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armory
Curated, production-grade skills for AI coding agents. Battle-tested workflows for developers who use AI seriously.
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- 30 skills (30 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
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Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add Mathews-Tom/armory
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add Mathews-Tom/armory --skill adr-writer — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/Mathews-Tom/armorycp -r "armory/skills/adr-writer" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the adr-writer skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add Mathews-Tom/armory
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 — showing the first 30 of 87 files.
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adr-writer
Generates Architecture Decision Records capturing context, rationale, alternatives, and consequences in numbered status-tracked format. Triggers on: "write an ADR", "document this decision", "architecture decision record", "decision record", "design decision", "ADR for".
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agent-builder
Build AI agents and automate Claude Code programmatically via the Claude Agent SDK and headless CLI mode. Covers Python SDK, claude -p, SDK MCP servers, hooks, sessions. Triggers on: "build an agent", "agent SDK", "headless mode", "automate Claude", "programmatic agent".
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api-docs-generator
Audits and enhances FastAPI and REST API documentation: missing descriptions, response codes, examples, docstrings, Pydantic models, OpenAPI spec. Triggers on: "generate API docs", "document this API", "OpenAPI for", "FastAPI docs", "document endpoints", "swagger docs".
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architecture-diagram
Generate architecture diagrams as fully editable SVG with native AWS, Azure, and GCP icons for cloud diagrams, or hand-drawn generic icons for everything else. Optionally deliver a self-contained editable draw.io mxGraph companion. Deterministic layout computes zone nesting and orthogonal routing instead of hand-placed coordinates. Triggers on: "architecture diagram", "infra diagram", "system dia…
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architecture-reviewer
Architecture reviews across 7 dimensions (structural, scalability, enterprise readiness, performance, security, ops, data) with scored reports. Triggers on: "review architecture", "critique design", "audit system", "assess scalability", "enterprise readiness", "technical due diligence". NOT for diagrams, use architecture-diagram.
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arxiv-figures
Optimize and prepare figures for arXiv submission: format conversion (EPS/PDF/PNG/JPG), size reduction, metadata stripping, processor compatibility (DVI vs PDFLaTeX). Triggers on: "optimize figures for arXiv", "reduce figure size", "convert figures for arXiv", "fix arXiv figures", "figure too large", "arxiv image compression". Companion to arxiv-preflight and arxiv-package.
skills/arxiv-figures/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
arxiv-package
Package a TeX/LaTeX project into a clean tarball or zip for arXiv upload: file selection, build-artifact exclusion, 00README.XXX generation, ancillary file organization, archive validation. Triggers on: "package for arXiv", "create arXiv tarball", "bundle submission", "zip for arXiv", "prepare arXiv upload", "arXiv submission archive". Companion to arxiv-preflight and arxiv-figures.
skills/arxiv-package/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
arxiv-preflight
Pre-submission validation audit for arXiv papers across TeX source, PDF, figures, metadata, bibliography, file organization, and common-error scans. Produces pass/fail report with specific fixes per arXiv requirement. Triggers on: "check my arXiv submission", "validate for arXiv", "arXiv preflight", "ready for arXiv", "arxiv check", "arxiv submission readiness". Companion to manuscript-review (pr…
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benchmark-runner
Designs structured benchmarks comparing algorithms, models, or implementations with metrics, test cases, hardware context, and reproduction steps. Triggers on: "benchmark", "compare performance", "which is faster", "latency comparison", "run benchmark", "throughput test", "speed test".
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changelog-composer
Generates structured changelogs and release notes from git history and PRs, classifying breaking changes, features, fixes, performance, docs. Triggers on: "generate changelog", "write release notes", "what changed since", "prepare release", "release notes for", "diff since tag".
skills/changelog-composer/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
chart-clarity
Create, review, and restyle data visualizations using Edward Tufte principles: high data-ink ratio, direct labels, range-frame axes, small multiples, accessible color, responsive charts, and honest comparisons. Triggers on: "create a chart", "style this chart", "review this graph", "Tufte chart", "data visualization", "Recharts", "Plotly", "matplotlib", "Chart.js", "ECharts", "D3". Use when gener…
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citation-audit
Verify that every citation in a manuscript is real, correctly attributed, and accurately described. Detects ghost papers, wrong arXiv IDs, inverted claims, and dead links by fetching each cited work. Optional fix mode applies bib metadata corrections and surfaces prose rewrites for claim errors. Triggers on: "check my citations", "verify references", "citation audit", "are my references real", "c…
skills/citation-audit/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
code-refiner
Deep code simplification and refactoring preserving behavior across Python, Go, TypeScript, Rust. Targets complexity, anti-patterns, readability debt. Triggers on: "simplify this code", "refactor for clarity", "reduce complexity", "make this more readable", "tech debt cleanup", "too much nesting".
