Charlie Hills

The skill shelf

Every Claude skill I’ve built

104 skills on 8 shelves, plus 232 free guides. Made and used by me, not collected.

The short answer

These are the skills I run my own content business on, from LinkedIn posts to invoice chasing. Pick a shelf, read what each one does, and download the zip. Subscribe to my free newsletter once and every download starts straight away, right here.

14 skills

Set Claude up properly

Start here. These change how Claude works with you, every day.

Agent Harness Setup

/agent-harness-setup

Walks you through your whole Claude setup: personal instructions, project context, skills and connectors.

AI Second Brain

/ai-second-brain

Builds a living, searchable second brain from your ChatGPT, Claude and research history.

Answer First

/answer-first

Shape every answer so the bottom line comes first. Sentence one is the answer, the number, the verdict or the one thing to do. Everything after it is support.

Choose And Compare Models

/choose-and-compare-models

Help you choose an available AI model for a specific task, compare real outputs from two models, and decide whether switching is worth it.

Close

/close

End a good session properly.

Exposure Audit

/exposure-audit

Audit what you are actually exposed to, live API keys sitting in cloud-synced folders.

Improve System

/improve-system

Mine your own Claude Code history for what keeps going wrong, then fix it at the source.

Machiavelli

/machiavelli

Read a real business situation for power and leverage, then hand back the play and the message to send.

Prompt Lab

/prompt-lab

Turn an idea for a prompt into a finished, tested prompt in one turn.

Push Check

/push-check

Check everything before work goes to GitHub, then push it.

Save Progress

/save-progress

Capture a whole working session's learnings into durable memory without overwriting what is already there.

Show Me

/show-me

Put the finished thing in front of you instead of describing it.

Start

/start

Sets you up in Claude Code properly in one command: a short interview, your CLAUDE.md, one folder and memory on.

Workflow Maker

/workflow-maker

Turn a process you run into a prompt pack anyone can paste and run, one tested prompt per step.

3 skills

Write like you

Drafts that sound like you, built from your own words and samples.

Newsletter Voice

/newsletter-voice

Build newsletter writing instructions inside a Codex or Claude project. Runs after voice-builder.

Voice Builder

/voice-builder

Build a personalised voice profile inside a Codex or Claude project from a short interview plus 3 to 5 sample pieces of writing.

Voiceprint

/voiceprint

Turns your own spoken words into a finished article. You talk, it cuts and checks. The sentences stay yours.

10 skills

Grow on LinkedIn

Ideas, hooks, posts, comments and the numbers behind them.

Analytics Dashboard

/analytics-dashboard

Turn a LinkedIn Analytics export into an interactive dark-themed React dashboard plus a written strategic analysis with 5 data-backed content recommendations.

Content Matrix

/content-matrix

Generate 24 to 40 LinkedIn post ideas in a single table by pairing your content pillars with 8 proven content formats. Based on the Justin Welsh content matrix.

Hook Generator

/hook-generator

Generate 6 clickbait-style LinkedIn hook variations for any topic. Two-line hooks built on the formula: a 40-char opening line, a 40-char bold contrast line.

Niche Research

/niche-research

Surface the 20 most relevant stories in a niche from the last 7 days using available live research tools. Verified dates, real links, shareable angles.

Pinned Comment

/pinned-comment

Write deadpan LinkedIn pinned comments AND matching image generation prompts in you’s voice.

Post Formatter

/post-formatter

Turn a topic into a ready-to-publish LinkedIn post using PAS, AIDA, BAB, STAR, or SLAY frameworks.

Post Scorer

/post-scorer

Score a LinkedIn post using real performance data.

Post Writer

/post-writer

Write LinkedIn posts that match your voice system (about-me.md and voice.md).

Profile Optimizer

/profile-optimizer

Rebuild a LinkedIn profile for maximum conversions.

Quote Post

/quote-post

Two-step workflow for creating quote posts on LinkedIn.

5 skills

Graphics and thumbnails

Carousels, infographics and thumbnails, without design software.

Gemini Carousel

/gemini-carousel

Generate a branded slide-by-slide LinkedIn carousel using Gemini.

Gemini Infographic

/gemini-infographic

Generate a hand-drawn whiteboard infographic prompt.

Graphic Designer

/graphic-designer

Create LinkedIn post graphics. Decides between an HTML/CSS structured graphic or an AI-generated infographic based on the post content.

Remove AI Design Slop

/remove-ai-design-slop

Stop your AI-generated graphics looking like everyone else's.

Youtube Thumbnail

/youtube-thumbnail

Generate a branded YouTube thumbnail from a video title.

16 skills

Motion graphics in code

Launch videos, animated charts and looping covers. No After Effects.

Brand Intake

/brand-intake

The setup step for the motion pack. A short interview and 3 to 5 reference frames become your brand files.

