Skills

Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to improve performance on specialized tasks. Skills teach Claude how to complete specific tasks in a repeatable way, whether that's creating documents with your company's brand guidelines, analyzing data using your organization's specific workflows, or automating personal tasks.

For more information, check out:

• What are skills?
• Using skills in Claude
• How to create custom skills
• Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills

About This Repository

This repository contains Luther Barnum's custom skills for Claude.

Included skills:

• indicator-generator - Create TradingView Pine Script and NinjaTrader indicators/strategies
• python-trading-bot - Generate Python trading bots for NQ futures (Apex Trader Funding)
• ci-cd-setup - Configure CI/CD pipelines for trading projects
• changelog-generator - Create user-friendly changelogs from git commits
• skill-creator - Create new Claude skills
• skill-share - Share skills via Slack
• ship - Full commit, push, and CI verification workflow
• fix-lint - Fix lint errors and re-stage files after pre-commit hook failures
• tech-writer - Industry-specific documentation with readability scoring and multi-format output
• dashpilot - Chrome extension + MCP server for live read-only browser tab inspection
• recipe-creator - Original recipes grounded in culinary science, world cuisines, and flavor pairing
• systems-design - System design interview prep and architecture guide for DoD/Coast Guard IL2/IL4 on AWS GovCloud
• troubleshoot - Deep diagnosis of trading bot issues via layered diagnostic methodology
• adversarial-review - Cross-model adversarial code reviewer using Claude and Codex
• agent-creator - Interactive builder for custom Claude Code agents with testing and evaluation (plugin)
• statusline - Custom Claude Code status line script with context, cost, and git info

Each skill is self-contained in its own folder with a SKILL.md file containing the instructions and metadata that Claude uses.

Skill Sets

• Trading Skills: indicator-generator, python-trading-bot, ci-cd-setup, troubleshoot
• Development Workflow: ship, fix-lint, changelog-generator
• Documentation & Writing: tech-writer, recipe-creator
• Architecture: systems-design
• Tools & Meta: skill-creator, skill-share, dashpilot, adversarial-review, agent-creator
• Standalone: statusline (bash script for Claude Code's status line)

Try in Claude Code, Claude.ai, and the API

Claude Code

You can register this repository as a Claude Code Plugin marketplace by running the following command in Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add lgbarn/skills

Then, to install a specific set of skills:

1. Select Browse and install plugins
2. Select lgbarn-skills
3. Select the skill set you want to install
4. Select Install now

After installing the plugin, you can use the skill by just mentioning it. For instance, you can ask Claude Code to do something like: "Create a Keltner Channel indicator for TradingView"

Claude.ai

To use skills from this repository in Claude.ai, follow the instructions in Using skills in Claude.

Creating a Basic Skill

Skills are simple to create - just a folder with a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter and instructions. You can use the template-skill in this repository as a starting point:

---
name: my-skill-name
description: A clear description of what this skill does and when to use it
---

# My Skill Name

[Add your instructions here that Claude will follow when this skill is active]

## Examples

- Example usage 1
- Example usage 2

## Guidelines

- Guideline 1
- Guideline 2

The frontmatter requires only two fields:

• name - A unique identifier for your skill (lowercase, hyphens for spaces)
• description - A complete description of what the skill does and when to use it

The markdown content below contains the instructions, examples, and guidelines that Claude will follow. For more details, see How to create custom skills.