Ape Skills

Skills for apes like us, so we can do our jobs better and make our lives easier.

Installation

Install a skill with npx skills.

npx skills add https://github.com/arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/tree/master/<skill-name>

For example, to install ape-cut-fluff:

npx skills add https://github.com/arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/tree/master/ape-cut-fluff

Or you can download the skill directory and copy it into your Claude skills folder:

cp -r ape-cut-fluff ~/.claude/skills/

Each subdirectory is a self-contained skill and can be installed individually.

Just say ape ... and the matching skill takes over. For example, ape cut fluff triggers the fluff-cutting skill.

You can also tag a skill explicitly with /skill, e.g. /ape-cut-fluff.

Skill	Description
ape-commit	Formats git commit messages with a crisp summary and imperative bullets.
ape-style-markdown	Applies consistent, professional Markdown formatting rules to any output.
ape-write-pseudocode	Writes high-level pseudocode for functions and algorithms.
ape-cut-fluff	Strips fluff and redundancy to drive writing to the bare minimum word count.
ape-plan-project	Splits a spec into phases, each with a full product + engineering design doc for agent handoff.
ape-poke-holes	Adversarially attacks design docs and specs. Finds failure modes, unstated assumptions, and scale cliffs -- no praise, no solutions, only holes.
ape-help-me-understand	Digests dense content into a TLDR that keeps the numbers and caveats, a so-what naming why it matters, the key points, and an analogy with its breaking point.
ape-quiz-me	Quizzes you on content you claim to have read -- Socratic, hints that narrow but never reveal, ending with an understood-vs-recited verdict.
ape-cli-terminal-experience	Designs a CLI's terminal experience the Claude Code way -- palette, glyphs, spinners, prompts, listings, and full-screen TUI views.
ape-present	Converts a blog post into a single self-contained, readable HTML document -- animated diagrams, large numbers, typeset formulas, just enough text to carry the idea. Requires the `reference/` directory alongside `SKILL.md`.

MIT License. See LICENSE.