GSD Help

by open-gsd

GSD Help is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by open-gsd in gsd-core.

8.3K stars573 forkson open-gsd/gsd-coreAdded 2026/08/15+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/15

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claude-codecontext-engineeringmeta-promptingspec-driven-development

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Install GSD Help

Copy GSD Help 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/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-help ~/.claude/skills/gsd-help

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/open-gsd/gsd-core.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/gsd-help/SKILL.md in open-gsd/gsd-core
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/gsd-help
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What GSD Help does

GSD Help shows available GSD commands and usage guides at the tier the user requests, from brief one-line refreshers to full reference. Use it when a user asks for help with GSD commands.

GSD Help is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. GSD Help comes from a repository tagged claude-code, context-engineering, meta-prompting and spec-driven-development.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Output ONLY the reference content of the chosen tier. Do NOT add:

Project-specific analysis
Git status or file context
Next-step suggestions
Any commentary beyond the reference

<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/help.md </execution_context>

Frequently asked about GSD Help

What else does open-gsd publish alongside GSD Help?
GSD Help is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from open-gsd/gsd-core, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AI Integration Phase, Add Tests and Complete Milestone. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GSD Help does, and is maintained by open-gsd in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the open-gsd/gsd-core page.
How does GSD Help compare to other Writing skills?
GSD Help ranks #99 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. 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 GSD Help against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.