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by LLM-Coding
Semantic-Anchors
A curated catalog of 230+ semantic anchors: well-defined terms like arc42, TDD London School or tracer bullet that activate deep, consistent knowledge in LLMs. Use them in prompts, skills and agent instructions instead of spelling out methods yourself.
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- 6 skills (6 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 45 forks (45 forks)
- 2d ago last update (Last updated 2d ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add LLM-Coding/Semantic-Anchors
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add LLM-Coding/Semantic-Anchors --skill anchor-prior-test — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/LLM-Coding/Semantic-Anchorscp -r "Semantic-Anchors/skill/anchor-prior-test" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the anchor-prior-test skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add LLM-Coding/Semantic-Anchors
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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anchor-prior-test
Empirically test whether a candidate term qualifies as a semantic anchor by probing how densely it sits in LLM training data — across several model tiers in a clean room — before proposing it. Use when triaging an anchor proposal, deciding anchor vs contract, or vetting a rename. Produces a verdict against the four criteria (Precise, Rich, Consistent, Attributable), a tier rating, and a ready-to-…
skill/anchor-prior-test/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
arc42-documentation
Author an arc42 architecture document with the project's cross-section traceability rules. Use when producing or extending an arc42 document — it carries the procedure the "Architecture Documentation" contract deliberately leaves out: scaffolding the with-help template, the five traceability rules arc42 does not enforce, the Chapter 11 Risks-vs-Technical-Debt structure, the ADR-to-risk-ID wiring,…
skill/arc42-documentation/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
semantic-anchor-onboarding
DEPRECATED alias of semantic-contracts-installer. Renamed because the skill's high-value job is installing Semantic Contracts (compositions the LLM cannot guess), not bare anchor lists. Use semantic-contracts-installer instead; this alias forwards to it and will be removed after one release.
skill/semantic-anchor-onboarding/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
semantic-anchor-translator
Bi-directional translator between verbose descriptions and established terminology (semantic anchors). Use when (1) user describes a concept verbosely and you want to identify the precise term, or (2) user asks for methodology/approach and you want to suggest relevant anchors. Covers 200+ terms across testing, architecture, design principles, problem-solving, requirements, documentation, communic…
skill/semantic-anchor-translator/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
semantic-contracts-installer
Install Semantic Contracts (and, as a sub-mode, individual semantic anchors) into a coding agent's persistent context for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and similar agents. Use when setting up project-level or user-level onboarding, generating or updating AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md / GEMINI.md / Copilot instruction files, or choosing which contracts a project should run. A con…
skill/semantic-contracts-installer/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
socratic-code-theory-recovery
Recover the "theory" (Naur 1985) of an existing codebase through recursive question refinement before writing documentation. Use on brownfield projects where the spec is missing — produces a Question Tree separating what is answerable from code (with evidence) from what must be asked of the team (routed by role). Phase 1 builds the tree; team answers the OPEN leaves; Phase 2 synthesizes PRD, Cock…
skill/socratic-code-theory-recovery/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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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.