Overview
A set of engineering skills Matt Pocock uses daily, written to be small, easy to adapt and composable, and to work with any model instead of owning your whole process.
What it does
- Small, composable engineering skills
- Works with any model
- Self-updating Claude Code plugin
- Editable copies through skills.sh
Capability source: Project documentation
Who Skills by Matt Pocock fits
Engineers who want lightweight skills they can adapt rather than a full methodology.
How you run it
Skills by Matt Pocock runs on infrastructure you manage.
Documented deployment options: Claude Code plugin, npx skills.
Before you choose it
Pick one install route per agent: the plugin updates itself, while skills.sh copies files you update by hand.
Self-hosting and deployment
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Cloud / hosted offering
- Not recorded
- Docker noted in deployment tags
- Not recorded
- Deployment tags
- Claude Code plugin, npx skills
- Difficulty
- Easy
Skills by Matt Pocock questions
- What is Skills by Matt Pocock?
- Small, composable engineering skills from Matt Pocock's own agent setup. It is listed under Agent skills on PickOpenSource.
- Is Skills by Matt Pocock open source?
- Yes. Its source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license.
- Can you self-host Skills by Matt Pocock?
- Yes. Listed deployment options: Claude Code plugin, npx skills.
- Is Skills by Matt Pocock free?
- Pricing is not recorded in this catalog. Check the official website for hosted plans and edition limits, and the MIT license for usage conditions. Self-hosting also requires infrastructure and maintenance.
- What are alternatives to Skills by Matt Pocock?
- Similar agent skills projects include Superpowers, Ponytail, and gstack.
- Is Skills by Matt Pocock actively maintained?
- The latest commit on GitHub was October 12, 2026, and the repository has 287k stars.
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Other approved projects in Agent skills: Superpowers, Ponytail, gstack.
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