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10 Claude Skills Every Dev Needs

Everyone uses Claude to write code. Almost nobody uses it to think before writing code — and that's the difference between rework and shipping. Here are the 10 Claude Code skills that turn vibe-coding into a disciplined build loop, with the exact codename to invoke each one.

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Everyone uses Claude to write code. Almost nobody uses it to think before writing code — and that's the difference between rework and shipping. Here are the 10 Claude Code skills that turn vibe-coding into a disciplined build loop, with the exact codename to invoke each one.

What's inside

All 10 skills mapped to a 4-stage build loop — plan, build, verify, ship — each with the exact codename you type to invoke it
The two planning skills that kill 80% of "that's not what I meant" rework before a single line of code exists
How to build in parallel — git worktrees plus subagents — so multiple Claudes ship features at the same time
The ship-safe pair most builders skip: a code review against the spec, then a dedicated /security-review pass on your branch

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What You Get
All 10 skills mapped to a 4-stage build loop — plan, build, verify, ship — each with the exact codename you type to invoke it
The two planning skills that kill 80% of "that's not what I meant" rework before a single line of code exists
How to build in parallel — git worktrees plus subagents — so multiple Claudes ship features at the same time
The ship-safe pair most builders skip: a code review against the spec, then a dedicated /security-review pass on your branch
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What's inside

Everyone reaches for AI to write code. Almost nobody uses it to think before writing code — to interrogate the requirement, plan the steps, and prove the result. That gap is where rework, bugs, and shipped exploits come from. These 10 skills close it by enforcing a process: plan, build, verify, ship.

The loop runs in four stages. Plan with `brainstorming` and `writing-plans` before touching code. Build with `test-driven-development`, `using-git-worktrees`, `dispatching-parallel-agents`, and `executing-plans`. Verify with `systematic-debugging` and `verification-before-completion`. Ship with `requesting-code-review` and `security-review`. Every skill has a codename you type to invoke it.

Each skill costs you 30 seconds and saves you 3 hours. The guide gives you the codename, what each one does, and exactly when it fires — so next time you open Claude Code you run them in order: brainstorm → plan → TDD → build → debug → verify → review → security.

Who this is for

Developers using Claude Code who write fast but want a repeatable process around it
Solo builders who vibe-code features and keep shipping bugs they could have caught
Engineers who want the planning, verification, and security discipline of a team — solo

About the author

Jonathan is a software engineer at Amazon, building Hookem — an AI tool that analyses what makes content go viral — alongside his day job.

Every product decision is documented in public. These guides are the written version of that process.

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