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Claude Code workflows & skills for solo consultants and freelancers

Claude Code Workflows & Skills Directory for Consultants and Freelancers

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Your First Claude Code Mod: Block Edits Outside the Task's Worktree in 30 Lines

Builds and tests a 30-line Claude Code mod (v2.1.287+) that refuses Edit and Write calls outside the task's git worktree.
@gabrielanhaia · dev.to · 2026-10-17 · Hooks & Automation · #

Triglav: orchestrating Claude Code and Codex agents for long-running work and layered review

Introduces Triglav, an open-source workflow where a Staff agent plans, Senior agents implement, a shared board tracks decisions and layered review checks Claude Code and Codex work.
@adamdrag · dev.to · 2026-10-17 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

session-archive: back up Claude Code session logs before the 30-day auto-delete

session-archive is a stdlib-only Python CLI that gzips, indexes, searches and restores Claude Code session logs before the default 30-day auto-delete.
@haoli · dev.to · 2026-10-17 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How the Claude Code team does code review

HN discussion of Anthropic's blog post on how the Claude Code team handles code review.
pretext · Hacker News · 2026-10-16 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Same Local Model, 3 Coding Agents: pi 12/12, Codex 12/12, Claude Code 7/12 on a 6GB GPU

A small offline test running the same local models on a 6GB laptop GPU through pi, Codex and Claude Code, where pi and Codex passed 12/12 tasks and Claude Code 7/12.
@kunfieldnotes · dev.to · 2026-10-16 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Let Claude Code Read Your Backend Repo, Not Edit It: --add-dir Plus One Deny Rule

How to give Claude Code a second repo as read-only reference with --add-dir plus an Edit deny rule, since added directories follow the same edit permissions as the main one by default.
@gabrielanhaia · dev.to · 2026-10-16 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

An Allow Rule for MCP Server 'a' Also Matched 'a__b'. How Claude Code's Names Collided

Explains why, before Claude Code 2.1.299, an allow rule for mcp__a also matched servers named a__b or a_, with a test and a grep to check your settings.
@gabrielanhaia · dev.to · 2026-10-16 · MCP & Integrations · #

Add Google Hotels to Claude Desktop as an MCP server (2-minute setup)

Setup guide for an open-source MCP server that lets Claude Desktop or Claude Code pull live Google Hotels prices; it runs on the author's paid Apify actors (disclosed).
@huynhtanan · dev.to · 2026-10-15 · MCP & Integrations · #

AI Hooks for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex: Block Secrets Before Agents Can Use Them

GitGuardian explains using ggshield AI hooks to scan prompts, commands, file reads, MCP calls and outputs for secrets in Claude Code, Cursor and Codex.
@dwayne_mcdaniel · dev.to · 2026-10-14 · Hooks & Automation · #

State of AI Instruction Quality: /init Files Score Higher

A scoring study of 8,220 CLAUDE.md files from top GitHub repos finding that files started with Claude Code's /init score higher at every file size (median 8.4 vs 7.7).
@cleverhoods · dev.to · 2026-10-14 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Your CLAUDE.md Isn't Memory. It's a Sticky Note That Keeps Growing (and Your Team Has Five).

Why CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md files fail as team memory (bloat, no recall, merge conflicts) and six practical fixes: rules-only files, decision logs, investigation notes, PR review, pruning, and shared search.
@icegaming · dev.to · 2026-10-14 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

⌨️ Série: Claude Code CLI: guia técnico — Parte 1: fundamentos e configuração

Part 1 of a Portuguese-language Claude Code CLI guide built from the official docs, covering install, entry commands, shortcuts, slash commands, permission modes, CLAUDE.md and settings.json.
@diegobrandao · dev.to · 2026-10-14 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Avoid These 4 Claude Code Context Antipatterns

Four common ways Claude Code context gets polluted, with fixes using /clear, /rewind, subagents and a lean CLAUDE.md.
@iggredible · dev.to · 2026-10-13 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Rename an API Field Across 3 Repos in One Claude Code Task (No Monorepo)

How to rename an API field across three separate repos in one Claude Code task using --add-dir, a repo map and a stale-caller grep.
@gabrielanhaia · dev.to · 2026-10-13 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How I Fixed 19 Timezone Bugs in My Time-Tracking App With Claude Code

A developer used Claude Code to build a harness replaying a time-tracking app across 40 timezones and DST boundaries, requiring a failing test before each fix, and fixed 19 bugs.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-10-13 · Building Apps & Tools · #

I built a Claude skill that makes AI design like a senior UX designer

A free, MIT-licensed Claude skill that asks five setup questions, then renders UI screens with loading, empty and error states, focus rings and four responsive breakpoints.
@zeeshani42 · dev.to · 2026-10-13 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Your agent session is a tree, your terminal shows a scroll — watching Claude Code subagents live

Introduces ccdeck, a local dashboard (npx ccdeck) that draws each Claude Code session and its subagents as a live tree of cards showing state and recent tool calls.
@bargan · dev.to · 2026-10-13 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

How to Build a Claude Code Skill That Chases Your Unpaid Invoices (Without Ever Sending an Email)

Tutorial: build a Claude Code skill that reads a markdown invoice table, drafts overdue reminders by days-late ladder, and blocks send via a PreToolUse hook.
@solostackkits · dev.to · 2026-10-13 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: I Cut my Agent Tokens By 50%

A Show HN tool that replaces Claude Code's regex code search to cut agent token use roughly in half.
iohotspot · Hacker News · 2026-10-11 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Two agent CLIs, one repo: sharing context between Claude Code and Codex without stepping on each other

How the author shares context between Claude Code and Codex on the same repo without the two agents overwriting each other.
@thedevtimeline · dev.to · 2026-10-10 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Which Claude Code session is waiting on you? A queue for agents that stopped to ask

Using the ccdeck dashboard to see which of many Claude Code sessions is blocked waiting for your answer.
@bargan · dev.to · 2026-10-09 · Building Apps & Tools · #

The September cut took 17% of my Claude Code week. Subagents were taking 48%.

The author measured a Claude Code usage week and found subagents, not the plan cut, were eating 48% of it.
@aidiveyt · dev.to · 2026-10-08 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

With a warning, our Claude Code agent's to-automate list sat open 8.2 days. With a failing test, 6 minutes. What works for you?

An experiment showing a failing check got a Claude Code agent to clear its to-automate list far faster than a warning did.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-08 · Hooks & Automation · #

Running 15 Claude Code Sessions at Once

A playbook for running 10-15 parallel Claude Code sessions by treating them like a small distributed system with clear ownership.
@ilya_gorban · dev.to · 2026-10-08 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Our Claude Code agent's median run used 79.8M tokens, 97% of them cache reads. How many does one run of yours use?

A team logged 13 full runs of its autonomous Claude Code agent and found a median of 79.8M tokens per run, about 97% of them cache reads and 0.2% output.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-07 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code in VS Code: The Official Extension, Set Up Properly

Setting up the official Claude Code VS Code extension: install, permission modes, checkpoints and recommended day-one settings.
@noorhalvorsen · dev.to · 2026-10-07 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How I set up Claude Code: one rulebook, a 12-step relay to use it daily

The author's Claude Code setup: one rulebook file plus a 12-step daily routine for using it consistently.
@dhrupo · dev.to · 2026-10-07 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code Router v3: What Changed and How I Set It Up Now

Walks through Claude Code Router v3.1, now a desktop app and local gateway, covering providers, model tiers, routing scripts and fallbacks.
@zaramenon · dev.to · 2026-10-07 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code Context Is Like a Fridge - Put Only Perishable Items in It

When to keep work in the main Claude Code conversation versus moving it to a subagent, second session or headless loop.
@iggredible · dev.to · 2026-10-06 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Headless Claude Code asks, exits, then resumes on the answer

A headless Claude Code pattern where the agent asks a question in a ticket, exits, and resumes with claude -p --resume once answered.
@panthpatel · dev.to · 2026-10-05 · Hooks & Automation · #

I wrote a safety mod that crashes on purpose. Claude Code ran the command anyway.

