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Claude Toolkit Rules

by softspark

Claude Toolkit Rules is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by softspark in ai-toolkit.

170 stars20 forkson softspark/ai-toolkitAdded 2026/09/08+2% in starsRepository updated 2026/09/07
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Install Claude Toolkit Rules
Copy Claude Toolkit Rules into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/softspark/ai-toolkit/tree/main/app/skills/claude-toolkit-rules ~/.claude/skills/claude-toolkit-rules

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/softspark/ai-toolkit.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
app/skills/claude-toolkit-rules/SKILL.md in softspark/ai-toolkit
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/claude-toolkit-rules
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
AI Engineering3670 skills

What Claude Toolkit Rules does

Claude Toolkit Rules sets workspace-wide conventions for Claude Code tasks, including path safety, offering alternatives, and devil's-advocate review. Use it when following the toolkit's planning, workflow, and decision rules.

Claude Toolkit Rules is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Claude Toolkit Rules comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, ai-skills, anthropic, claude and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Claude Toolkit Rules

This rule comes from app/rules/claude-toolkit-rules.md in ai-toolkit. It applies to every task in this workspace, not only when it is loaded.

Claude Toolkit

Shared AI development toolkit — lifecycle hooks, safety constitution, multi-platform support.

Skill Tiers

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Claude Toolkit Rules provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /debug
  • /review
  • /refactor
  • /analyze
  • /docs
  • /plan
  • /explain
  • /tdd
  • /triage-issue
  • /write-a-prd
  • /prd-to-plan
  • /prd-to-issues

Frequently asked about Claude Toolkit Rules

  • What else does softspark publish alongside Claude Toolkit Rules?

    Claude Toolkit Rules is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from softspark/ai-toolkit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Patterns, Accessibility Validator and Agent Creator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Claude Toolkit Rules does, and is maintained by softspark in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the softspark/ai-toolkit page.

  • How does Claude Toolkit Rules compare to other AI Engineering skills?

    Claude Toolkit Rules ranks #3271 by stars among the 3670 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Claude Toolkit Rules against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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