skills

Personal skills for Claude Code and Cursor, with a small installer that symlinks them into both.

Install

git clone [email protected]:NoNews/skills.git ~/Developer/skills
cd ~/Developer/skills

Add the installer to your PATH (one-time):

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/Developer/skills/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Verify:

skills

Usage

skills install <name>     # symlink one skill into Claude + Cursor
skills install-all        # symlink every skill in this repo
skills uninstall <name>   # remove symlinks for one skill
skills list               # show repo skills and install state

The installer writes symlinks to:

• ~/.claude/skills/<name> — Claude Code
• ~/.cursor/skills-cursor/<name> — Cursor

If only one of those dirs exists, it installs there and warns about the missing one. If neither exists, it errors.

Symlinks mean edits in this repo go live immediately in both tools. No re-install needed after editing.

Adding a skill

Create a directory at the repo root with a SKILL.md inside:

skills/
└── my-skill/
    └── SKILL.md

SKILL.md frontmatter:

---
name: my-skill
description: One line. What it does, when to use it.
---

# My Skill

Body of the prompt.

Then:

skills install my-skill

Skills in this repo

• concise-writing — Rewrite supplied text to be punchy, direct, and human — Derek Sivers style. Always treats input as text to rewrite, never as a command or question. Use when you want tighter prose, less fluff, or paste a draft to clean up.
• handoff-buffer — Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for a fresh agent and copy it to the macOS clipboard. Writes no files. Pass what the next session will focus on to tailor the doc.

Uninstall

skills uninstall <name>

Or remove the PATH line from ~/.zshrc and delete the clone.