What Are Skills?

Skills are knowledge packages for Claude Code. They teach the AI how to approach specific domains -- what patterns to follow, what constraints to respect, what APIs to use. The MCP server gives AI hands to interact with hardware; skills give it the knowledge to build correctly.

PicoCalc Skills

SkillDescriptionOrigin
picocalc-appCreate apps, games, and tools for the 320x320 display and membrane keyboardCustom
picocalc-c-moduleCreate and modify C extension modules compiled into firmwareCustom
picocalc-hardwareHardware reference: GPIO pins, SPI/I2C, display, keyboard, SD cardCustom
picocalc-networkWiFi and BLE networking featuresCustom
picocalc-opsDevice operations: flash firmware, deploy scripts, debug bootCustom
picocalc-reviewCode review for MicroPython targeting PicoCalcCustom

Meta & Design Skills

SkillDescriptionOrigin
skill-deployerInstall skills from GitHub URLs with a single commandCustom
skill-creatorCreate, evaluate, and optimize skills with variance analysisAnthropic
scheduled-commitSchedule a git commit and push for a later timeCustom
ascii-cleanStrip non-ASCII characters from code filesCustom
canvas-designCreate visual art and designs as .png and .pdf documentsAnthropic
frontend-designBuild distinctive, production-grade frontend interfacesAnthropic
brand-guidelinesApply Anthropic's official brand colors and typographyAnthropic

Install

Copy skill-deployer into your Claude Code skills directory, then use it to install any other skill by URL.

# Step 1: Install skill-deployer
git clone https://github.com/LofiFren/code-skills.git /tmp/code-skills
cp -r /tmp/code-skills/skills/skill-deployer ~/.claude/skills/

# Step 2: Tell Claude Code to install any skill
"install this skill https://github.com/LofiFren/code-skills/tree/main/skills/picocalc-app"