Claude Cookbooks - Skills
by travisvn · Updated
Example notebooks and tutorials
At a glance
Claude Cookbooks - Skills is an Agent Skill by travisvn in the Other category. Install it by copying its folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or use its SKILL.md instructions as rules in other assistants. Its source repository has 15,621 GitHub stars (as of Oct 28, 2026).
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in your AI client
Setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline and VS Code — copy-paste ready.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in Claude CodeAnthropic's agentic CLI
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitInstall it
Copy the folder containing SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (this project).
Use it
Claude auto-invokes the skill when your request matches its description.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in Claude DesktopDesktop app (MCP config)
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitAdd the SKILL.md to your Skills folder
Settings → Capabilities → Skills → add the folder containing SKILL.md. Claude picks it up automatically.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in CursorAI-first code editor
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitConvert to a Cursor rule
Create .cursor/rules/claude-cookbooks-skills.mdc and paste the SKILL.md body. Set `alwaysApply` or a glob so the Agent loads it in context.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in Codex CLIOpenAI coding agent
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitReference in AGENTS.md
Add the skill's instructions (or a link) to AGENTS.md at your repo root — Codex reads it on every run.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in WindsurfCodeium's agentic IDE
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitAdd to your rules / context
Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in ClineVS Code autonomous agent
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitAdd to your rules / context
Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.
How to install Claude Cookbooks - Skills in VS CodeCopilot / MCP support
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.gitAdd to your rules / context
Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.
Documentation
Full READMEAwesome Claude Skills
A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows
Claude Skills teach Claude how to perform tasks in a repeatable way
They are specialized folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude dynamically discovers and loads when relevant to tasks.
How Skills Work
Skills employ a progressive disclosure architecture for efficiency:
- Metadata loading (~100 tokens): Claude scans available Skills to identify relevant matches
- Full instructions (<5k tokens): Load when Claude determines the Skill applies
- Bundled resources: Files and executable code load only as needed
This design allows multiple Skills to remain available without overwhelming Claude's context window.
🚀 Getting Started
Claude.ai Web Interface
- Go to Settings > Capabilities
- Enable Skills toggle
- Browse available skills or upload custom skills
- For Team/Enterprise: Admin must enable Skills organization-wide first
Claude Code CLI
# Install skills from marketplace
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
# Or install from local directory
/plugin add /path/to/skill-directoryClaude API
Excerpt — the full document is on GitHub.
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