Daily · 16 May 2026
Top 100 Anthropic Skills Ideas Worth Building
Ranked from 100 down to 1. Generated by /lad, illustrated by /iad.
#1
/standup
Generate your async daily standup from yesterday's git activity, commits, and Linear ticket changes. Pastes into Slack with a single command. The single highest-leverage skill for engineering teams.
#2
/changelog
Read the merge log since the last release tag and produce a user-facing CHANGELOG.md plus a release-notes draft. Optionally posts to a Discord/Slack channel.
#3
/triage
Walk through new bug reports, classify severity, propose owners, and write the first response. Pairs with Linear/Sentry MCPs.
#4
/onboard
Generate a personalised onboarding doc for a new hire based on the repo, team docs, and recent merged PRs. Adds week-1/week-2/week-3 milestones.
#5
/code-tour
Walk through a codebase as a guided tour — pick 8-12 key files, explain their roles, and produce annotated reading order. Great for new contributors.
#6
/journal
Daily personal journal that pulls from your calendar, terminal history, and last Claude Code session to generate a thoughtful end-of-day write-up.
#7
/family-mode
Switch Claude into a mode that filters language, uses bigger fonts, and is comfortable with kids/parents asking questions. The 'show this to your mum' mode.
#8
/recipe
Turn an ingredient list (or a photo of your fridge) into 3 dinner options with shopping list and a step-by-step plan timed to finish together.
#9
/workout
Generate today's workout from your training plan, equipment, time available, and how you're feeling. Logs to a fitness DB you control.
#10
/move-house
Plan a house move — schedule, packing list per room, utility transfers, address-change checklist, removal-company quotes. Time-stamped task list across 6 weeks.
#11
/tax-prep
Pull income, expenses, dividends, capital gains from connected accounts (Mercury, Stripe, brokerage) and produce a tax-prep package for your accountant.
#12
/expenses
Read a stack of receipts (photos or PDFs) and emit a reimbursement-ready CSV with categorisation and policy compliance flags.
#13
/birthday-cards
Generate a personalised greeting per recipient based on what you talked about with them recently. Pulls from Slack DMs, iMessage, calendar history.
#14
/eulogy
Help someone write a eulogy — gentle interview format, structured output, with sensitivity to grief. Inspired by community needs from the Claude Code Discord.
#15
/decision-doc
Walk through a structured decision document — context, options, criteria, recommendation, and a record of who-decided-when. ADR-shaped.
#16
/postmortem
After an incident, gather Slack threads, on-call paging timeline, deploy history, and customer impact into a blameless postmortem template.
#17
/refactor-survey
Survey a codebase for refactoring candidates — long functions, duplicated logic, deep import chains, files with high churn. Outputs a prioritised list.
#18
/license-audit
Walk through all dependencies and identify license risks. Flags GPL/AGPL contamination in commercial code and missing NOTICE files.
#19
/seo-audit
Pull a website's pages, evaluate title tags, meta descriptions, schema markup, internal links, Core Web Vitals. Produces an SEO improvement plan.
#20
/a11y-audit
Run accessibility checks across a site — colour contrast, alt text, keyboard navigation, ARIA labels — and produce a WCAG 2.2-aligned remediation plan.
#21
/competitive-monitor
Pull RSS, news, and pricing from a list of competitors weekly. Surface significant changes (pricing, hiring spikes, product launches).
#22
/lead-research
Given a list of company URLs, output a research brief per company — size, recent news, tech stack, key decision-makers, opening hook.
#23
/cold-email-pack
Generate 5 cold email variants for a target lead, scoring each by likely open / reply rate based on past performance.
#24
/podcast-prep
Research a podcast guest — recent talks, papers, controversies, evolving views — and generate 30 great interview questions plus 3 unexpected ones.
#25
/podcast-edit
Edit a transcript: remove filler, tighten loose answers, add timestamps, generate show notes and a clip list for socials.
#26
/newsletter
Generate a weekly newsletter draft from your activity (commits, reading list, conversations) plus current-affairs context. Posts to Ghost/Substack via MCP.
#27
/book-summary
Take a book title or a PDF and produce a non-trivial summary — structured by argument, with disagreements and questions left over.
#28
/youtube-research
Given a YouTube channel or playlist, summarise the most-watched videos with structured takeaways. Pairs with vidai-yt for research workflows.
#29
/transcribe-and-summarize
One-command: drop a video URL or audio file, get a clean transcript plus structured summary plus action items. Whisper + Claude under the hood.
#30
/screenshot-explain
Take a screenshot of any UI or error and get a clear explanation of what's happening and how to fix it. The 'what does this mean' button.
#31
/api-mock
Given an OpenAPI spec or example response, spin up a mock API server with realistic-looking generated data. Great for frontend dev before backend lands.
#32
/api-explore
Talk to an unfamiliar API in natural language — Claude reads the OpenAPI spec, formulates a correct request, and shows the response.
