Skills

claude-automation-recommender

claude-automation-recommender is a skill in anthropics/claude-plugins-official, last changed 28 May 2026. It can touch credentials, install more skills, run shell commands and reach the network — read the findings before installing. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit 41f619d on 26 Oct 2026.

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 41f619d · 26 Oct 2026

Install
From the author
Analyze a codebase and recommend Claude Code automations (hooks, subagents, skills, plugins, MCP servers). Use when user asks for automation recommendations, wants to optimize their Claude Code setup, mentions improving Claude Code workflows, asks how to first set up Claude Code for a project, or wants to know what Claude Code features they should use.
Licence
Apache 2.0
Repo stars
44.8k
Folder last changed
28 May 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Publisher
anthropics
Files
6 files
Checked
41f619d (opens in a new tab) · 26 Oct 2026

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit 41f619d, the one we checked, or the latest version.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

Pinned to commit 41f619d, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 41f619d61b999adec1a1c8deb97d1a5b6ac35bb6 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/claude-code-setup/skills/claude-automation-recommender &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 41f619d61b999adec1a1c8deb97d1a5b6ac35bb6 &&
  mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
  mkdir .claude/skills/claude-automation-recommender &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/claude-code-setup/skills/claude-automation-recommender/. .claude/skills/claude-automation-recommender/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Or install the claude-code-setup plugin it ships in. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. Installs everything in the plugin, including any hooks, MCP servers and scripts our check doesn't cover.

claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --scope project &&
  claude plugin install claude-code-setup@claude-plugins-official --scope project
Claude Code docs (opens in a new tab)

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit 41f619d. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

What it can touch: Shell, network or credentials

  • Runs shell commands

    Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.

  • Reaches the network

    It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.

  • Touches credentials

    It reads, asks for or contains keys, tokens, passwords or similar secrets.

    references/skills-reference.md:381

  • Installs more skills

    It tells the agent to install other skills, plugins or tool servers.

    SKILL.md:173

Pattern check

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 41f619d · 26 Oct 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 41f619d on 26 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check worksReport an incorrect finding

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

  • Agent Skills specPasses with warnings

    The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.

    • Warning

      The name "claude-automation-recommender" uses the reserved word claude. Uploads to the Claude apps and API reject it. N5

      Fix: Choose a name without "anthropic" or "claude".

    • Warning

      Fields outside the spec: tools. Uploads to the Claude apps and API, and the spec's validator, reject the file; most agents ignore these fields. O1

      Fix: Delete them for a portable skill, or keep them if you only target the agents that read them.

    • Note

      There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2

      Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/hooks-patterns.md (227 lines), references/mcp-servers.md (277 lines), references/skills-reference.md (409 lines) and references/subagent-templates.md (182 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • Claude CodePasses

    Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.

    • Note

      The name "claude-automation-recommender" uses the reserved word claude. Claude Code loads it, but uploading it to claude.ai or the Claude API fails. N5

      Fix: Choose a name without "anthropic" or "claude".

    • Note

      Claude Code ignores fields it doesn't know: tools. O1

      Fix: Check the spelling against Claude Code's field list, or delete them.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/hooks-patterns.md (227 lines), references/mcp-servers.md (277 lines), references/skills-reference.md (409 lines) and references/subagent-templates.md (182 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • Claude apps & API uploadFails

    Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.

    • Error

      The name "claude-automation-recommender" uses the reserved word claude. Anthropic's API docs don't allow "anthropic" or "claude" in skill names. N5

      Fix: Choose a name without "anthropic" or "claude".

    • Error

      Upload and packaging fail on fields outside the spec: tools. O1

      Fix: Delete them, and keep your own data under metadata as text values.

    • Note

      The description is 354 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4

      Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/hooks-patterns.md (227 lines), references/mcp-servers.md (277 lines), references/skills-reference.md (409 lines) and references/subagent-templates.md (182 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings

    Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.

    • Warning

      Fields outside the spec: tools. Codex ignores them; OpenAI doesn't say whether its upload accepts them. O1

      Fix: Delete them, or move your own data under metadata as text values.

  • VS Code & CopilotPasses

    VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.

    • Note

      VS Code ignores fields it doesn't support: tools. O1

      Fix: Delete them unless another agent you target reads them.

SKILL.md

Files

6 files

PathSize
SKILL.md (opens in a new tab)10.7 KB
references/hooks-patterns.md (opens in a new tab)6.2 KB
references/mcp-servers.md (opens in a new tab)8.1 KB
references/plugins-reference.md (opens in a new tab)2.9 KB
references/skills-reference.md (opens in a new tab)9.4 KB
references/subagent-templates.md (opens in a new tab)4.9 KB

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