Coding assistants: tools for developers

Programming assistants, code generation tools and developer copilots. An entry can appear under several use cases when its topics or description provide several explicit signals.

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Ranked by normalized popularity across sources. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

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    Natively — Free open-source AI meeting assistant, interview copilot, and note taker. The best alternative to Cluely, Otter, Granola, Final Round AI, Fireflies, and Interview Coder. Real-time transcription, AI meeting notes, lecture…

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Natively-AI-assistant/natively-cluely-ai-assistant ~/.claude/skills/natively-cluely-ai-assistant

    2 423GitHub stars+50 (+2.1 %)
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    🇫🇷 Skills pour agents IA spécialisés dans la bureaucratie française : Comptable, Notaire, ...

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/romainsimon/paperasse ~/.claude/skills/paperasse

    2 368GitHub stars+19 (+0.81 %)
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    🌀 AI-native framework for building data portals. Scaffold a full portal from a brief and load datasets in minutes with agentic skills — any backend (CKAN, GitHub, Frictionless).

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/datopian/portaljs ~/.claude/skills/portaljs

    2 349GitHub stars+3 (+0.13 %)
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    Terraform & OpenTofu Skill for AI Agents - testing, modules, CI/CD, and production patterns

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/antonbabenko/terraform-skill ~/.claude/skills/terraform-skill

    2 326GitHub stars+16 (+0.69 %)
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    The Fable Workflow: how Claude Fable 5 worked, distilled into skills any model can run, with the eval that keeps it honest. Think / act / prove.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Sahir619/fable-method ~/.claude/skills/fable-method

    2 273GitHub stars+11 (+0.49 %)
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    Turn one topic into a finished Vox-style paper-collage explainer/ad video — automated end to end on Atlas Cloud + ffmpeg. An agent skill.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/Alisa0808/vox-director ~/.claude/skills/vox-director

    1 717GitHub stars+92 (+5.7 %)
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    ⚡ A native app for all your coding agents.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    1 342GitHub stars+64 (+5.0 %)
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    A terminal workbench in pure Rust: shells, persistent sessions, SSH, coding agents. GPU-rendered on Zed's gpui, VT core from Alacritty.

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    805GitHub stars+7 (+0.88 %)

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Ranked by normalized popularity across sources. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

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    A curated list of Plugins that let you extend Claude Code with custom commands, agents, hooks, and MCP servers through the plugin system.

    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 925GitHub stars+14 (+0.73 %)
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    MCP server and Claude plugin for Postgres skills and documentation. Helps AI coding tools generate better PostgreSQL code.

    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 833GitHub stars+8 (+0.44 %)
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    A curated list of awesome LLM and AI Agent Skills, resources and tools for customising AI Agent workflows - that works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and your custom AI Agents

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/Prat011/awesome-llm-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-llm-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 715GitHub stars+15 (+0.88 %)
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    mex

    MCP
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    Persistent project memory for AI coding agents. Structured scaffold + drift detection CLI.

    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 541GitHub stars+9 (+0.59 %)
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    DormantOpen source ↗

    A self-learning system for Claude Code that captures corrections, positive feedback, and preferences — then syncs them to CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md.

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect ~/.claude/skills/claude-reflect

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 424GitHub stars+5 (+0.35 %)
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    Autoharness — a self-learning skill layer for Claude Code — distills skills from your real sessions, updates them as you work, and prunes the ones that stop getting used. No daemon, no benchmark.

    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add tigerless-labs/autoharness

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 411GitHub stars+89 (+6.7 %)
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    engram

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    Evidence-based learning engine — first-principles curricula, free-recall verification with receipts, FSRS-scheduled memory, and explorable artifacts. Learn anything; keep it.

    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add nagisanzenin/engram

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 395GitHub stars+18 (+1.3 %)
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    Automated collection of Claude Code plugin adoption metrics across GitHub repositories using n8n workflows

    github

    Install /plugin marketplace add quemsah/awesome-claude-plugins

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 265GitHub stars+17 (+1.4 %)
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    AI Agent Skill to generate and render beautiful Mermaid diagrams as SVG or terminal ASCII — 15 themes, 6 diagram types, batch CLI, no browser.

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/imxv/Pretty-mermaid-skills ~/.claude/skills/Pretty-mermaid-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 182GitHub stars+18 (+1.5 %)
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    Learn what AI writes, not just accept it. A Claude Code skill that turns AI-generated code into educational deep dives.

    githubResourcemeasured growth
    1 099GitHub stars+5 (+0.46 %)
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    Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的 Claude Code/Codex 期刊技能包,从选题、识别策略到表格规范与审稿回复全流程,助你快速发论文。

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ~/.claude/skills/Awesome-Journal-Skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 061GitHub stars+24 (+2.3 %)
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    Claude Design DESIGN.md prompts by aesthetic family, remix recipes, skills, video teardowns, X signal, honest community takes.

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/rohitg00/awesome-claude-design ~/.claude/skills/awesome-claude-design

    Resourcemeasured growth
    1 046GitHub stars+16 (+1.6 %)
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    User-Centered Product Development Prompt Templates & Agent Configurations

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/TechNomadCode/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit ~/.claude/skills/AI-Product-Development-Toolkit

    Resourcemeasured growth
    950GitHub stars+4 (+0.42 %)
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    A version of command line interface(CLI) that leverages the power of Claude Opus(3-4.7). This framework lets Claude create and manage its own tools on the fly, continuously growing its capabilities through the course of a conversation

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/bawadou/claude-engineer ~/.claude/skills/claude-engineer

    Resourcemeasured growth
    954GitHub starsstable
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    Awesome Claude Code plugins — a curated list of slash commands, subagents, MCP servers, and hooks for Claude Code

    githubResourcemeasured growth
    931GitHub stars+6 (+0.65 %)
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    面向中文开发者的 Claude Code Skills / Agents / Plugins 精选与原创技能库|按场景分类|复制即装|持续更新

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/laolaoshiren/claude-code-skills-zh ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-skills-zh

    Resourcemeasured growth
    816GitHub stars+11 (+1.4 %)
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    67 game-dev skills for AI coding agents — Godot, Unity, Unreal, Phaser, PixiJS, three.js, Bevy, pygame, LÖVE, Roblox. Portable SKILL.md Agent Skills (the format Anthropic launched as Claude Skills), with a router that loads the right skill…

    github

    Install git clone https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills

    Resourcemeasured growth
    817GitHub stars+99 (+13.8 %)