Skills

Skills are reusable capabilities delivered as markdown files that teach Claude Code how to approach specific tasks. Every piece of Catalyst functionality — from committing code to researching a codebase — is a skill.

How Skills Work

There are two types of skills, distinguished by who activates them:

User-invocable skills are structured workflows you trigger with a slash command. They orchestrate multi-step processes — spawning agents, reading context, interacting with you, and saving artifacts.

Model-invocable skills are reference knowledge that Claude activates automatically when it detects relevant context. For example, when Claude sees a ticket ID like ACME-123, the linearis skill activates and teaches Claude how to use the Linearis CLI — without you having to explain it. These skills shape Claude’s behavior the way a README or style guide would, but they load on demand instead of consuming context all the time.

Some skills are both — they can be triggered by you or activated by Claude when relevant.

A third category, CI skills, are non-interactive variants designed for automation pipelines. They follow the same conventions but skip all user prompts.

For more on how Claude Code skills work under the hood, see Anthropic’s skills documentation.

Invoking Skills

Type / followed by the skill name:

/research-codebase
/commit
/create-plan

Claude Code has excellent auto-complete — start typing /res and it will suggest /research-codebase. You don’t need to include the plugin name; Claude Code resolves skills across all installed plugins automatically.

Legend: User column: checkmark = invoke with /skill-name | Model column: checkmark = Claude activates automatically | CI = non-interactive, for automation pipelines

catalyst-dev

The core development plugin. 23 skills covering research, planning, implementation, and shipping.

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
research-codebase	✓	—	Parallel codebase research with specialized agents	Source
create-plan	✓	—	Interactive implementation planning with phased structure	Source
iterate-plan	✓	—	Revise existing plans with feedback or changed requirements	Source
implement-plan	✓	—	Execute plans phase by phase with automated verification	Source
validate-plan	✓	—	Verify implementation against plan success criteria	Source
oneshot	✓	—	End-to-end: research, plan, implement in one invocation	Source
commit	✓	—	Conventional commits with Linear ticket integration	Source
create-pr	✓	—	Pull request creation with auto-generated description	Source
describe-pr	✓	—	Generate or update PR descriptions from recent work	Source
merge-pr	✓	—	Safe merge with verification and Linear status update	Source
create-handoff	✓	—	Save session context for later resumption	Source
resume-handoff	✓	—	Resume work from a handoff document	Source
linear	✓	—	Direct ticket operations (create, update, comment)	Source
create-worktree	✓	—	Create git worktree for parallel development	Source
fix-typescript	✓	—	Fix TypeScript errors with strict anti-reward-hacking rules	Source
scan-reward-hacking	✓	—	Scan for reward hacking patterns in recent changes	Source
workflow-help	✓	—	Interactive guide to supported workflows	Source
cycle-plan	✓	—	Plan work for current or next cycle	Source
agent-browser	—	✓	Browser automation CLI reference — activates when browser testing is needed	Source
code-first-draft	—	✓	Initial feature implementation guidance for rapid prototyping	Source
linearis	—	✓	Linearis CLI reference — activates when working with ticket IDs like ACME-123	Source
ci-commit	—	CI	Non-interactive commits for automation pipelines	Source
ci-describe-pr	—	CI	Non-interactive PR descriptions for automation pipelines	Source

catalyst-pm

Project management workflows. 40+ skills covering strategy, research, planning, and reporting.