A test showing a deliberately crashing safety hook did not stop Claude Code from running the command, and what that means for guardrails.
@aidiveyt · dev.to · 2026-10-05 · Hooks & Automation · #

What survives /compact in Claude Code: the root CLAUDE.md came back 8 of 8 times, an invoked skill didn't through claude -p --resume

An experiment on what survives /compact: the root CLAUDE.md always came back, but invoked skill bodies were sometimes dropped.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

How To Write Playwright tests in minutes with Playwright MCP and Claude Code

A walkthrough for generating Playwright end-to-end tests quickly by pairing the Playwright MCP server with Claude Code.
@jakobnorlin · dev.to · 2026-10-05 · MCP & Integrations · #

We moved our Claude Code skills' reference.md files back into SKILL.md. Was that the wrong call?

Why one team folded its skills' reference.md files back into single SKILL.md files, and what that choice costs compared with the documented split layout.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

A Claude Code deny rule missed 5 ways to git push. A pre-push hook caught all 5, but 2 flags skip it. What guards your remote?

A Bash(git push:*) deny rule missed several push variants, while a git pre-push hook caught them all.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-04 · Hooks & Automation · #

Getting the most out of Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code

Anthropic's guide to getting the best results from Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code.
saikatsg · Hacker News · 2026-10-03 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Why I Built a Notch App for My AI Coding Agents

Why the author built a macOS notch app to see which of several coding agents is waiting for input.
@taste_kim_2dec5824a9065cd · dev.to · 2026-10-03 · Building Apps & Tools · #

I Built My First Claude Code Mod Without Writing Code: Claude Wrote It, Validated It, and Hot-Reloaded It

How the author had Claude Code write and validate a mod that shows the context window without typing /context.
@pawel_nowak · dev.to · 2026-10-03 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Claude Code's Read deny rules let 4 of 11 routes through: grep -r, a Python one-liner and two CLAUDE.md @imports

A test showing Read deny rules for secrets and .env still let 4 of 11 access routes through, such as grep -r and Python one-liners.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-02 · Hooks & Automation · #

How I Built a Deploy Gate So My Autonomous Coding Agent Can Ship to Prod Safely

How the author built a deploy gate so an autonomous Claude Code agent can merge and ship to production safely.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-10-01 · Hooks & Automation · #

Why your monorepo's per-package Claude Code skill says 'Unknown skill': it loaded after a Read in that folder, not after a cat (Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5)

Why a per-package skill in a monorepo reports "Unknown skill" when the file is read through Bash, and how loading order causes it.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-10-01 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

How I stop scope creep before it starts: a 5-question scope check for freelance devs (and a free Claude skill)

A five-question scope check and client script for freelance developers to stop scope creep, including when building with Claude Code.
@klipora_hq_d50d1d8a8d2dee · dev.to · 2026-10-01 · Client Work & Consulting · #

My agent changed `toBe(10)` to `toBe(9)` and called it done. I built hooks to stop that

Hooks the author built to stop Claude Code from "fixing" failing tests by editing the expected values.
@haoli · dev.to · 2026-09-30 · Hooks & Automation · #

Progressive Disclosure: Claude Code Hooks, Events and Telemetry

A guide to Claude Code hooks, hook events and telemetry for controlling what the agent sees and reports.
@cleverhoods · dev.to · 2026-09-30 · Hooks & Automation · #

Claude Code Context Is Like Milk, Keep It Fresh and Condensed

Why output quality drops as Claude Code's context fills, and how to manage it with /compact, /clear, /rewind and subagents.
@iggredible · dev.to · 2026-09-30 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Tip: Back up your Claude Code infrastructure

A tip to back up your Claude Code configuration (CLAUDE.md, skills, agents, settings) since it grows into real infrastructure.
@empiree · dev.to · 2026-09-30 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Open-source skills for end-to-end video ad campaigns

Open-source agent skills that let Claude Code research, plan and produce video and image ad campaigns end to end.
sayonidroy · Hacker News · 2026-09-29 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Claude Can't Say "Done" Until the Code Is Safe: A Security Verification Loop for Claude Code

A verification loop that keeps Claude Code from declaring a task done until security checks (like no hardcoded keys) pass.
@thesnehamk · dev.to · 2026-09-28 · Hooks & Automation · #

Three Claude Code subagent files, three models in frontmatter: what each launch cost, and the field the validator waved through

Cost comparison of three custom subagents in .claude/agents/ that each set a different model in their frontmatter.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-09-27 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Show HN: A Claude Code skill to analyze your chess games

A Claude Code skill that analyzes your chess games and produces a post-mortem.
brumar · Hacker News · 2026-09-26 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Five ways Claude Code failed on a 240,000-line WordPress plugin

Five specific ways Claude Code struggled on a 240,000-line WordPress plugin codebase, observed during a course.
@sleevesupai · dev.to · 2026-09-26 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Does a line in auto memory steer the next session like CLAUDE.md does? 3 of 4 runs vs 4 of 4, and 0 of 4 with neither

A test of whether a one-line fact in Claude Code's auto memory steers the next session as reliably as CLAUDE.md does.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-09-26 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

I handed a tiny business to Claude Code agents on a cron schedule. Here's the architecture.

The architecture of a tiny business run by five Claude Code agents on a cron schedule from a private GitHub repo.
@nick_t_eac6be7ee8e88de2f3 · dev.to · 2026-09-26 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Catching AI Workflow Failures with Executable Playbooks

Executable playbooks: a file-based delivery procedure that turns workflow preconditions into checks for Claude Code and Codex.
@srnux · dev.to · 2026-09-25 · Hooks & Automation · #

How I Added OpenTelemetry Tracing to 47 Services With Claude Code in 9 Days

A case study of adding OpenTelemetry tracing to 47 services in nine days with Claude Code.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-09-24 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code permission rules: Bash(git push:*) stopped 8 of 14 ways to push, and 5 reached the remote

A test of how many ways to git push got past a single Bash(git push:*) deny rule in .claude/settings.json.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-09-24 · Hooks & Automation · #

Progressive Disclosure: Shaping Claude Code's Output

How to shape Claude Code's output format so replies stay readable and concise.
@cleverhoods · dev.to · 2026-09-23 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Making Claude Code concise without making it dumber: the engineering behind two open-source plugins

Two open-source plugins that make Claude Code less verbose and improve its status bar without hurting quality.
@nguyen_jesse_8602dc05abd6 · dev.to · 2026-09-22 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Why Claude Code keeps writing shell commands that fail on your Mac

Why Claude Code writes GNU-style shell commands that fail on macOS, and how to make it target BSD tools.
@baunegaard · dev.to · 2026-09-21 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

CLAUDE.md rule vs PreToolUse hook: both held 5 of 5, then the user said 'I authorize it'

A comparison of a CLAUDE.md rule versus a PreToolUse hook for protecting files, including what happens when the user "authorizes" a bypass.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-09-21 · Hooks & Automation · #

How I Migrated 90 Cypress Tests to Playwright With Claude Code in 4 Days

A case study migrating 90 Cypress tests to Playwright in four days with Claude Code.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-09-19 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Three ways I miscounted my own AI agents, and what the transcripts actually say

What Claude Code's per-session and per-subagent JSONL transcripts reveal when you try to count your agents' activity.
@kostakurta · dev.to · 2026-09-18 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Your Claude Code hooks probably don't fire on Windows — a 60-second test and the nine ways they fail open

A 60-second test for whether your Claude Code hooks actually fire on Windows, plus common reasons they don't.
@suyann · dev.to · 2026-09-17 · Hooks & Automation · #

What If Your Coding Agent Could Remember What It Learned Yesterday?

