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A collection of skills for Claude.ai and Claude Code for senior software engineers. Skills are packaged instructions and scripts that extend Claude and your coding agents capabilities. bash bash /mnt/skills/user/{skill-name}/scripts/{script}.sh [args] Skills are loaded on-demand — only the skill name and description are loaded at startup. The full SKILL.md loads into context only when the agent decides the skill is relevant. To minimize context usage: After creating or updating a skill: Document these two installation methods for users: Claude Code:

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CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md

About AGENTS.md

What is AGENTS.md?

An open format for instructions to coding agents, read by Codex, Cursor and others. Think of it as a README written for agents.

Where does it go?

At the repository root, with more specific files in subdirectories. Agents read the one closest to the file they're editing.

What should it contain?

Setup and test commands, code style, and the rules a new contributor would need to know.

Does Claude Code read it?

Claude Code reads CLAUDE.md. A one-line CLAUDE.md that points at AGENTS.md covers both.