Agent skills worth installing.
A small, opinionated catalog for production software engineering. Every recommendation explains where it helps, where it does not, and what to expect before you add it to an agent.
Engineering workflows
Start with the work, not the leaderboard
Collections combine a few complementary skills for a specific engineering outcome.
Debug with evidence
Find the cause, prove the fix, and avoid optimistic completion claims.
Ship a feature
A compact workflow for implementation, design quality, and final verification.
Review a web app
Review the interface, React implementation, and data layer as one system.
Production readiness
Reduce correctness and operational surprises before a release.
Editor's picks
Recommended engineering skills
Inclusion here is a manual recommendation, not an automated validation result.
Systematic Debugging
obra/superpowersA disciplined debugging loop that makes an agent establish evidence and isolate root causes before it starts changing code.
- Best for
- Intermittent failures, unfamiliar codebases, and bugs where the first plausible fix is often wrong.
- Keep in mind
- The process can feel heavy for obvious one-line defects and still depends on useful logs or reproducible symptoms.
npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill systematic-debuggingReviewed 2026-08-23
Test-Driven Development
obra/superpowersOne of the clearest skills for keeping coding agents inside a real red-green-refactor cycle instead of adding tests after implementation.
- Best for
- Behavior changes and regressions where you need evidence that the test can catch the missing implementation.
- Keep in mind
- It is intentionally strict and is a poor fit for throwaway exploration, generated artifacts, or projects with no runnable test surface.
npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill test-driven-developmentReviewed 2026-08-23
Verification Before Completion
obra/superpowersA small but high-leverage guardrail that requires fresh command output before an agent claims work is fixed, passing, or complete.
- Best for
- Long implementation sessions and release work where stale test results or optimistic handoffs create expensive mistakes.
- Keep in mind
- It improves the evidence behind a claim but cannot determine whether the selected verification command covers the right risks.
npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill verification-before-completionReviewed 2026-08-23
Frontend Design
anthropics/skillsA useful counterweight to generic AI interfaces, with concrete direction on visual hierarchy, typography, composition, and intentional design choices.
- Best for
- Landing pages and product interfaces that need stronger art direction than a default component-library assembly.
- Keep in mind
- Taste guidance does not replace user research, accessibility testing, or fidelity to an established product design system.
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill frontend-designReviewed 2026-08-23
Vercel React Best Practices
vercel-labs/agent-skillsA broad, production-minded React and Next.js review guide drawn from recurring performance problems seen by framework engineers.
- Best for
- Reviewing React or Next.js changes for waterfalls, bundle growth, rendering costs, and avoidable client-side work.
- Keep in mind
- Some recommendations are framework-specific and should not override measurements or constraints from the application being reviewed.
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-best-practicesReviewed 2026-08-23
Supabase Postgres Best Practices
supabase/agent-skillsPractical database guidance that gives agents a better default for schema design, queries, indexes, row-level security, and operational safety.
- Best for
- Designing or reviewing Postgres changes in Supabase applications before they become production migrations.
- Keep in mind
- It cannot inspect production workload characteristics by itself, and Supabase-specific advice may not transfer to every Postgres deployment.
npx skills add supabase/agent-skills --skill supabase-postgres-best-practicesReviewed 2026-08-23
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