Attic, a tool that lets Claude Code and Codex save and recall what they learned in earlier sessions.
@nishikantaray · dev.to · 2026-09-17 · Building Apps & Tools · #

I gave Claude Code $100 and 30 days to make a profit. Day 1, it built a product. Here's the pattern it used.

Day 1 of an experiment giving Claude Code a $100 budget and 30 days to turn a profit, where it chose to build Claude Code skills for freelance business tasks around one shared context file.
@rickbauer327cell · dev.to · 2026-09-16 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Nano Banana 2 Lite, Revisited: MCP 2.0, the New Interactions API, and Three Agent CLIs

An updated guide to running one image-generation MCP server across Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity CLI.
@xbill · dev.to · 2026-09-13 · MCP & Integrations · #

7 Claude Code agents held 24 board meetings. Revenue: $0.

A 21-day experiment where seven Claude Code subagents ran small businesses via board meetings, and earned $0.
@ko-hi · dev.to · 2026-09-13 · Client Work & Consulting · #

12 Pitfalls I Hit Auto-Logging Claude Code Subagents with a Stop Hook (and How the Numbers Cut My Weekly Cost 15–20%)

Pitfalls found while auto-logging subagent runs with a Stop hook, and how the data cut weekly cost.
@bokuwalily · dev.to · 2026-09-11 · Hooks & Automation · #

I gave Claude Code a team. Then I caught it grading its own homework.

Lessons from three months running a team of Claude Code agents on a production codebase, including agents grading their own work.
@_vjk · dev.to · 2026-09-11 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Claude Code Permission Modes in 2026: What `--allowedTools`, Whitelists, and Sandbox Boundaries Actually Restrict

What Claude Code's permission modes, --allowedTools, allowlists and sandbox boundaries actually restrict.
@jsmanifest · dev.to · 2026-09-08 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Claude Skill – Interns must review (your agent's design choices)

A Claude Code skill that has several reviewer agents adversarially critique design choices before the agent commits to them.
alpbahadur · Hacker News · 2026-09-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%

Spotify engineering's write-up on how its Portal tool cut Claude Code token usage by about 90%.
cebert · Hacker News · 2026-09-04 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code skills for advanced context engineering techniques and patterns

An open-source kit of Claude Code skills for advanced context-engineering patterns.
leovs09 · Hacker News · 2026-09-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: I built my first MCP to manage Google Ads

An MCP server the authors built so an AI agent could manage Google Ads campaigns for their Shopify store.
MichalKrk · Hacker News · 2026-09-03 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: A Context Registry for AI coding agents

An API context registry that helps Claude Code and other agents write production-ready API integrations without huge token use.
sohaibtariq · Hacker News · 2026-09-03 · MCP & Integrations · #

Claude Code journal plugin: Notion session summaries at a glance

A Claude Code journal plugin with a /journal skill that writes glanceable session summaries to Notion.
@cseeman · dev.to · 2026-09-02 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Hardening a manual Claude Code review workflow in GitHub Actions

How a human-triggered "@claude review" GitHub Actions workflow was locked down to read-only, bounded reviews.
@jonesrussell · dev.to · 2026-09-02 · Hooks & Automation · #

Show HN: Supafork – Share and Fork Sessions Across Harnesses

Supafork, a place to store, share and fork agent sessions across Claude Code, Codex and other harnesses.
supafork · Hacker News · 2026-09-01 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Streamline Publishing with a Claude Code Skill

A Claude Code skill that turns one markdown file into dev.to, Medium, LinkedIn and other versions and publishes them.
@xbill · dev.to · 2026-09-01 · Client Work & Consulting · #

I tested Claude Code's memory against mine. They are not doing the same job.

A comparison of Claude Code's built-in memory with the author's own memory system and the different jobs each does.
@heinrichneb · dev.to · 2026-09-01 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

My Claude Code config costs 9,857 tokens before I type anything

How 107 skills, 38 agents and 15 commands added nearly 10,000 tokens of overhead before the first prompt, and how to trim it.
@amzotec · dev.to · 2026-08-30 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: Concord – let Claude Code, Codex and Cursor talk to each other

Concord, an MCP server that lets Claude Code, Codex and Cursor share task context while running in parallel.
alexechoi · Hacker News · 2026-08-27 · MCP & Integrations · #

I built an RPG that teaches Claude Code by making you actually use it

claude-quest, an in-terminal RPG that teaches the Claude Code CLI through real sandboxed missions.
@susheem-k · dev.to · 2026-08-26 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Stop asking your AI agent to follow rules. Enforce them.

Moving grep-able coding rules from prompts into Claude Code hooks so they are enforced every time.
@toffy · dev.to · 2026-08-25 · Hooks & Automation · #

A Claude Code skill that recovers export-blocked Kindle highlights

A Claude Code skill that recovers Kindle highlights that are blocked from normal export.
l3a0 · Hacker News · 2026-08-24 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

How I Cut a 2.1 MB JavaScript Bundle to 890 KB With Claude Code

A case study cutting a 2.1 MB JavaScript bundle to 890 KB with Claude Code.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-08-24 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

My AI said the PDF was empty. The PDF was not empty.

Why Claude Code reported a saved PDF as empty, and how to get reliable text extraction.
@andrewavery7 · dev.to · 2026-08-19 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code teaching macOS to natively print to the HP Laser 1008a

A Claude Code session that got macOS printing natively to an HP Laser 1008a printer.
amrrs · Hacker News · 2026-08-18 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Clinch – Local-first Warp fork built for agent session management

Clinch, a local-first Warp fork for managing many Claude Code and Codex sessions.
“etc. * Customizable quick response buttons in the footer of Claude and Codex sessions to quickly respond with:”
ponchopunchy · Hacker News · 2026-08-18 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions

Anthropic's guidance on getting more value out of each Claude Code session.
twapi · Hacker News · 2026-08-14 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Graft – Claude Code hooks that cut grep tokens by 42%

Graft, a set of Claude Code hooks that cut grep-related token use by about 42%.
shrishdwi · Hacker News · 2026-08-14 · Hooks & Automation · #

Looker's Native MCP Server with Claude Code

Connecting Claude Code to Looker's hosted MCP server and pairing it with the Looker CLI.
@xbill · dev.to · 2026-08-14 · MCP & Integrations · #

Claude Agent SDK vs Claude Code: When To Reach For Which

A decision guide for when to use Claude Code versus the Claude Agent SDK.
@robswierk · dev.to · 2026-08-14 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Auto mode is now Claude Code's default: what the classifier approves, and how to switch back

What Claude Code's auto permission mode approves now that it is the default, and how to switch back.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-08-13 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: /show-me: agent skill for compact visual representations

/show-me, an agent skill that makes coding agents present plans and findings as compact visuals instead of walls of text.
dhorthy · Hacker News · 2026-08-12 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Your AI coding agent writes everything to disk. I built a local cockpit to actually read it.

A local dashboard for reading the session data Claude Code and Codex write to disk.
@young_gao · dev.to · 2026-08-12 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

Anthropic's announcement that auto mode is now the default permission mode in Claude Code.
sbehere · Hacker News · 2026-08-10 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

I gave Claude Desktop a tax-free MCP memory layer

An MCP memory layer for Claude Desktop that avoids re-explaining context every session.
@kike · dev.to · 2026-08-10 · MCP & Integrations · #

Show HN: Whetstone – 20 Claude Code skills, each distilled from one real failure

Whetstone, a set of 20 Claude Code skills each distilled from one real failure.
iamakbarsha1 · Hacker News · 2026-08-09 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Message your other Claude Code sessions

Claude Code documentation for sending messages between your running Claude Code sessions.
mfiguiere · Hacker News · 2026-08-08 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How I Used Claude Code to Hunt Down a Memory Leak That Took Down Prod

A case study using Claude Code to track down a production memory leak.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-08-08 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

claude -p: what headless Claude Code actually loads (and when --bare is the right call)

What headless claude -p loads on each run and when the --bare flag saves tokens.
@rulestack · dev.to · 2026-08-06 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Opus 5: Delete your CLAUDE.md?

