Zig Skills for Claude Code

Two comprehensive Zig programming skills for Claude Code:

Most users should only install zig-programming. The zig-async skill is for Zig 0.16+ nightly builds which reintroduce async I/O. It is not compatible with stable Zig 0.15.2.

Quick Installation

Option 1: Zip File (Easiest)

Download from repository root and extract:

# Main Zig skill (recommended for all users)
curl -LO https://github.com/whit3rabbit/claude-zig-skill/raw/main/zig-programming.zip
unzip zig-programming.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/zig-programming/

Restart Claude Code after installation.

Option 2: Plugin Installation (Claude Code)

# Add this repo as a marketplace
/plugin marketplace add whit3rabbit/claude-zig-skill

# Install main skill (recommended for all users)
/plugin install zig-programming@whit3rabbit-claude-zig-skill

# Optional: Install async skill (only for Zig 0.16+ nightly)
# /plugin install zig-async@whit3rabbit-claude-zig-skill

For team distribution, add to .claude/settings.json:

{
  "permissions": {
    "additionalPluginMarketplaces": ["whit3rabbit/claude-zig-skill"]
  }
}

Verify Installation

ls ~/.claude/skills/zig-programming/SKILL.md

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zig-programming Skill

The main skill for all Zig programming needs.

What’s Included

Recipe Topics

• Fundamentals (19) - Philosophy, basics, getting started
• Data Structures (20) - Arrays, hashmaps, sets, sorting
• Strings & Text (14) - Parsing, manipulation, Unicode
• Memory & Allocators (6) - Arena, GPA, custom allocators
• Comptime (24) - Metaprogramming, generics, type reflection
• Networking (18) - HTTP, sockets, REST APIs
• Concurrency (8) - Threading, atomics, synchronization
• And 8 more topics…

Supported Zig Versions