best-practices
Transforms vague prompts into optimized Claude Code prompts. Adds verification, specific context, constraints, and proper phasing. Invoke with /best-practices.
Install / Use
npx skills add MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills --skill best-practicesInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
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Our assessment of best-practices
best-practices scores 85/100 on our quality scale, 542nd of 963 AI & Machine Learning skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 1,145 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 10 days ago, so best-practices is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
best-practices compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than best-practices; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| best-practices (this skill)by MoizIbnYousaf | 85 | 1.1k | 10d ago | SKILL.md |
| claude-memby thedotmack | 100 | 95.2k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| Understand-Anythingby Egonex-AI | 100 | 85.0k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 74.3k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| CowAgentby zhayujie | 100 | 47.2k | today | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install best-practices?
- Run
npx skills add MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills --skill best-practices. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does best-practices work with?
- It is written for Claude Code and Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is best-practices safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is best-practices still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 10 days ago, so best-practices is actively maintained.
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From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.