A discussion of whether Opus 5 makes a large CLAUDE.md unnecessary, prompted by an interview with Claude Code's creator.
@cleverhoods · dev.to · 2026-08-06 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Agent skills that bring team coding standards to Claude Code and Codex

Agent skills that apply a team's coding standards in Claude Code and Codex.
kanfilior · Hacker News · 2026-08-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Running Claude Code on AWS Bedrock Instead of the Anthropic API (a weekend rabbit hole)

Weekend build of a LiteLLM proxy so Claude Code CLI talks to Amazon Nova on AWS Bedrock for cheaper agentic practice (not real Claude quality).
@priyanshu_valiya · dev.to · 2026-08-04 · MCP & Integrations · #

My Agent Orchestrator Burned 1-2M Opus Tokens Per Task. Here's the Postmortem.

A postmortem on an orchestration skill that burned 1-2M tokens per task, fixed with a budget-enforcing PreToolUse hook.
@akashy · dev.to · 2026-08-04 · Hooks & Automation · #

Show HN: TokenMaxxer – track every AI token you spend across your coding tools

TokenMaxxer, a CLI and dashboard that tracks token use across Claude Code, Codex and Cursor from their local logs.
SYeomans · Hacker News · 2026-08-03 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: Wienerdog – memory and self-improving skills for Claude Code/Codex

Wienerdog, an open-source memory and self-improving skills system for Claude Code and Codex.
thegyula · Hacker News · 2026-08-01 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code + OpenRouter: The Setup Guide That Actually Explains Things

A setup guide for running Claude Code through OpenRouter.
@shreshthgoyal · dev.to · 2026-07-31 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Agent-Manager: A Tmux TUI for Running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode

Agent-Manager, a tmux TUI for running Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode sessions side by side.
yoanwaidev · Hacker News · 2026-07-30 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: Ski – Voice Coding for Claude Code, Codex and More – On-Device – Free

Ski, a free on-device voice coding app that sends transcribed instructions to Claude Code and other agents.
jomon003 · Hacker News · 2026-07-30 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Your AI Subagents Are Lying to You: 4 Silent Failure Modes

Four silent failure modes found when fanning a design-token sweep out to parallel Claude Code subagents.
@__declspec · dev.to · 2026-07-29 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Show HN: A 60-line PreToolUse hook that stops Claude Code from editing your .env

A 60-line PreToolUse hook that blocks Claude Code from editing your .env file.
gaiinmaster · Hacker News · 2026-07-27 · Hooks & Automation · #

Hallmark – Anti-AI-Slop Design Skill for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex

Hallmark, an anti-AI-slop design skill for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex.
opwizardx · Hacker News · 2026-07-26 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

How to structure CLAUDE.md, Skills and Agents

A tip on how to split guidance between CLAUDE.md, skills and agents when setting up Claude Code in a real codebase.
@hash01 · dev.to · 2026-07-25 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I Built a 4-Agent Claude Code Pipeline That Ships Code While I Sleep

A four-agent Claude Code pipeline that takes one command and works through implementation unattended.
@robort-gabriel · dev.to · 2026-07-24 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Show HN: Bookshelf – book quotes that appear between Claude Code and Codex turns

Bookshelf, a skill that shows book quotes between Claude Code and Codex turns instead of idle terminal output.
amaldavid · Hacker News · 2026-07-23 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)

Bento, a single-file HTML slide deck format built so decks made with Claude Code can be edited without code.
starfallg · Hacker News · 2026-07-22 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Teaching Claude Code to Paint: A Stateful Image-Editing Skill Built on Gemini's Interactions API and MCP

A Claude Code skill plus MCP server for stateful, multi-turn image editing built on a Gemini image model.
@xbill · dev.to · 2026-07-22 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

tpu-management: a Claude Code skill for running Gemma 4 on Cloud TPUs

A Claude Code skill plus MCP server that provisions Cloud TPUs, serves Gemma 4 with vLLM, benchmarks it and tears it down.
@xbill · dev.to · 2026-07-21 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I added MCP servers to Claude Code. Here's what they cost in tokens.

Measures how much context MCP tool definitions add to every Claude Code turn (roughly 80 to 150 tokens per tool) across three server setups and which designs are cheapest.
@wartzarbee · dev.to · 2026-07-21 · MCP & Integrations · #

NestJS Agent Skills for Claude Code and Codex

Agent skills that keep NestJS code consistent when built with Claude Code or Codex.
@amirtaherkhani · dev.to · 2026-07-20 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code skill for searching royalty-free stock photos via the Pexels API

A Claude Code skill for searching royalty-free stock photos through the Pexels API.
amalshehu · Hacker News · 2026-07-19 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide

A step-by-step guide to setting up a spare Mac for Claude Code to control.
ykev · Hacker News · 2026-07-18 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How I Auto-Resume a Rate-Limited Claude Code Session with PROGRESS.md and Retries

How the author auto-resumes rate-limited Claude Code sessions with a PROGRESS.md file and retries.
@bokuwalily · dev.to · 2026-07-17 · Hooks & Automation · #

What I learned building 7 Claude Code skills to automate freelance admin

Lessons from building seven Claude Code skills that handle freelance admin like invoices, proposals and contract review from the terminal.
@agentedeia · dev.to · 2026-07-16 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Fuse – an open source MCP/CLI tool to speed up Claude Code on C# codebases

Fuse, an open-source MCP/CLI tool that speeds up Claude Code on C# codebases.
litenova · Hacker News · 2026-07-15 · MCP & Integrations · #

Claude Code plugin that plays a Mr. Meeseeks voice line whene Claude is waiting

A Claude Code plugin that plays a sound clip whenever Claude is waiting for you.
patrickwiseman · Hacker News · 2026-07-13 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: Finterm.ai Bloomberg terminal for Claude Code

Finterm, a CLI that gives Claude Code and other agents financial data like prices, options and SEC filings.
cheeseblubber · Hacker News · 2026-07-13 · MCP & Integrations · #

The Question That Disappeared: Remote Claude Code and the 3-Hour Trap

How a question from a remote, long-running Claude Code task went unseen for hours, and how to avoid that trap.
@jeromefromhk · dev.to · 2026-07-13 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Next Step: Skills & Hooks — Point, Don't Re-Prompt (After CLAUDE.md & Rules)

The layer after CLAUDE.md: using skills and hooks so you point Claude at procedures instead of re-prompting, with Go repo examples.
@mozes721 · dev.to · 2026-07-13 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Using Claude AI for Work: A Practical Guide

A practical guide to using Claude for everyday work tasks like email triage, meeting summaries and automation.
@iniyarajan86 · dev.to · 2026-07-13 · Client Work & Consulting · #

One Wikipedia page costs your AI agent 68,000 tokens

Measurements showing raw web pages cost Claude Code tens of thousands of tokens, and how to fetch research more cheaply.
arhamislam5766 · Hacker News · 2026-07-11 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

CI Health Check: a /ci Skill for Claude Code

A /ci skill that has Claude Code check a project's CI health.
@gbti · dev.to · 2026-07-11 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code, Beyond the Prompt — Part 4: Your First MCP Server (Give Claude Safe Hands on Your Own Tools)

Part 4 of a series: building your first MCP server to give Claude Code safe, limited access to a live trading system.
@gde03 · dev.to · 2026-07-11 · MCP & Integrations · #

