Written by thoughtbot, your expert partner for design and development. https://robots.thoughtbot.com/ 2026-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 thoughtbot Dave Iverson https://thoughtbot.com/blog/thoughtbot-s-agent-skills 2026-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 2026-09-18T16:05:41Z <p><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/agent-skills">We just published a bunch of our agent skills!</a> We’ve been creating these ad hoc as we work on projects, but we finally pulled them all together into a single consolidated list. Check out our <a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/skills">thoughtbot/skills</a> GitHub repo for details about using them.</p> <p>It’s pretty cool to see these skills downloaded from my coworkers’ heads and into a format that Claude can use. Many of them were inspired by classic posts on this blog and by <a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/guides">our style guides</a>. We briefly considered keeping all these skills private: why share our secret recipes? And honestly some of them feel like a real power-up in the right hands. But we’ve got a culture of open source and it feels right to share them with our dev community.</p> <p>I’m a big fan of <a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/reviewing-dependabot-prs-is-boring-let-claude-do-it-for-you"><code>/dependabot-review</code></a> which I use to decide which Dependabot PRs are safe to merge. I’ve also been using <a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/rails-consultant/blob/main/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md"><code>/test-driven-development</code></a> — vibe-coding often results in a bunch of terrible tests and endless mocking, but this red-green-refactor workflow keeps it in check.</p> <p>I also want to shout out some other skills we’ve been using a lot: <a href="https://github.com/mattpocock/skills">Matt Pocock’s</a> <code>/wait-what</code> and <code>/grill-me-with-docs</code> along with <a href="https://docs.expo.dev/skills/">Expo’s skills</a> for React Native.</p> <p>So let us know if you find any of these skills useful, and put up a pull request if you’ve got improvements!</p> <aside class="related-articles"><h2>If you enjoyed this post, you might also like:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-find-custom-software-consultants">How to Use ChatGPT to Find Custom Software Consultants</a></li> <li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/this-week-in-open-source-6-30">This Week in Open Source (June 30, 2023)</a></li> <li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/klang-strongbox">Klang and Strongbox</a></li> </ul></aside>

Announcing some new skills for Claude and other coding agents to help with development, design, and consulting.

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