Skills for apes like us, so we can do our jobs better and make our lives easier.
Overview
Skills for apes like us, so we can do our jobs better and make our lives easier. Or you can download the skill directory and copy it into your Claude skills folder: Each subdirectory is a self-contained skill and can be installed individually. Just say ape ... and the matching skill takes over. For example, ape cut fluff triggers the fluff-cutting skill. You can also tag a skill explicitly with /skill, e.g. /ape-cut-fluff.
README
Ape Skills
Skills for apes like us, so we can do our jobs better and make our lives easier.
Installation
Install a skill with npx skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/tree/master/
For example, to install ape-cut-fluff:
npx skills add https://github.com/arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/tree/master/ape-cut-fluff
Or you can download the skill directory and copy it into your Claude skills folder:
cp -r ape-cut-fluff ~/.claude/skills/
Each subdirectory is a self-contained skill and can be installed individually.
Usage
Just say ape ... and the matching skill takes over. For example, ape cut fluff triggers the fluff-cutting skill.
You can also tag a skill explicitly with /skill, e.g. /ape-cut-fluff.
Skills
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| ape-commit | Formats git commit messages with a crisp summary and imperative bullets. |
| ape-style-markdown | Applies consistent, professional Markdown formatting rules to any output. |
| ape-write-pseudocode | Writes high-level pseudocode for functions and algorithms. |
| ape-cut-fluff | Strips fluff and redundancy to drive writing to the bare minimum word count. |
| ape-plan-project | Splits a spec into phases, each with a full product + engineering design doc for agent handoff. |
| ape-poke-holes | Adversarially attacks design docs and specs. Finds failure modes, unstated assumptions, and scale cliffs – no praise, no solutions, only holes. |
| ape-help-me-understand | Digests dense content into a TLDR that keeps the numbers and caveats, a so-what naming why it matters, the key points, and an analogy with its breaking point. |
| ape-quiz-me | Quizzes you on content you claim to have read – Socratic, hints that narrow but never reveal, ending with an understood-vs-recited verdict. |
| ape-cli-terminal-experience | Designs a CLI’s terminal experience the Claude Code way – palette, glyphs, spinners, prompts, listings, and full-screen TUI views. |
| ape-present | Converts a blog post into a single self-contained, readable HTML document – animated diagrams, large numbers, typeset formulas, just enough text to carry the idea. Requires the reference/ directory alongside SKILL.md. |
| ape-teach | Teaches any concept or doc step-by-step with mental models, cross-domain analogies with breaking points, check questions, and depth-on-demand loops until mastery. |
| ape-visualize | Builds interactive 3D Three.js visualizations of science and math concepts across 3 simple depth levels as standalone HTML. |
License
MIT License. See LICENSE.
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Install
npx skillfish add arpitbbhayani/ape-skills