Keeping context and decisions consistent across parallel AI agents

How to keep context and decisions consistent across several Claude Code agents working in separate git worktrees.
@jcamarate · dev.to · 2026-07-08 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Claude Code, Beyond the Prompt: I Run a Live Automated Trading System on It — Here's the Whole Setup

Workflow patterns from running a live automated trading system on Claude Code.
@gde03 · dev.to · 2026-07-08 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Open-source Claude Code skills that mine Reddit/X for content topics

Open-source Claude Code skills that mine Reddit and X for content topic ideas.
vatricemir · Hacker News · 2026-07-06 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: Handoff – a verified context bridge between Claude Code sessions

Handoff, a skill that passes verified context from one Claude Code session to the next.
ostik · Hacker News · 2026-07-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

[AI in Action] Refining a macOS Meeting Translation App with Claude Code: Auto-reconnect, Floating Captions, and Meeting Minutes Export Evolution

Using Claude Code to add auto-reconnect and other refinements to a macOS meeting translation app.
@evanlin · dev.to · 2026-07-05 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

session-indexer: giving Claude Code a memory that doesn't die with the project next door

session-indexer, a tool that gives Claude Code searchable memory of past sessions across projects.
@valpere · dev.to · 2026-07-04 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: Pull Claude Code transcripts into your Codex session, and vice versa

Contextify, which indexes all Claude Code and Codex sessions locally so either tool can search past work.
bredren · Hacker News · 2026-07-03 · Building Apps & Tools · #

The Promotion Doc That Writes Itself

A daily work journal built with Claude Code that captures wins as evidence for reviews, promotions and job searches.
@ohkpond · dev.to · 2026-07-03 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Use Fable 5 where it pays for itself

How to use the expensive Fable 5 model only for judgment-heavy work while cheaper subagents handle implementation and chores.
@toffy · dev.to · 2026-07-02 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

You Are Wasting Too Many Tokens on Claude

Common ways developers waste tokens with Claude, and habits that cut the cost.
@imamabubakar · dev.to · 2026-07-02 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Better Graphs – Teach agents to stop making plain Matplotlib slop

Better Graphs, Claude Code skills and design rules that teach agents to produce good-looking Matplotlib charts.
tem_alThor · Hacker News · 2026-06-28 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

The token is valid, but your headless Claude Code agent just 401'd forever

Why a headless Claude Code agent can get stuck on 401 errors with a static OAuth token, and how to fix it.
@drickon · dev.to · 2026-06-28 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

I Made Claude Code Ding When It's Done (And It Changed My Workflow)

A five-line hook config that plays a sound when Claude Code finishes or needs your input.
@anand_rathnas_d5b608cc3de · dev.to · 2026-06-28 · Hooks & Automation · #

How I Set Up Claude Code with 26 Production Subagents (CLAUDE.md, MCP, Hooks)

How the author set up Claude Code with 26 production subagents, CLAUDE.md, MCP servers and hooks.
@nongdyz_d9c3069b1acb2a08c · dev.to · 2026-06-27 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Show HN: Smart model routing directly in Claude, Codex and Cursor

An open-source router that sends each Claude Code, Codex or Cursor request to the best-suited model.
adchurch · Hacker News · 2026-06-26 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Building a Custom Status Line for Claude Code

How to build a custom status line for Claude Code.
@ndrone · dev.to · 2026-06-23 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: Recall – Local project memory for Claude Code

Recall, a tool that gives Claude Code local project memory.
mateenah · Hacker News · 2026-06-21 · Building Apps & Tools · #

I Made Claude Code Think Before It Codes. Then I Gave It a Team.

Giving Claude Code a team: an issue maintainer, a no-code orchestrator and specialist subagents that build in parallel.
@_vjk · dev.to · 2026-06-20 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

I built a Claude Code skill that finds customers, not competitors, on Reddit & LinkedIn

A Claude Code skill a consultant built to find potential customers, not competitors, on Reddit and LinkedIn.
@newan2001 · dev.to · 2026-06-19 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: Pagecast – Publish Markdown/HTML Reports to Cloudflare Pages

Pagecast, a CLI that publishes Markdown/HTML reports from Claude Code to a permanent share link.
amaldavid · Hacker News · 2026-06-18 · Building Apps & Tools · #

One command turns Claude Code into a full dev team

A single command that sets up a reusable crew of Claude Code subagents for each new project.
@toffy · dev.to · 2026-06-18 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Claude Code and Codex are logging your token usage locally. Here is how to read it.

Where Claude Code and Codex log token usage locally and how to read those files.
@newtorob · dev.to · 2026-06-18 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Make Money With Claude AI: 5 Real Workflows That Pay (2026)

Five Claude-powered freelance workflows that pay: reports, ghostwriting, audits, course outlines and briefs.
@castroxcode · dev.to · 2026-06-18 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: Relaymux, a tmux-based meta-harness for local coding agents

Relaymux, a tmux-based meta-harness for orchestrating local coding agents.
byhong03 · Hacker News · 2026-06-17 · Building Apps & Tools · #

How My First Claude Code on AWS Bedrock Experiment Cost Me $8.43 in Just One Day

What one day of experimenting with Claude Code on AWS Bedrock cost, and where the money went.
@venkatesh111 · dev.to · 2026-06-16 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How I Stopped Babysitting Claude Code: 5 Patterns for 24/7 AI Workers

Five patterns for running Claude Code as a 24/7 worker without babysitting every run.
@yureki_lab · dev.to · 2026-06-15 · Hooks & Automation · #

I run Claude Code and Codex side by side. Here's the division of labor that actually works.

A division of labor for running Claude Code and Codex side by side on the same work.
@rapls · dev.to · 2026-06-14 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

The Shopify Claude AI Skill Bundle: 68+ AI Slash Commands That Run Your Entire Shopify Store

A bundle of Claude slash commands for running Shopify store tasks.
@alaaeallam · dev.to · 2026-06-14 · Client Work & Consulting · #

My video generation pipeline that built itself

A video generation pipeline Claude Code built from a single prompt.
@hiper2d · dev.to · 2026-06-13 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Claude Code Hook That Engineers Every Prompt for You — Automatically

A Claude Code hook that automatically rewrites each prompt into a better-engineered one.
@bhutano · dev.to · 2026-06-13 · Hooks & Automation · #

A PreToolUse hook that sandboxes Claude Code agents by reading what they actually do

A PreToolUse hook that sandboxes Claude Code by checking what each command will actually do.
@bfxavier · dev.to · 2026-06-13 · Hooks & Automation · #

What I learned building a Claude Code plugin for MV3 Chrome extensions

Lessons from building a Claude Code plugin for Manifest V3 Chrome extensions.
@harish_kumar · dev.to · 2026-06-13 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

The unprofitable part of freelancing is a workflow problem (so I encoded the workflow as Claude Code skills)

Claude skills that target where freelance web projects lose money: quoting, mid-project change requests and handoff.
@projectnomad · dev.to · 2026-06-12 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Claude Code TDD: Force Red-Green-Refactor with Hooks & CLAUDE.md (2026)

Forcing red-green-refactor TDD in Claude Code with hooks and CLAUDE.md rules.
@stacknotice · dev.to · 2026-06-11 · Hooks & Automation · #

I built a local reverse proxy to see what Claude Code actually sends to Anthropic

A local reverse proxy that shows every prompt, token and cost Claude Code sends to Anthropic.
@houleixx · dev.to · 2026-06-10 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: Agent-pd – A zero-token audit log to catch rogue Claude Code subagents

Agent-pd, a zero-token audit log for catching subagents that go off course.
softie123 · Hacker News · 2026-06-09 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Show HN: Rayline routes Claude Code subagents to on-device and cheaper models

Rayline, a gateway that routes Claude Code subagent calls to on-device or cheaper models.
davidvgilmore · Hacker News · 2026-06-08 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Can you build a successful business in a Claude Code loop?

