mattpocock/skills
mattpocock/skills
A practical collection of prompts and automation commands designed for AI coding assistants, helping you align requirements, cut the fluff, and make AI truly understand your engineering needs.
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.
AI Summary
What This Project Does
It's a "skill pack" for AI coding assistants like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex. Essentially, it's a set of carefully crafted prompts and automation scripts to standardize how AI communicates and writes code, turning the AI from a "blind executor" into a "knowledgeable partner."
What Problems It Solves
Tackles the common pain points where AI "doesn't understand requirements" or "talks too much." Instead of manually correcting AI repeatedly or using bloated frameworks that strip away control, this provides lightweight commands. It makes the AI ask clarifying questions before coding and use your project's specific terminology, drastically reducing rework.
Who It's For
Engineers using AI coding tools, indie developers, tech leads, and programmers who want to boost AI collaboration efficiency and hate overly complex configuration processes.
Typical Use Cases
1. Use the /grill-me command to make the AI ask detailed questions about your requirements before writing any code.
2. Import your project's CONTEXT.md so the AI quickly learns your domain jargon and tech stack.
3. One-click setup to connect your AI assistant to GitHub or Linear, automating issue tagging and documentation storage.
Key Strengths & Highlights
Rejects "black boxes" and over-engineering. All commands are transparent, composable, and customizable. Model-agnostic, installs with a single command, and turns your AI into a "knowledgeable" partner in 30 seconds—much more flexible than bulky AI coding frameworks on the market.
Getting Started Requirements
No coding skills needed; just run one npx command in your terminal. Requires Node.js installed and an AI coding assistant that supports plugins/custom commands. No extra API keys or server deployment needed.
Purpose
Highly recommended when you feel your AI coding assistant is "going off on tangents," generating unnecessary code, or when you don't want to be locked into complex AI workflow frameworks. It's perfect for daily development where efficient, controllable AI collaboration is needed. However, if you only occasionally ask AI to write simple scripts, or you strictly want zero new commands to learn, it might be overkill.
Category
Tech Stack
Project Info
- Primary Language
- Shell
- Default Branch
- main
- License
- MIT
- Homepage
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- Created
- Feb 3, 2026
- Last Commit
- 1 months ago
- Last Push
- 1 months ago
- Indexed
- May 2, 2026