Guides
Straight answers to the questions you actually search for - where skills live, how to install them, which to pick, and how we grade them.
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The best Claude Code skills, by grade
A grade-ranked shortlist of the best Claude Code skills, plugins and agents - chosen on real maintenance and adoption, not opinion.
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The best database MCP servers for Claude
A grade-ranked guide to MCP servers that connect Claude to databases - Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Neo4j and more - with the security caveat that matters.
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The best Claude Code statusline options
Compared - the top Claude Code statusline tools for showing context usage, model and session state in your terminal, ranked by grade.
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Claude skills vs MCP servers - what's the difference?
Skills and MCP servers solve different problems. Here is when to use each, how they work together, and why a strong setup often uses both.
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How Skillshelf grades skills
The exact, public formula behind every Skillshelf grade - what we measure, what we ignore, and why not everything is an A.
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How to install a skill in Claude Code
A step-by-step guide to installing a Claude Code skill from GitHub - where to put it, how to verify it loaded, and the checks to run first.
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How to write a SKILL.md file
A practical guide to writing a SKILL.md - the frontmatter that matters, why the description is the trigger, and how to structure instructions.
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We graded 106 Claude skills - here's what we found
An original look at 106 graded Claude skills, plugins and connectors - how active the ecosystem really is, and why curation beats raw count.
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What are Claude skills?
A plain-English explanation of Claude skills - what a SKILL.md is, how Claude decides to use one, and how skills differ from prompts and plugins.
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Where are Claude skills stored?
The exact folders Claude Code looks in for skills - personal vs project, how overrides work, and how to check what is installed.