#33
/sql-explain
Take a SQL query (especially one you wrote 6 months ago) and explain what it does, plus suggest performance improvements.
#34
/sql-from-nl
Generate SQL from natural language against your real schema (introspected live via the Postgres MCP). Includes safety rails — no DELETE without confirmation.
#35
/dbt-helper
Generate a new dbt model from a description, propose tests, propose schema.yml. Knows your dbt project conventions.
#36
/airflow-helper
Generate a new Airflow DAG from a workflow description. Knows your operator preferences and import patterns.
#37
/k8s-doctor
Investigate a misbehaving Kubernetes cluster — describe the symptoms, Claude pulls events, logs, pod status, and proposes fixes.
#38
/terraform-plan-review
Read a `terraform plan` output and explain what's actually changing, with risk flags for resource recreations and IAM changes.
#39
/aws-cost
Pull last month's AWS bill, segment by service and account, flag the biggest movers, and propose cuts. Same pattern works for GCP/Azure.
#40
/cloud-audit
Survey your cloud accounts for security misconfigurations — public S3 buckets, missing MFA, over-broad IAM. Produces a prioritised fix list.
#41
/dependency-update
Walk through outdated dependencies, propose updates with risk scores, and prepare a single PR (or series of PRs) for safe upgrades.
#42
/vuln-triage
Triage CVE alerts in a repo — assess actual exploitability in your code, generate fix PRs for real risks, dismiss false positives with rationale.
#43
/secret-rotate
Rotate a secret across every environment — find usages in code, env vars, k8s secrets, third-party services. Coordinates the cutover carefully.
#44
/migration-plan
Plan a non-trivial DB migration with downtime estimates, rollback strategy, monitoring hooks, and a runbook for the on-call team.
#45
/load-test
Set up a k6 or Locust load test for a new endpoint, run it against staging, and analyse results with a written report.
#46
/regression-test-gen
Generate regression tests from a bug report — the test that would have caught this bug. Adds it to the test suite and runs it.
#47
/api-changelog
Detect breaking API changes between two versions of an OpenAPI spec and produce a public-facing migration guide.
#48
/doc-update
Watch the repo for changes that need documentation updates — new env vars, changed API responses, renamed config keys — and propose doc patches.
#49
/architecture-snapshot
Crawl the codebase and produce a single architecture diagram (SVG) plus a summary of components, key interfaces, and data flows.
#50
/repo-stats
Generate a weekly health report — PR throughput, code-review latency, deploy frequency, test coverage trends, lines of code by directory.
#51
/inbox-zero
Drive your email to zero — Claude classifies, drafts responses, and proposes archive/delete. You only confirm. Pairs with Gmail MCP.
#52
/meeting-prep
Pull every doc, email, and Slack thread relevant to your next meeting and produce a one-pager with key questions to raise.
#53
/after-meeting
Post-meeting: extract decisions, owners, deadlines from the transcript. Distribute action items to the right Slack / Linear / email recipients.
#54
/weekly-review
Friday-afternoon review — pull the week's accomplishments from git, calendar, Linear; surface what got dropped; plan next week.
#55
/goal-tracker
Translate annual goals into weekly check-ins. Reads progress signals (commits, KPI dashboards) and asks the right reflection questions.
#56
/book-club
Run a book club — set the reading schedule, generate discussion questions per chapter, summarise after each session, track member positions.
#57
/study-plan
Given a learning goal (cert, language, instrument), generate a daily study plan with checkpoints. Adjusts based on your actual completion data.
#58
/cooking-coach
Real-time cooking assistance — drop in mid-recipe, Claude knows the recipe and helps with the next step. Voice-mode-friendly.
#59
/travel-plan
Plan a trip — flights, lodging, daily itinerary, restaurants, hidden gems. Adjusts to your party size, budget, and preferences (e.g. 'no museums').
#60
/travel-brief
Brief on a city/country before you arrive — culture, etiquette, common scams, basic phrases, dietary considerations, current political climate.
#61
/insurance-claim
Walk through a complex insurance claim — document evidence, fill forms, anticipate objections, draft escalation letters.
#62
/medical-prep
Prepare for a medical appointment — symptom diary, family history, current meds, list of questions. Outputs a one-pager to bring to the doctor.
#63
/medical-decode
Translate medical reports into plain English with context — but explicitly NOT diagnose. Always recommends discussing with a doctor.
#64
/divorce-helper
Walk through a separation — emotional triage first, then practical: documents to gather, accounts to separate, kids' logistics, legal-counsel intake.
#65
/parent-helper
Coach on parenting moments — handling tantrums, sibling fights, screen-time conversations. Evidence-based; cautious about giving specific advice.
#66
/elder-care
Coordinate care for an aging parent — schedules, medications, sibling coordination, appointment summaries shared with family.