Reporting & Analysis

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
analyze-cycle	✓	—	Cycle health report with risk analysis and recommendations	Source
analyze-milestone	✓	—	Milestone progress toward target dates	Source
report-daily	✓	—	Quick daily standup summary	Source
groom-backlog	✓	—	Backlog health analysis and cleanup	Source
sync-prs	✓	—	GitHub-Linear PR correlation and gap identification	Source
context-daily	✓	—	Context engineering adoption dashboard	Source

Product Strategy

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
define-north-star	✓	—	Define north star metrics and strategic goals	Source
write-prod-strategy	✓	—	Write product strategy documents	Source
strategy-sprint	✓	—	Run a strategy sprint session	Source
expansion-strategy	✓	—	Plan expansion and growth strategies	Source

User Research

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
interview-guide	✓	—	Create structured interview guides	Source
interview-prep	✓	—	Prepare for user interviews	Source
user-interview	✓	—	Conduct and document user interviews	Source
interview-feedback	✓	—	Process and organize interview feedback	Source
user-research-synthesis	✓	—	Synthesize findings from multiple research sessions	Source
journey-map	✓	—	Create user journey maps	Source

Feature Development

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
prd-draft	✓	—	Create a modern PRD with guided questions and multi-agent review	Source
prd-review-panel	✓	—	Multi-agent PRD review panel	Source
feature-metrics	✓	—	Define and track feature-level metrics	Source
feature-results	✓	—	Analyze feature launch results	Source
launch-checklist	✓	—	Create comprehensive launch checklists	Source

Experimentation

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
experiment-decision	✓	—	Make data-driven experiment decisions	Source
experiment-metrics	✓	—	Design experiment metrics and success criteria	Source
impact-sizing	✓	—	Size the impact of proposed changes	Source

Meetings & Communication

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
meeting-agenda	✓	—	Create structured meeting agendas	Source
meeting-notes	✓	—	Transform meeting transcripts into structured action items	Source
meeting-cleanup	✓	—	Clean up and organize meeting artifacts	Source
meeting-feedback	✓	—	Process meeting feedback	Source
slack-message	✓	—	Draft Slack messages for various contexts	Source
status-update	✓	—	Generate status updates for stakeholders	Source

Planning & Prioritization

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
daily-plan	✓	—	Create daily work plans	Source
weekly-plan	✓	—	Create weekly work plans	Source
weekly-review	✓	—	Conduct weekly review sessions	Source
prioritize	✓	—	Prioritize features and work items	Source

Prototyping

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
prototype	✓	—	Build quick prototypes	Source
generate-ai-prototype	✓	—	Generate AI-powered prototypes	Source
prototype-feedback	✓	—	Collect and organize prototype feedback	Source
napkin-sketch	✓	—	Quick napkin-sketch ideation	Source

Analysis

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
competitor-analysis	✓	—	Conduct competitor analysis	Source
retention-analysis	✓	—	Analyze user retention patterns	Source
activation-analysis	✓	—	Analyze user activation funnels	Source
metrics-framework	✓	—	Set up leading vs lagging indicators	Source

Other

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
decision-doc	✓	—	Create structured decision documents	Source
create-tickets	✓	—	Create Linear tickets from requirements	Source
connect-mcps	✓	—	Connect and configure MCP servers	Source

catalyst-analytics

PostHog integration for product analytics. ~40K token context cost — enable only when needed.

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
analyze-user-behavior	✓	—	User behavior patterns and cohorts	Source
segment-analysis	✓	—	User segment analysis for targeted insights	Source
product-metrics	✓	—	Key product metrics and conversion rates	Source

catalyst-debugging

Sentry integration for production error monitoring. ~20K token context cost — enable only when needed.

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
debug-production-error	✓	—	Investigate production errors with Sentry data	Source
error-impact-analysis	✓	—	Analyze error impact across users and releases	Source
trace-analysis	✓	—	Trace error paths through the stack	Source

catalyst-meta

Workflow discovery and management for advanced users and plugin developers.

Skill	User	Model	Description	Source
discover-workflows	✓	—	Research external Claude Code repositories for workflow patterns	Source
import-workflow	✓	—	Import and adapt workflows from other repositories	Source
create-workflow	✓	—	Create new agents or skills from templates	Source
validate-frontmatter	✓	—	Check frontmatter consistency across all workflows	Source
audit-references	✓	—	Audit plugin health and find broken references	Source
reorganize	✓	—	Analyze and reorganize directory structures	Source