Updated 1mo ago
by Emanuelel
dont-reinvent
Stop your AI coding agent from reinventing the wheel. A Claude Skill that checks Free vs. Build vs. Buy before writing code, and actually vets what it finds (license, maintenance, security) instead of stopping at star count
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- 1 skill (1 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 1 forks (1 forks)
- 1mo ago last update (Last updated 1mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add Emanuelel/dont-reinvent
Asks which agents to install it for. Add -g to install it for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/Emanuelel/dont-reinventcp -r "dont-reinvent/skills/dont-reinvent" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the dont-reinvent skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project).
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add Emanuelel/dont-reinvent
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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dont-reinvent
Vets whether to build a feature from scratch, use an existing free/open-source solution, or pay for a third-party API/service. Use this whenever the user asks Claude to implement, add, integrate, or write code for a feature or capability, especially one that sounds like it could already be a solved problem (auth, payments, scraping, animation, comment/DM automation, video/image generation, search…
skills/dont-reinvent/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
No skill matches that filter.
Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.