#67
/legal-prep
Prepare for a legal interaction — outline of the issue, relevant case law lookup, list of questions for the lawyer, document checklist.
#68
/contract-review
Read a contract and flag unusual or one-sided clauses. NOT legal advice; produces a 'questions to ask your lawyer' document.
#69
/email-tone
Adjust the tone of a draft email — softer, firmer, more formal, more direct. Optionally compare two versions side-by-side.
#70
/translate-and-localize
Translate content into multiple languages and culturally localize — not just word-for-word, but adapting idioms, examples, and conventions.
#71
/quotation-finder
Find the source of a remembered quote — even a half-remembered fragment. Outputs the verified citation with surrounding context.
#72
/dataset-summarize
Drop a CSV/Parquet and get a structured exploratory analysis — schema, distributions, missing-data patterns, outliers, suggested next analyses.
#73
/dashboard-explain
Walk through a dashboard you didn't build — Looker, Tableau, Mixpanel — and explain what each chart means and what to look for.
#74
/csv-clean
Take a messy CSV (mixed types, inconsistent dates, smart quotes, BOMs) and produce a clean version plus a cleaning log.
#75
/csv-merge
Merge multiple CSVs across slightly mismatched schemas. Handles fuzzy column matching, type coercion, and produces a reconciliation report.
#76
/photo-organize
Walk through a photo folder (or Apple Photos) and propose albums, batch renames, duplicate detection. Privacy-preserving where possible.
#77
/photo-caption
Generate alt-text and captions for photos. Useful for accessibility, social media, and family-archive metadata.
#78
/pdf-extract
Pull structured data from PDFs — invoices, receipts, contracts, reports — into typed JSON. Better than commercial OCR for common formats.
#79
/screenshot-archive
Take a stack of screenshots (eg meeting whiteboards) and produce a clean, searchable archive with OCR'd text and topic tags.
#80
/voice-memo-process
Drop a voice memo, get back a structured note — bullets, action items, follow-ups — filed into the right Notion/Obsidian folder.
#81
/whiteboard-digitize
Take a photo of a meeting whiteboard and produce a clean digital version — boxes labelled, arrows preserved, text re-flowed.
#82
/quote-of-the-day
Send yourself a daily quote relevant to a topic you're learning or building. Pulls from books you've read or follows-on from yesterday's quote.
#83
/character-creator
Build a fictional character with depth — backstory, voice, conflicts, motivations. Pairs with /persona for systematic character management.
#84
/plot-doctor
Diagnose problems in a story draft — sagging middle, character motivations, payoff/setup imbalance. Doesn't write for you; helps you see what's broken.
#85
/style-mimic
Take a writing sample and learn the author's voice — sentence length, lexicon, rhythm. Used carefully (with attribution) to draft in a consistent voice.
#86
/poetry
Help draft poetry without being too cute about it. Reads what you have, suggests specific edits, references prior craft choices.
#87
/song-lyric
Co-write song lyrics — handles syllable count, internal rhyme, story arc across verses, hook structure.
#88
/screenplay-format
Take prose or notes and convert to proper Final Draft / Fountain screenplay format. Reasoning about scene economy and dialogue rhythm.
#89
/game-design-doc
Generate a one-page game design doc from a pitch — core loop, progression, target player, references, scope budget.
#90
/garden-plan
Plan a garden — given climate zone, sun, soil, and goals, output a planting calendar and weekly task list.
#91
/diy-coach
Walk through a DIY project — bookshelf, shed, deck repair. Tools, materials, steps, safety warnings, time estimates. Photo input mid-project to debug.
#92
/event-plan
Plan an event — birthday, wedding, conference. Venue, guest list, vendor budget, RSVP tracking, day-of run-sheet.
#93
/wedding-helper
Specifically for weddings — heavy on vendor coordination, family politics, vows-and-toasts coaching. Sensitive defaults.
#94
/dnd-dm
Run a D&D session — generate encounters, NPC dialogue, dungeon rooms, treasure tables. Pairs with /persona for recurring NPCs.
#95
/tabletop-rules-lookup
Look up a tabletop RPG rule from any of the major systems — D&D, Pathfinder, Cyberpunk, Blades — with proper citation.
#96
/language-tutor
Practice a target language with conversation, error correction, vocabulary spaced repetition. Adapts to your current level.
#97
/exam-coach
Coach for a specific exam — CCA, AWS Solutions Architect, GMAT, LSAT. Walks the syllabus, generates practice questions, simulates the test environment.
#98
/skill-recommender
Recommend new skills to build based on your usage patterns. 'You spend a lot of time doing X — here's a skill that would do it for you.'
#99
/skill-debug
Diagnose why a skill isn't triggering. Reads the description, runs trigger eval queries, suggests description edits.
#100
/skill-of-the-day
A 'newsletter for your terminal' — pick one skill from your install (or this Top 100) and explain it in detail, with an example invocation.