Deep Dive · June 2026

10 Claude Skills You Can't Live Without

Stop chatting with Claude. Start commanding it. Claude Skills are reusable instruction files — type a slash command, get 10× the output without ever repeating the same context again. Here is every skill from the viral video, explained screen by screen, now with infographics and the exact prompts to use.

By Aziz Saif Based on a video by Ishan Sharma 16 min read
By the numbers
10
Skills covered
~75%
Token savings · Caveman
8 min
To a launch video · Remotion
1
Slash command each
Free
All open source

A "skill" is a saved .skill file — a zipped SKILL.md with the full instruction set Claude loads on demand. Install once, invoke forever.

01 — The idea

What are Claude Skills, really?

Think of a Claude Skill as a saved personality setting — a .md file that tells Claude how to behave every time you invoke it. Instead of typing long instructions every session, you install a skill once and call it with a slash command.

Skills live inside Claude Code. They auto-trigger when they detect certain phrases, or you invoke them manually. Each one is a portable .skill file — a zip archive containing a SKILL.md with the full instruction set.

The result: consistent, expert-level output without rewriting your prompts from scratch. A content creator, a developer, and a complete beginner all benefit immediately.

1Open Claude Code on your desktop
2Click the + icon → SkillsManage Skills
3Install via URL: claude skill install <url>
4Invoke with a slash command: /caveman, /humanizer
# Install one skill from GitHub claude skill install \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ishan7390/10skills-video/main/caveman.skill # Invoke any skill in your session /caveman /humanizer /hook-forge /infographic-builder /decision-framer /expand-and-contract /find-skills /karpathy-guidelines

Skills are just text + metadata. You can read every one before installing — nothing is hidden.

02 — The mechanic

How a skill turns one command into 10× output

📦

Install once

Drop a .skill file in. The full instruction set lives on disk — not in your prompt.

⌨️

Invoke

Type /skill-name or just say a trigger phrase. Claude loads the instructions silently.

Get expert output

Consistent, structured, expert-level results — every time, with zero re-prompting.

The win is compounding: the longer instruction set never re-enters your context window, so you save tokens and get more reliable output.

03 — The map

Which skill is for you?

All 10 skills sorted into four jobs. Find your lane, then jump to the cards below.

🎨

Creators & Content

4 skills
Hook Forge Remotion Infographic Builder Humanizer
💻

Developers

2 skills
Karpathy Guidelines Caveman Mode
📈

Founders & Strategy

2 skills
Expand & Contract Decision Framer
🧭

Everyone / Meta

2 skills
Skill Creator Find Skills
04 — Screen by screen

Every skill, explained for humans

01 / 10Pre-installed · Meta-skill
🧠

Skill Creator

The skill that builds all other skills — ships free with Claude Code.

skill-creator

Anthropic's official, pre-installed skill. It works like a smart interview — tell it what you want to automate, it asks clarifying questions, then writes a complete .skill file for you. No coding, no prompt engineering. It's the starting point for everything custom.

  • Asks targeted questions to understand your exact workflow
  • Builds the full SKILL.md — instructions, triggers, metadata
  • Works for any domain: content, coding, research, outreach
  • In the video: built a "YouTube Brand Scout" that scans 6 months of sponsored content automatically
📺 What Ishan showed

He typed /skill-creator and said he wanted to scan YouTube channels for brand-deal opportunities. The skill asked which industries, what timeframe, what output format — then generated a complete YouTube Brand Scout skill in seconds.

Try this prompt →

/skill-creator > Generate weekly performance reports for my e-commerce store — sales, top products, week-over-week comparison.
02 / 10Creators
🪝

Hook Forge

10 hooks, 10 psychological triggers, one command.

hook-forge

Give it your topic; it returns 10 completely different hook options, each using a distinct psychological trigger. This was someone's full-time job. Now it's one slash command.

  • Curiosity — "A GitHub folder quietly replaces $200/mo of subscriptions"
  • Contrast — "Cheaper plans aren't how you actually save on software"
  • Controversy — "Paying for Midjourney in 2026 is a skill issue"
  • Social proof — "The top 1% of devs I know share one stack"
🎯 Example prompt

/hook-forge — Five GitHub repos everyone must try

Best for

LinkedIn postsYouTube titlesEmail subjectsNewsletter openers
03 / 10Viral · Video
🎬

Remotion Skill

Build a launch video from your website in ~8 minutes.

remotion

The skill going massively viral right now. Point it at any website URL — it fetches the assets, writes React/Remotion code, and renders an animated launch video completely automatically. Ishan built a full promo for helloishan.com in under 8 minutes.

