mattpocock skills
by mattpocock · Updated
Matt Pocock's agent skills for real engineering — grilling, spec/ticket flows, TDD, code review, domain modelling and more. Plug-and-play, not vibe coding.
At a glance
mattpocock-skills is an Agent Skill by mattpocock in the Coding & Engineering category. In Claude Code it installs with `/plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-official` after adding the anthropics/claude-plugins-official marketplace; other assistants use its SKILL.md instructions as rules. Its source repository has 306,202 GitHub stars (as of Oct 28, 2026).
How to install mattpocock skills in your AI client
Setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline and VS Code — copy-paste ready.
How to install mattpocock skills in Claude CodeAnthropic's agentic CLI
Add the marketplace
claude/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-officialInstall the skill
claude/plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-officialUse it
These are slash commands for a Claude Code session, not your shell. Claude auto-invokes the skill when your request matches its description — or type its slash command if it exposes one.
How to install mattpocock skills in Claude DesktopDesktop app (MCP config)
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/mattpocock/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 mattpocock skills in CursorAI-first code editor
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.gitConvert to a Cursor rule
Create .cursor/rules/mattpocock-skills.mdc and paste the SKILL.md body. Set `alwaysApply` or a glob so the Agent loads it in context.
How to install mattpocock skills in Codex CLIOpenAI coding agent
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/mattpocock/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 mattpocock skills in WindsurfCodeium's agentic IDE
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/mattpocock/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 mattpocock skills in ClineVS Code autonomous agent
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/mattpocock/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 mattpocock skills in VS CodeCopilot / MCP support
Clone the source
bashgit clone https://github.com/mattpocock/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 READMESkills For Real Engineers
My agent skills that I use every day to do real engineering - not vibe coding.
Developing real applications is hard. Approaches like GSD, BMAD, and Spec-Kit try to help by owning the process. But while doing so, they take away your control and make bugs in the process hard to resolve.
These skills are designed to be small, easy to adapt, and composable. They work with any model. They're based on decades of engineering experience. Hack around with them. Make them your own. Enjoy.
If you want to keep up with changes to these skills, and any new ones I create, you can join ~60,000 other devs on my newsletter:
Installation (30-second setup)
A plugin updates itself. skills.sh copies editable files into your project, and you update them by hand. Pick one per agent, because installing both gives you every skill twice.
1. Get the skills
<details> <summary><strong>Claude Code</strong></summary>
claude plugin install mattpocock-skills@claude-plugins-officialUpdates itself by default.
</details>
<details> <summary><strong>Codex</strong></summary>
Excerpt — the full document is on GitHub.
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