makerskills
A skills pack for founders and solo operators: decisions, research, second brain, content rotation, financial cadence
Medium risk
We rate an entry medium when the tool runs code, makes network calls or reads project files. Check what exactly it does before installing.
Why this level
- Some skills write results to disk and read the clipboard
- deep-research and domain lookup reach the network
Install
In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add plugins/makerskillsDetects the agents on your machine, checks the risk and pins the version.
Other ways to install
Run one by one in the Claude Code chat
/plugin marketplace add coreyhaines31/makerskills
/plugin install makerskills@makerskillsInstall the plugin: /plugin marketplace add coreyhaines31/makerskills, then /plugin install makerskills@makerskills. Start with the decide skill.
Other ways from the author
/plugin marketplace add coreyhaines31/makerskills
/plugin install makerskills@makerskillsThis is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
makerskills is a plugin with a set of skills around the founder's routine, used through an AI agent. Each skill is a SKILL.md working document: the agent asks clarifying questions, walks the structure and writes the result to disk. There are skills for framing decisions, breaking through walls, research with citations, running a personal or team knowledge base, finding free domains, keeping a financial cadence and producing content. Meta-skills help you author new skills for your own work.
Who it is for. For founders and solo operators who run their work through an AI agent and want repeatable playbooks.
Good fit when
- You need to work through a decision with a real fork
- You need topic research with citations
- You need to keep a personal or team knowledge base
Not a fit when
- You want a finished product with a UI rather than agent playbooks
- Your agent does not support the Agent Skills format
Example request
Help me work through a decision: hire my first employee now or wait six monthsLimitations
Some skills need environment variables and a personal config, and deep-research and domain lookup reach the network. A few utilities assume macOS (clipboard handling). Results are written to disk, and verifying them is the user's job.
How to disable. Uninstall via /plugin uninstall makerskills@makerskills or remove the symlink from ~/.claude/plugins/.
Security check
- Some skills write results to disk and read the clipboard
- deep-research and domain lookup reach the network
README in short
The README presents makerskills as a set of skills for founders and operators, installed as a Claude Code plugin or symlinked for local dev. A five-minute path suggests starting with the decide skill, then trying one that uses personal config. A routing table maps a job to a skill: decisions, walls, a council of founders, idea checks, research, domains, knowledge base. The plugin is documentation-first, with automation as a side effect.
FAQ
Do I have to invoke skills by command?
No. Each skill is a SKILL.md document you can read and run by hand; the automation is secondary.
Is a separate config required?
Some skills work with no setup; the rest use a base env var and a personal config, detailed in INSTALL.md.
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