  • Reads your site's content and visual assets automatically
  • Writes Remotion (React-based video) code from scratch
  • Renders a shareable video — no After Effects, no editor
  • Great for product launches, portfolios, startup intros
🎯 Exact prompt

"Use the Remotion skill to create a trailer for my own brand, helloishan.com"

04 / 10Writers · v2.3.0
✍️

Humanizer

Remove every AI writing tell — sound like a real person.

humanizer

Based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI Writing" guide. It strips out every pattern that screams "written by a robot" and rewrites in direct, confident, human language. No em dashes, no "delve", no corporate filler.

  • Removes: em dashes, "delve / nuanced / leverage / robust / paradigm"
  • Fixes: rule-of-three lists, vague "studies show…", inflated language
  • Kills negative parallelisms ("not only X, but also Y")
  • Gives 3 variations + a "Send via Gmail" button for outreach
📺 Live demo

A sponsor-outreach email to OpenAI for his hackathon. It asked: Who? Topic? Role? — then returned 3 polished, em-dash-free emails.

Try this prompt →

/humanizer > Cold email to a brand I want to partner with for my food-delivery platform in Dubai. Real founder voice, not a chatbot. Under 150 words.
05 / 10Visual · No design tools
📊

Infographic Builder

Idea → interactive HTML infographic. No Canva, no Figma.

infographic-builder

Outputs a single self-contained HTML file that works in any browser — hover, and elements animate. Supports 8 infographic types. It asks 3–4 clarifying questions, then builds the whole thing. (This very page used the same idea.)

  • 8 types: Process, Stats, Comparison, Timeline, Hierarchy, Cycle, Listicle, Anatomy
  • Asks where it'll live: web, social, Notion, deck
  • Asks the vibe: minimal, bold pop, dark, corporate, playful
  • Asks interactivity: static, enhanced motion, full interactive
📺 Live demo

"…the psychological tactics brands use to make you buy." Chose: Instagram feed → bold pop → enhanced motion. A stunning interactive visual in seconds.

Try this prompt →

/infographic-builder > Step-by-step of setting up a company in Dubai — structure to trade license. LinkedIn-ready, clean, minimal.
06 / 10Developers · Coding
⚙️

Karpathy Guidelines

Andrej Karpathy's coding rules baked into every project.

karpathy-guidelines

A .md shared by Andrej Karpathy (ex-Tesla AI Director, OpenAI co-founder) outlining the most common ways AI gets coding wrong. Install it, invoke before any build, and Claude audits your project against the rules.

  • Think before coding — surface assumptions, show trade-offs
  • Surgical changes — touch only what's needed; don't refactor uninvited
  • Define success — what does "done" look like? Loop until verified
  • Simplicity first — 3 similar lines beat a premature abstraction
📺 Live demo

Ran on an existing project: "Here are 4 Karpathy violations and how to fix each." Saved hours of review.

Try this prompt →

/karpathy-guidelines > Review this React component and list every violation before I ship it.
07 / 10Token saver · ~75% less
🦴

Caveman Mode

Claude talks like a caveman — and saves up to 75% of your tokens.

caveman

When you're burning session credits, switch on Caveman Mode. Claude drops articles, uses ultra-short synonyms, and strips filler — maximum information, minimum tokens. Full technical accuracy stays; only fluff goes.

  • lite — no filler/hedging, full sentences kept
  • full (default) — drops articles, fragments, short synonyms
  • ultra — abbreviates everything, arrows for causality (X → Y)
  • wenyan-full — classical Chinese register (文言文) for max compression
Normal vs Caveman

"Sure! The issue you're experiencing is likely caused by a token-expiry misconfiguration in your authentication middleware…"

"Token expiry uses < not <=. Fix:" ✅

Illustrative token use per reply (lower = cheaper)

Normalbaseline
100%
Liteno filler
~80%
Fullfragments
~45%
Ultraabbreviated
~25%

Directional, not benchmarked — actual savings depend on the task. Ultra ≈ 75% fewer tokens than a normal reply.

Try this prompt →

/caveman ultra > Summary of "Psychology of Persuasion" — just the 7 core principles.
08 / 10Business · Planning
🔭

Expand & Contract

Turn a half-formed idea into a scoped, structured plan.

expand-and-contract

You have an idea but don't know what to build first. It asks targeted questions, then sorts every possible feature into four buckets — so you know exactly what to build on Day 1 and what to park.

