflows
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Source
github.com/mattpocock/skills
Tags
typescript · engineering · workflows · opinionated

Skills from Matt Pocock (of Total TypeScript), published directly from his working .claude directory. Opinionated, minimal, and genuinely used daily by their author — the opposite of bulk-generated skill spam. A good study in how an experienced engineer actually structures agent instructions.

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How to load this skill

Fastest: copy this prompt into your AI agent

Please install skills from the "Skills for Real Engineers" collection (https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) for me.

1. Run: git clone https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
2. List the skill folders in the repo (each contains a SKILL.md file) and ask me which I want — or install the ones most relevant to my current project.
3. Copy the chosen skill folders into your skills directory: ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code personal scope, .claude/skills/ for project scope, or your agent's equivalent SKILL.md directory.
4. Confirm the skills load (list your available skills afterwards).

More details: https://primorum.ai/skills/matt-pocock-skills

Skills for Real Engineers ships skills as folders containing SKILL.md. Copy the folders you want into your agent's skills directory (Claude Code: ~/.claude/skills/ for personal, .claude/skills/ for project scope; other agents: their SKILL.md directory).

  1. Clone the repo 
    git clone https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
  2. Copy a skill into Claude Code (personal scope) 
    cp -r skills/<skill-name> ~/.claude/skills/
  3. Read a skill without installing 
    curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/main/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

For AI agents: this entry is also available as JSON at /skills/skills.json — the install.steps field contains these commands. See the agent instructions on the directory index.

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