An experiment giving a Claude Code loop the single goal of making real money, and what happened.
@thepatwalls · dev.to · 2026-06-08 · Client Work & Consulting · #

I set up Claude Code for a real production project. Here's what actually earned its keep

What actually proved useful after three weeks of running Claude Code on a real production project.
@lamas51 · dev.to · 2026-06-06 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

My Claude Code hook silently ate every Korean character, and it took me an hour to figure out why

Debugging a Windows Claude Code hook that silently dropped every Korean character.
@codingjhj · dev.to · 2026-06-06 · Hooks & Automation · #

Migrating Claude Code to a custom backend in 2 lines (and what to actually watch for)

Pointing Claude Code at a custom backend with ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL, plus a checklist of what can break.
@midrelay · dev.to · 2026-06-06 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Lessons learned from running Claude Code swarms at scale

Lessons learned running large swarms of coding agents with a central orchestrator.
sermakarevich · Hacker News · 2026-06-05 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

I kept using Claude Code. Added one thing to it. Cut AI engineering costs by 62%.

One addition to a Claude Code workflow that cut the cost of the same task from $1.96 to $0.74.
@gaurav_vij137 · dev.to · 2026-06-05 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Three Commands to Make Claude Code Stop Guessing Your Infra

Three commands that give Claude Code real knowledge of your infrastructure so it stops guessing.
@siddharth_pandey_27 · dev.to · 2026-06-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I shipped a 2-line Claude Code plugin that makes it shut up

tldr, a tiny open-source plugin that keeps Claude Code replies under five lines while enabled.
@oler · dev.to · 2026-06-05 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Commands vs Skills vs Agents in Claude Code — What Goes Where

What belongs in commands versus skills versus agents when configuring Claude Code.
@techlatestnet · dev.to · 2026-06-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Switch from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code: Migration Guide 2026

2026 migration guide from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code: pricing comparison, install, workflow mapping, MCP servers for extensions, and CLAUDE.md setup.
@akaranjkar08 · dev.to · 2026-06-04 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

The Best Claude Setup (That Works on Any AI Tool)

A portable setup with tools in MCP, instructions in AGENTS.md and know-how in agent skills, so you can switch tools easily.
@harshdeepsingh13 · dev.to · 2026-06-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I got tired of Claude Code forgetting everything. So I built Glutamate.

Glutamate, a tool the author built so Claude Code stops forgetting context between sessions.
@mrdotflat · dev.to · 2026-06-03 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: I built a way to find and install Claude skills

A site for finding and installing Claude skills aimed at non-technical users.
patrickmds · Hacker News · 2026-06-02 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Anthropic gave the failure mode I kept hitting with Claude Code a name: agentic technical debt

How long Claude Code projects accumulate "agentic technical debt" and ways to manage it.
@edumendes · dev.to · 2026-06-02 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code and Codex can have real-time conversation via Git

An experiment letting Claude Code and Codex talk to each other in real time through Git.
syumei · Hacker News · 2026-05-31 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Ultracode for Codex: Claude-style Dynamic Workflows with a Skill

A skill that brings Claude Code-style dynamic workflows to Codex.
@pablonax · dev.to · 2026-05-31 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code – Everything you can configure that the docs don't tell you

Claude Code configuration options found in the source that the docs don't cover.
ankitg12 · Hacker News · 2026-05-29 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Python utility package for building Claude Code hooks

A Python utility package for building Claude Code hooks.
ankitg12 · Hacker News · 2026-05-29 · Hooks & Automation · #

Show HN: AISlop, a CLI for catching AI generated code smells

AISlop, a CLI that flags AI-generated code smells after Claude Code or Codex sessions.
Heavykenny · Hacker News · 2026-05-29 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Dynamic Workflows in Claude Code

Anthropic's introduction of Dynamic Workflows for running large Claude Code tasks as planned steps.
mil22 · Hacker News · 2026-05-28 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

I Built a Claude Code Skill That Reads Your Codebase's DNA in 20 Files

A skill that reads about 20 files to learn a codebase's unwritten conventions and enforce them.
@turacthethinker · dev.to · 2026-05-28 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs

A guide to using Claude Code daily with CLAUDE.md, skills, subagents, plugins and MCPs.
arps18 · Hacker News · 2026-05-27 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Build Your First Claude Skill: An Gmail-to-GDrive Receipt Filer in 20 Minutes

A tutorial for building a Claude skill that files Gmail receipts into Google Drive.
@devpato · dev.to · 2026-05-27 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: skills-for-humanity – 171 structured reasoning skills for Claude Code

skills-for-humanity, a collection of 171 structured reasoning skills for Claude Code.
finnworks · Hacker News · 2026-05-26 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

How to Leverage Claude Skills When You're Not a Developer

Three setup decisions that help consultants and other non-developers get consistent, usable output from Claude Skills.
@remotebranch · dev.to · 2026-05-26 · Client Work & Consulting · #

skill-insp: A Skill That Scores Other Skills

skill-insp, a skill that scores the quality of other Claude Code skills.
@conanttu · dev.to · 2026-05-25 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Stop telling Claude Code rules. Enforce them with hooks.

Why the author moved rules out of CLAUDE.md and into hooks that enforce them.
@krisnamic · dev.to · 2026-05-24 · Hooks & Automation · #

Generate Claude Code skills from your git history

How to generate custom Claude Code skills from your git history and memory files.
@ohugonnot · dev.to · 2026-05-24 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Getting Claude Code off my laptop and onto shared compute

Moving Claude Code from a laptop onto shared cloud compute a whole team can use.
@deeheber · dev.to · 2026-05-23 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Spec-Driven Development Workflow for Claude Code

A spec-driven development workflow for Claude Code that builds requirements, analysis and design specs before coding.
sermakarevich · Hacker News · 2026-05-22 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I built a skill that makes AI-generated AWS diagrams actually usable

A skill with layout and icon rules that makes AI-generated AWS diagrams usable with little cleanup.
@vidanov · dev.to · 2026-05-22 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code Review 2026 — From Zero Code to 3 Live SaaS

A non-coder's review of shipping three live SaaS products with Claude Code, including costs and failures.
@rikuq · dev.to · 2026-05-22 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Rockpack 8.0 - A React Scaffolder Built for the Age of AI-Assisted Development

Rockpack 8.0, a React scaffolder designed to give Claude Code and Cursor a consistent starting structure.
@alexsergey · dev.to · 2026-05-22 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Show HN: I Made a Claude Skill for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)

A Claude skill for spec-driven development, built as an alternative to Kiro's spec workflow.
NTRIXLM · Hacker News · 2026-05-21 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I built a Claude Code skill that scores your legacy Java code 1–100 and modernizes it to Java 21

A Claude Code skill that scores legacy Java code from 1 to 100 and modernizes it toward Java 21.
@santosh_ravitejagoteti_ · dev.to · 2026-05-21 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code's skillListingBudgetFraction: The Undocumented Setting Silently Killing Half Your Skills

How an undocumented skillListingBudgetFraction setting limits how many skills Claude Code loads, and how to tune it.
@akaranjkar08 · dev.to · 2026-05-21 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I Wired Claude Code Into Hermes Agent (And Hermes Into Claude Code): The Full Tool Gateway Reference

Twelve copy-paste MCP configuration patterns for running Hermes Agent as both an MCP client and server alongside Claude Code.
@akaranjkar08 · dev.to · 2026-05-21 · MCP & Integrations · #

Show HN: Dari-docs – Optimize your docs using parallel coding agents

Dari-docs, which uses parallel coding agents to test and optimize documentation for AI agents.
“Create a checkout session”
byhong03 · Hacker News · 2026-05-20 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Building an Astro Blog with Claude Code

