Claude Skills Collection

Personal collection of custom Claude skills, created as I discover patterns and solve real-world problems.

Skills

Knowledge Management & Education

obsidian-study-vault-builder

Build comprehensive, mobile-compatible Obsidian study vaults from academic course materials with checkpoint-based workflow, error pattern recognition, and quality assurance. Works across all subjects - CS, medicine, business, self-study.

Battle-tested: 37-file vaults, 828KB content, 910-line comprehensive patterns, ~80 hours saved per project.

See obsidian-study-vault-builder/README.md

Document Processing

document-quality-standards

Quality patterns for all document operations (DOCX, PDF, XLSX, PPTX). Visual verification workflow, typography hygiene, formula best practices. Patterns from OpenAI skills that Anthropic's document-skills plugin lacks.

See document-quality-standards/

docx-template-filling

Fill DOCX template forms programmatically while preserving 100% of original structure - logos, footers, styles, metadata. Zero-artifact insertion for forms, applications, and standardized documents. Output indistinguishable from manual filling.

Key features: Anchor-based XML insertion, structure preservation, table repositioning, executable inspection script.

See docx-template-filling/

docx-advanced-patterns

Advanced python-docx patterns for nested tables, complex cell structures, and content extraction beyond basic .text property. Complements official docx skill with specialized read techniques.

See docx-advanced-patterns/README.md

rtl-document-translation

Translate structured documents (DOCX) to RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu) while preserving exact formatting, table structures, colors, and layouts.

See rtl-document-translation/README.md

---

More skills will be added as I discover and document new patterns.

Installation

Quick Install (All Skills)

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/belumume/claude-skills.git

# Copy all skills to Claude
cp -r claude-skills/*/ ~/.claude/skills/

Individual Skill

# Install specific skill
cp -r claude-skills/obsidian-study-vault-builder ~/.claude/skills/

In Claude Web/Desktop

Ready-to-upload ZIPs are in web-desktop-exports/:

web-desktop-exports/
├── document-quality-standards.zip
├── docx-advanced-patterns.zip
├── docx-template-filling.zip
├── obsidian-study-vault-builder.zip
└── rtl-document-translation.zip

1. Download the ZIP for the skill you want
2. Go to Settings → Capabilities
3. Upload the ZIP file

Note: Web/desktop exports have stripped frontmatter (name + description only, <200 chars) to meet Claude web/desktop requirements. The original Claude Code skills in the root folders retain full frontmatter (version, dependencies, tags).

Via API

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()

# Upload a skill
with open('skill-name.zip', 'rb') as f:
    skill = client.skills.create(file=f)

Repository Structure

claude-skills/
├── README.md                      # This file
├── skill-name/                    # Claude Code skills (full frontmatter)
│   ├── SKILL.md                   # Skill definition (required)
│   ├── README.md                  # User documentation
│   └── ...                        # Additional files
├── another-skill/
│   └── ...
└── web-desktop-exports/           # Claude web/desktop versions
    ├── skill-name.zip             # Ready-to-upload ZIPs
    └── skill-name/                # Stripped SKILL.md + supporting files

Contributing

Want to add a skill? Open a PR or issue!

Found a bug? Open an issue!

Have a suggestion? Open an issue!

This is a personal collection, but contributions are welcome.

Community Contributions

Skills or patterns from this repo that have been contributed upstream:

• Nested table extraction → Anthropic docx skill PR #87 (under review)

License

MIT License - Free for personal and commercial use

About

This collection grows organically as I:

• Encounter new problems
• Discover useful patterns
• Document reusable solutions
• Learn new Claude capabilities

Each skill is battle-tested on real-world use cases before being added.