Awesome Claude Skills

A curated list of practical Claude Skills for enhancing productivity across Claude.ai, Claude Code, and the Claude API.

Want skills that do more than generate text? Claude can send emails, create issues, post to Slack, and take actions across 1000+ apps. See how →

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Quickstart: Connect Claude to 500+ Apps

The connect-apps plugin lets Claude perform real actions - send emails, create issues, post to Slack. It handles auth and connects to 500+ apps using Composio under the hood.

1. Install the Plugin

claude --plugin-dir ./connect-apps-plugin

2. Run Setup

/connect-apps:setup

Paste your API key when asked. (Get a free key at platform.composio.dev)

3. Restart & Try It

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Want skills that do more than generate text? Claude can send emails, create issues, post to Slack, and take actions across 1000+ apps. See how →

If you receive the email, Claude is now connected to 500+ apps.

See all supported apps →

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Contents

• What Are Claude Skills?
• Skills
  • Document Processing
  • Development & Code Tools
  • Data & Analysis
  • Business & Marketing
  • Communication & Writing
  • Creative & Media
  • Productivity & Organization
  • Collaboration & Project Management
  • Security & Systems
• Getting Started
• Creating Skills
• Contributing
• Resources
• License

What Are Claude Skills?

Claude Skills are customizable workflows that teach Claude how to perform specific tasks according to your unique requirements. Skills enable Claude to execute tasks in a repeatable, standardized manner across all Claude platforms.

Skills

Document Processing

• docx - Create, edit, analyze Word docs with tracked changes, comments, formatting.
• pdf - Extract text, tables, metadata, merge & annotate PDFs.
• pptx - Read, generate, and adjust slides, layouts, templates.
• xlsx - Spreadsheet manipulation: formulas, charts, data transformations.
• Markdown to EPUB Converter - Converts markdown documents and chat summaries into professional EPUB ebook files. By @smerchek

Development & Code Tools

• artifacts-builder - Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui).
• aws-skills - AWS development with CDK best practices, cost optimization MCP servers, and serverless/event-driven architecture patterns.
• Changelog Generator - Automatically creates user-facing changelogs from git commits by analyzing history and transforming technical commits into customer-friendly release notes.

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