skills/code-refiner/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
codebase-advisor
Senior codebase advisor that audits a repository, vets findings, and writes self-contained implementation plans for other agents to execute. Triggers on: "write improvement plans", "create an implementation backlog", "audit and plan fixes", "turn findings into plans", "agent-executable plans", "reconcile plans", "execute this plan", "what should we improve next". Use when the desired output is a…
skills/codebase-advisor/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
competitive-analyzer
Competitive landscape analysis: Porter's Five Forces, competitor discovery, feature/pricing matrices, positioning maps, moat assessment via WebSearch. Triggers on: "competitive analysis", "competitor comparison", "competitive landscape", "Porter's Five Forces", "market positioning", "moat assessment", "defensibility analysis".
skills/competitive-analyzer/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
concept-to-image
Turn concepts into static HTML visuals exported as PNG or SVG files via HTML/CSS/SVG. Triggers on: "create an image of", "export as PNG", "save as SVG", "concept to image", "screenshot this HTML". NOT for interactive HTML, use static-web-artifacts-builder.
skills/concept-to-image/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
concept-to-video
Turn concepts into animated explainer videos using Manim (Python) with MP4/GIF output, audio overlay, multi-scene composition. Triggers on: "create a video", "animate this", "make an explainer", "manim animation", "motion graphic". NOT for React video, use remotion-video.
skills/concept-to-video/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
debug-investigator
Hypothesis-driven debugging with ranked hypotheses, git bisect strategy, instrumentation planning, and minimal reproduction design. Triggers on: "debug this systematically", "root cause analysis", "bisect this bug", "rank hypotheses", "isolate this issue", "minimal reproduction". NOT for general reasoning.
skills/debug-investigator/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
decision-map
Maps the unresolved architecture, policy, and scope decisions that must be answered before planning can start: one durable decision ticket per question on the issue tracker, typed and blocker-linked under a parent map, with fog-of-war, out-of-scope, a computed frontier, and one decision resolved per invocation. Triggers on: "map the decisions", "what do we need to decide", "identify the unknowns"…
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dependency-audit
Audits direct and transitive dependencies for license compliance, maintenance health, CVEs, abandoned packages, and bloat. Triggers on: "audit dependencies", "license check", "dependency health", "abandoned packages", "unused dependencies", "license compliance", "supply chain", "dependency risk".
skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
devils-advocate
Challenges AI-generated plans, code, and designs via pre-mortem, inversion, and Socratic questioning to surface blind spots and failure modes. Triggers on: "challenge this", "devils advocate", "stress test this plan", "poke holes in this", "what am I missing".
skills/devils-advocate/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
doc-condenser
"DEPRECATED: The base model handles document condensation and summarization natively at high quality. This skill no longer provides meaningful uplift. Retained for reference only."
skills/doc-condenser/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
engineering-retro
Git-based engineering retrospective analyzing commits, PRs, and velocity over configurable windows with monorepo path scoping. Triggers on: "retrospective", "sprint retro", "weekly review", "what did we ship", "engineering retro", "dev summary", "commit analysis".
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env-validator
Validates .env files against code references and manifests for missing vars, type mismatches, insecure defaults, and unused entries. Triggers on: "validate env file", "check environment variables", "missing env vars", "check .env", "dotenv validation". NOT for secret scanning, use repo-sentinel.
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estimate-calibrator
Produces calibrated three-point PERT estimates (best/likely/worst) with confidence intervals, unknowns, and assumptions. Triggers on: "estimate this", "how long will this take", "effort estimate", "confidence interval", "story points", "t-shirt sizing". NOT for task decomposition, use task-decomposer.
skills/estimate-calibrator/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
feasibility-assessor
Evaluates whether a business idea is technically buildable and financially viable. Covers unit economics (CAC, LTV), revenue modeling, break-even, and go/no-go verdicts. Triggers on: "feasibility assessment", "viability analysis", "unit economics", "build vs buy", "go/no-go decision", "ROI projection".
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figure-rhetoric
Evaluate whether figures and plots in a manuscript effectively communicate the claims they support. Audits chart-type fit, axis design, visual hierarchy, data density, caption interpretation, perceptual accuracy, and narrative arc across 8 dimensions. Triggers on: "do my figures work", "check my plots", "are my graphs clear", "figure audit", "do my figures support my claims", "visualization revie…
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figure-table-quality
Readability and rendering audit for figures and tables in academic manuscripts. Computes effective font/marker sizes at display scale from generation scripts, checks label collisions, color/hatch accessibility, axis-range efficiency, table formatting, and cross-figure consistency. Triggers on: "check figure quality", "audit plots", "readability check", "figure rendering", "are my figures readable…
skills/figure-table-quality/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
filesystem
File and directory operations via Claude Code built-in tools, replacing the Filesystem MCP server. Triggers on: "read this file", "write to file", "edit file", "find files matching", "search for text in files", "list directory", "show directory tree", "rename file".
skills/filesystem/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
github
GitHub CLI operations via `gh` for issues, PRs, Actions, releases, and REST/GraphQL API with `--json`/`--jq` parsing. Triggers on: "create an issue", "submit a PR", "check CI status", "why did CI fail", "merge a PR", or pasted GitHub URLs.
skills/github/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.