  • Core — must-haves that define the business
  • Nice-to-have — adds value, cut if pressed
  • Maybe later — parked for v2
  • Out — explicitly descoped so you stop thinking about it
📺 Live demo

"A premium house-help service for ultra-wealthy families in India." It asked services, pricing, GTM, positioning — then a clean Core/Nice-to-have/Out breakdown in minutes.

Try this prompt →

/expand-and-contract > A marketplace for home-cooked food delivery in the UAE for expats wanting authentic meals from home.
09 / 10Discovery · skills.sh
🔍

Find Skills

Don't know which skill to use? Let Claude find it.

find-skills

Searches the skills.sh registry — a community platform listing hundreds of Claude skills — and returns the best match for your task. A search engine for Claude superpowers.

  • Connects to skills.sh, the largest community registry
  • Reads your problem and finds the most relevant skill
  • Returns the install command so you get it immediately
  • Any domain: writing, coding, research, marketing, finance
📺 Live demo

"Write a LinkedIn post about the rise of Melody Toffee and the Parle-G share." Find Skills went to skills.sh, found the right content skill, and wrote the post with it.

Try this prompt →

/find-skills > Analyze competitor websites and build an SEO gap analysis for my UAE marketplace.
10 / 10Strategy · Life decisions
⚖️

Decision Framer

Stop asking ChatGPT for life advice. Use structured reasoning.

decision-framer

Returns exactly five sections, every time — no fluff, no cheerleading. Below is the structure it always produces.

1

The real decision

Often different from what you asked.

2

Distinct options

Including ones you missed.

3

3 criteria

The ones that actually matter here.

4

2 unknowns

Facts that would change your answer.

5

Honest default

What happens if you do nothing.

📺 Live demo

"Should I shift fully to Claude and abandon ChatGPT and Gemini?" It returned options (Claude primary, keep one backup, kill duplication), 3 criteria, 2 unknowns, and a clear honest call.

Try this prompt →

/decision-framer > Focus 100% on my food-marketplace platform this year, or split time with my AI-automation consulting business?
05 — The Hook Forge engine

10 hooks, 10 triggers

Hook Forge doesn't write 10 variations of the same idea — it writes one hook per psychological lever. Here are all ten.

01
Curiosity
02
Contrast
03
Controversy
04
Social Proof
05
Loss Frame
06
Specificity
07
Pattern Interrupt
08
Identity
09
Future Pace
10
Direct
06 — Cheat sheet

Quick reference — all 10 skills

#SkillCommandWhat it doesAuto-triggers onBest for
1Skill Creator/skill-creatorInterviews you and builds a brand-new custom skill"make me a skill"Everyone — the start
2Hook Forge/hook-forge10 hooks using 10 psychological triggers"write hooks for"Creators, marketers
3Remotion/remotionBuilds a launch video from your website in ~8 min"make a trailer"Founders, launches
4Humanizer/humanizerStrips AI writing tells — sounds human"humanize this"Writers, outreach
5Infographic Builder/infographic-builderInteractive HTML infographic, no design tools"make an infographic"Educators, social
6Karpathy Guidelines/karpathy-guidelinesApplies Karpathy's coding rules; audits your projectany code fileDevelopers
7Caveman Mode/cavemanUltra-compressed replies — saves ~75% tokens"caveman mode", "be brief"Low on credits
8Expand & Contract/expand-and-contractScopes any idea into Core / Nice-to-have / Out"help me scope this"Founders, PMs
9Find Skills/find-skillsSearches skills.sh for the best skill for your task"find a skill for"Beginners, power users
10Decision Framer/decision-framer5 structured sections to resolve any decision"should I", "torn between"Founders, careers
07 — Get them now

Install all skills right now

📦 Install all at once

Clone the repo and install every skill in one bash loop.

git clone https://github.com/Ishan7390/10skills-video.git cd 10skills-video for f in *.skill; do claude skill install "./$f" done

🔗 Install one at a time

Pick and choose — install any single skill from GitHub.

🎥 Watch the original video

This article is based on the full 16-minute walkthrough by Ishan Sharma, who demos every skill live in Claude Code.

Watch on YouTube

📁 Browse the skill files

See the raw .skill files and the full README — every trigger phrase and example.

GitHub repository

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