Building and deploying an Astro blog with Tailwind, MDX, RSS and a sitemap from one Claude Code prompt.
@henry_dan_81513dd35a2f540 · dev.to · 2026-05-19 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Claude Soul – cross-session learning engine for Claude Code

Claude Soul, an MCP server plus hooks that extracts signals from your sessions so Claude Code improves over time.
motola23 · Hacker News · 2026-05-18 · MCP & Integrations · #

Let Your AI Agent Scaffold Apps With seed4j-mcp

seed4j-mcp, an MCP server that lets Claude scaffold applications with the seed4j generator.
@avdev4j · dev.to · 2026-05-18 · MCP & Integrations · #

Claude Business Workflows: A Practical Setup Guide

A practical setup guide for Claude business workflows like email triage and refund flagging for small operators.
@forgeflows · dev.to · 2026-05-18 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fewer tokens than grep

Semble, an open-source code search tool for agents that uses far fewer tokens than grep.
Bibabomas · Hacker News · 2026-05-17 · Building Apps & Tools · #

I Built 69 AI Products in 30 Days Using Claude Code (Here's the Code, Cost, and Confession)

A 30-day log of building 69 small AI products with Claude Code, including code, costs and lessons.
@gaiaratio · dev.to · 2026-05-17 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Why every Claude Code-built site looks the same — and the image layer that breaks it

Why Claude Code-built sites look alike, and how a custom image layer makes them distinct.
@kkk_dev_1b0a00f5047cb4de6 · dev.to · 2026-05-16 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

How Claude Code works in large codebases

Anthropic's best practices for using Claude Code in large codebases.
shenli3514 · Hacker News · 2026-05-15 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

A Claude Code and Codex Skill for Deliberate Skill Development

A Claude Code and Codex skill that turns coding sessions into deliberate learning opportunities.
cdrnsf · Hacker News · 2026-05-14 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: Full Stack HQ – Claude.md and Agent Stack for Claude Code

Full Stack HQ, a permission-first kit installing CLAUDE.md, 10 specialist agents and 28 skills with one command.
sabahattink · Hacker News · 2026-05-14 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

I Built a Free Bloomberg-Style Stock Analyzer in a Weekend — With Claude Code as My Co-Developer

Building a free S&P 500 technical-analysis app in a weekend with Claude Code as a pair programmer.
@mamun · dev.to · 2026-05-14 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

I built a permission-first CLAUDE.md + agent stack for Claude Code (free, MIT)

A free permission-first CLAUDE.md and agent stack that stops Claude Code from acting before asking.
@sabahattink · dev.to · 2026-05-14 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Six Claude Code Skills That Close the AI Agent Feedback Loop

MetalBear's six Agent Skills that teach Claude Code, Cursor and other SKILL.md agents when and how to use mirrord to run local code against a real Kubernetes cluster.
@eyalb · dev.to · 2026-05-13 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

HappyCapy ships skill-share analytics, contributor leaderboards & one-click install for Claude agents

HappyCapy, a Claude Skills marketplace that added share analytics, leaderboards and one-click install.
@lin_zhu_c66f7f4c200d3a186 · dev.to · 2026-05-12 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: adamsreview – better multi-agent PR reviews for Claude Code

adamsreview, a Claude Code plugin for multi-stage PR reviews using parallel subagents and validation passes.
adamthegoalie · Hacker News · 2026-05-11 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

What Makes an Agent Skill Worth Buying? Lessons From 40+ Listings

Lessons from publishing 40+ paid agent skills on what makes buyers actually pay for a skill.
@clawgear · dev.to · 2026-05-11 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Academic Research Skills for Claude Code

A collection of academic research skills for Claude Code.
arnon · Hacker News · 2026-05-10 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: Remind – schedule Claude Code on your Mac

Remind, which schedules Claude Code prompts on a Mac through the Reminders app.
olliewagner · Hacker News · 2026-05-10 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

The case for having Claude Code produce HTML output instead of Markdown, with examples.
pretext · Hacker News · 2026-05-09 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Kstack – Skill pack for monitoring/troubleshooting K8s in Claude Code

Kstack, a skill pack for monitoring and troubleshooting Kubernetes with Claude Code.
andres · Hacker News · 2026-05-07 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Let Claude Code Debug Your Obfuscated Python: A Guide to the pyobfus MCP Integration

Using the pyobfus MCP server so Claude Code can debug obfuscated Python.
@zhurong2020 · dev.to · 2026-05-07 · MCP & Integrations · #

How to Architect AI Agent Memory That Survives Context Window Limits

How to structure agent memory beyond CLAUDE.md so it survives context-window limits.
@martinlepage26bit · dev.to · 2026-05-07 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

CLAUDE.md for Rust: 13 Rules That Make AI Write Safe, Idiomatic Systems Code

A CLAUDE.md with 13 rules that make Claude Code write safe, idiomatic Rust.
“add a small async cache to this crate”
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-07 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

CLAUDE.md for Go: 13 Rules That Make AI Write Idiomatic, Production-Safe Backend Code

A CLAUDE.md with 13 rules that make Claude Code write idiomatic, production-safe Go.
“add a worker that drains an order queue”
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-07 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

CLAUDE.md for Vue.js and Nuxt.js: 13 Rules That Make AI Write Composable, SSR-Ready Components

A CLAUDE.md with 13 rules for composable, SSR-ready Vue and Nuxt components.
“add a user dashboard”
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-07 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Hooks vs Skills in Claude: the difference that defines system maturity

The difference between hooks and skills in Claude, and why enforcement belongs in hooks.
@guillermodv · dev.to · 2026-05-06 · Hooks & Automation · #

The CLAUDE.md Structure That Makes Claude Code Actually Listen

A CLAUDE.md structure, refined over 35 projects, that Claude Code follows more reliably.
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-06 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

CLAUDE.md for Ruby on Rails: 12 Rules That Stop AI from Writing Legacy Patterns

A CLAUDE.md with 12 rules that stop Claude Code from writing legacy Rails patterns.
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-06 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: Better Design – 28 Shadcn design systems (OSS, MCP: Cursor/Claude Code)

Better Design, 28 open-source shadcn design systems available to Claude Code and Cursor over MCP.
marvinkr · Hacker News · 2026-05-05 · MCP & Integrations · #

How I Set Up My Claude Workflow (Spec-Driven and Easy to Follow)

A spec-first Claude workflow with agent routing and hard guardrails, explained step by step.
@reymondyncierto · dev.to · 2026-05-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

CLAUDE.md for Multi-Agent Claude Code: 11 Rules to Stop Your Agents Conflicting

A drop-in CLAUDE.md with 11 rules (worktree isolation, file locks, depth caps) to stop parallel agents conflicting.
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-05 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

14 CLAUDE.md Rules That Make AI Write Truly Safe Rust Code

14 CLAUDE.md rules that fix common Rust mistakes Claude Code makes, like unwrap on user input.
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-05-05 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Show HN: Agent-evals – Claude skill to build your own evals

Agent-evals, a Claude skill for building your own evaluations for agents.
sauercrowd · Hacker News · 2026-05-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Claude Code Skills: A Practical Guide for 2026

A practical guide to writing Claude Code skills so you stop repeating the same instructions.
@muhammad_moeed · dev.to · 2026-05-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Cómo integrar OpenSpec con Claude Code paso a paso

(Spanish) A step-by-step guide to integrating OpenSpec versioned specs with Claude Code.
@bezael · dev.to · 2026-05-04 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Specsmaxxing: I Wrote YAML Specs for My AI Agents — Here's What Changed (and What Didn't)

An experiment writing YAML specs for agents in Claude Code, and where the quality problem moved.
@jtorchia · dev.to · 2026-05-03 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

How I run Claude Code 24/7 on a 2015 MacBook — the framework that survived 6 months

A non-developer's framework for running Claude Code 24/7 on an old MacBook for six months.
@suzu · dev.to · 2026-05-03 · Hooks & Automation · #

Slash commands: no more meaningless commits

A slash command that makes Claude Code write meaningful commit messages.
@guilherme44 · dev.to · 2026-05-01 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Skills Without Evals Are Just Markdown and Hope

Building an agent skill for @ngrx/signals and running it through a full eval pipeline to prove it helps.
@danielsogl · dev.to · 2026-05-01 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

Letting Claude Code's Routines continuously tune my CLI's performance

Using Claude Code Routines to tune an open-source CLI's performance every few hours, with the prompt and benchmark setup.
@yamadashy · dev.to · 2026-04-30 · Hooks & Automation · #

I Was Setting Up Claude Code Wrong. So I Built CCL.

CCL, a tool that scaffolds a Claude Code project setup instead of starting from a blank directory.
@smkulkarni · dev.to · 2026-04-29 · Building Apps & Tools · #

caveman + brooks-lint + logic-lens: The Complete AI Code Review Stack for Claude

A code review stack combining the caveman, brooks-lint and logic-lens skills for Claude Code.
@hyhmrright · dev.to · 2026-04-29 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

When Your AI Coding Tool Disappears Overnight: The Case for Provider-Agnostic Quality Gates

How to build provider-agnostic quality gates that survive switching away from any one AI coding tool.
@toniantunovic · dev.to · 2026-04-28 · Hooks & Automation · #

Each /slop Is a Calibration Signal — AI-SLOP Detector v3.6.0 and the Claude Code Skill

A Claude Code skill that pairs with an AI-slop detector so each /slop run calibrates the checks.
@flamehaven01 · dev.to · 2026-04-28 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

EvanFlow, a TDD-driven feedback loop for Claude Code.
evanklem2004 · Hacker News · 2026-04-27 · Hooks & Automation · #

Running 12 AI Instances in Parallel: My Claude Code Fleet Architecture

A solo developer's architecture for running 10 Claude Code and 2 Codex instances in parallel.
@kanta13jp1 · dev.to · 2026-04-27 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Putting Daily Indie Dev on Autopilot with Claude Code Schedule

Putting a solo developer's daily morning routine on autopilot with Claude Code's scheduling.
@kanta13jp1 · dev.to · 2026-04-27 · Hooks & Automation · #

I built a Claude Code skill that turns negative competitor reviews into a roadmap

A Claude Code skill that turns negative competitor reviews into a product roadmap.
@debba · dev.to · 2026-04-26 · Client Work & Consulting · #

TDD is the only Claude Code workflow that actually stuck for me

Why test-driven development was the one Claude Code workflow that stuck for the author.
@whoffagents · dev.to · 2026-04-25 · Hooks & Automation · #

My Claude Code agent broke — and it took me 4 hours to realize the context window was the problem

How an overflowing context window broke a long-running Claude Code agent, and how to spot it.
@whoffagents · dev.to · 2026-04-25 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Claude Code Manager

Claude Code Manager, a tool for managing all global and project Claude Code configuration files.
ldlework · Hacker News · 2026-04-24 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Santa Augmentcode Intent Ep.9

A token-aware Claude Code stack for Apple Silicon Macs combining Augment Context Engine MCP, RTK for slimmer shell output and LiteLLM model routing.
@wvanheemstra · dev.to · 2026-04-24 · MCP & Integrations · #

Why skill-tree writes state to two different paths

skill-tree, a tool that classifies your Claude Code sessions against Anthropic's AI Fluency Index.
@palo_alto_ai · dev.to · 2026-04-24 · Building Apps & Tools · #

MCP Tool Hooks in Claude Code

Calling MCP tools directly from Claude Code hooks instead of spawning a subprocess each time.
@speedy_devv · dev.to · 2026-04-24 · Hooks & Automation · #

Claude Code Tips: 7 Rules That Make It 10x More Useful

Seven rules that keep Claude Code from drifting and make it more useful.
@olivia_craft · dev.to · 2026-04-24 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code Debugging Workflow: How I Diagnose and Fix Production Issues 3x Faster

A Claude Code debugging workflow for diagnosing and fixing production issues faster.
@nextools · dev.to · 2026-04-24 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code for Data Pipelines: How I Automated My Entire Analytics Stack

Automating an e-commerce analytics stack (Shopify, Meta Ads, Klaviyo) with Claude Code instead of manual pulls.
@nextools · dev.to · 2026-04-24 · Client Work & Consulting · #

Show HN: We built a way for Claude Code to join meetings like a real teammate

agentcall.dev, which lets an existing Claude Code session join Google Meet or Teams calls.
pattern-ai · Hacker News · 2026-04-23 · Building Apps & Tools · #

I audited my own Claude Code setup and found 21 issues in 72 artifacts

A CLI and HTML report that audits your ~/.claude agents, skills, commands and CLAUDE.md files for issues.
@grippado · dev.to · 2026-04-23 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Claude Code Testing Strategies: How I Replaced My Entire QA Process with AI-Driven Tests

Testing strategies for replacing a manual QA routine with Claude Code-driven tests.
@nextools · dev.to · 2026-04-23 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Show HN: Gemini Plugin for Claude Code

A plugin that lets Claude Code delegate long-context work to Gemini CLI.
morawr · Hacker News · 2026-04-22 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Beyond CLAUDE.md: 5 Layers Your AI Agent Harness Is Missing

Five harness layers beyond CLAUDE.md (memory, tools, permissions and more) for production Claude Code.
@shipwithaiio · dev.to · 2026-04-22 · Tips, Setup & Productivity · #

Claude Code CI/CD Integration: How I Wired My AI Agent Directly Into My Deployment Pipeline

Wiring Claude Code directly into a CI/CD deployment pipeline.
@nextools · dev.to · 2026-04-22 · Hooks & Automation · #

Claude Code for Team Workflows: How I Built a 90-Person AI Organization Without Hiring Anyone

Using Claude Code to build a large organization of AI agent roles for team workflows.
@nextools · dev.to · 2026-04-22 · Subagents & Orchestration · #

Show HN: Almanac MCP, turn Claude Code into a Deep Research agent

Almanac MCP, which turns Claude Code into a deep research agent with better search and reading.
rohans0509 · Hacker News · 2026-04-21 · MCP & Integrations · #

Giving KIOKU (my Claude Code memory OSS) PDF and URL ingestion

Adding PDF and URL ingestion to KIOKU, an open-source Claude Code memory MCP server.
@megaphone · dev.to · 2026-04-21 · MCP & Integrations · #

Show HN: Ctx – a /resume that works across Claude Code and Codex

ctx, a local SQLite-backed skill that carries a workstream's context across Claude Code and Codex sessions.
dchu17 · Hacker News · 2026-04-20 · Skills & Slash Commands · #

66.5% of My Claude Code Tokens Were Wasted. A 200-Line Wrapper Got Them Back.

A hook-based CLI wrapper that compressed Claude Code command output and saved about two-thirds of tokens.
@ji_ai · dev.to · 2026-04-20 · Hooks & Automation · #

I Built a Claude Code Sub-Agent That Processes 2,000 Invoices a Day — Here's the Exact Setup

A Claude Code subagent set up for an accounting firm to process 2,000+ vendor invoices a day from a shared Drive.
@automate-archit · dev.to · 2026-04-20 · Client Work & Consulting · #

I built a tool to find out if I was actually getting better at Claude Code

A tool that measures whether you are actually getting better at using Claude Code.
@palo_alto_ai · dev.to · 2026-04-20 · Building Apps & Tools · #

Claude Code Memory Files: The Workflow That Eliminated My Daily Briefing Ritual

How a CLAUDE.md memory file replaced a 15-minute daily context briefing.
@nextools · dev.to · 2026-04-20 · Client Work & Consulting · #