Install this firstClaude Code

Animated Chart

/animated-chart

Make a looping animated chart for LinkedIn or a newsletter in code with Claude Code. Bars that become a line, a number that counts up, a before and after.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Apple Launch Film

/apple-launch-film

Rebuild an Apple-style Mac launch film entirely in code with Claude Code.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Launch Video

/launch-video

Make a 30-45 second product launch video in code with Claude Code, the kind SaaS companies post on launch day.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Loop Cover

/loop-cover

Turn a newsletter or blog cover into a seamless looping GIF at 896 x 640, 180 frames at 20fps.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Milestone Reveal

/milestone-reveal

Make a 12-second looping milestone clip in code with Claude Code.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Model Showdown

/model-showdown

Give the same motion brief to three AI models, keep each first try.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Motion Brief Writer

/motion-brief-writer

Turns a rough idea for an animated graphic into a precise build brief for Claude Code, in your own brand.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Motion Effects

/motion-effects

Build any of 16 premium motion effects from scratch in your own brand.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Motion Prompt Writer

/motion-prompt-writer

Write a complete 8-part Claude Motion prompt (The bar, Format, The one rule, Look, Motion, Never, Before you finish, The scene) for one short looping motion.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Newsletter Promo

/newsletter-promo

Turn a newsletter edition into a 12-20 second promo clip for LinkedIn, Instagram or X that drives people to read and subscribe.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Reel Export

/reel-export

Turn any horizontal or square motion video into a 1080 x 1920 Instagram Reel or TikTok that uploads cleanly.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Reference To Motion

/reference-to-motion

Turn references you admire into a scene-by-scene Claude Motion prompt for your own topic and brand.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Title Sequence 3D

/title-sequence-3d

Make a cinematic 3D title sequence (8-15 seconds) in code with Claude Code and Three.js.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

Vox Animation

/vox-animation

Build a Vox-style cut-paper explainer video with no camera.

Claude Code

Vox Explainer

/vox-explainer

Make a short Vox-style documentary explainer (30-60 seconds) entirely in code with Claude Code.

Needs Brand IntakeClaude Code

21 skills

Edit your videos

Cut, caption and finish talking-head videos, step by step.

Brand Setup

/brand-setup

The setup step for the video pack. Reads your website's real styles and writes one brand file every edit uses.

Install this firstClaude Code

Animated Numbers

/animated-numbers

Make every number in a video move on its spoken word: stats that count up, clocks that flip, rings that fill.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Apple Style

/apple-style

Make motion graphics in a clean Apple-grade style: bright canvas, frosted glass, spring physics, one hero object at a time.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Behind My Head

/behind-my-head

Put a real website, an app screen or one big number BEHIND the speaker's head with real depth.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Big Idea Video

/big-idea-video

Edit a video where every beat is one big 3D hero object that acts out the spoken noun.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Call Clips

/call-clips

Turn a long sales call, webinar or podcast into the 3 to 5 best short clips, ranked, with hooks and captions.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Call To Action

/call-to-action

Build the right ending for each place you post a video: Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, your website or a sales email.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Every Format

/every-format

Render one finished video in every size you post, from 9:16 Reels to 16:9 YouTube, with no re-edit.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Explainer Video

/explainer-video

Edit a talking-head video in a clean Apple-style motion look.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

News Reaction

/news-reaction

Edit a news or reaction video over real footage, one continuous run of footage per spoken line.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Opening Hook

/opening-hook

Build the on-screen text hook for the first 2 seconds of a video, the line people read with the sound off.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Product Demo

/product-demo

Edit a video that demos a real website or app, the real page fills the top of the frame.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Reels Scripting

/reels-scripting

Turn a reference Instagram Reel into a script for your own Reel, tuned to your voice and repurposed from your newsletter content.

Stripe Style

/stripe-style

Make motion graphics in a Stripe-style fintech look.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Tier List

/tier-list

Edit a ranking video as an S to F tier list.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Toolkit Video

/toolkit-video

Build a fast montage video that shows off a pack of slash commands or skills.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Video Check

/video-check

Check a finished video before it goes up: format, captions, safe zones, loudness and every cut.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Video Intake

/video-intake

Turn a raw talking-head recording into a clean, cut take with word timings.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Video Sound

/video-sound

Mix the sound for a video: steady voice, a music bed that never drops out, and loudness right for each platform.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

Zoom Cut

/zoom-cut

Replace hard cuts between two B-roll shots or two graphic beats with a zoom-through transition.

Needs Brand SetupClaude Code

21 skills

One-command video effects

Point one at your own clip and get an MP4 back.

Video Effects

/video-effects

The shared engine the 20 effects run on. Install it once, next to any effect.

Install this firstNeeds Brand SetupClaude Code

Clone Room

/clone-room

Put the clone room effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Cube Spin

/cube-spin

Put the cube spin effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Depth UI

/depth-ui

Put the depth ui effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Frame Break

/frame-break

Put the frame break effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Grid Dive

/grid-dive

Put the grid dive effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Head Pop Out

/head-pop-out

Put the head pop out effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Infinite Zoom

/infinite-zoom

Put the infinite zoom effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Liquid Glass

/liquid-glass

Put the liquid glass effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Magnifying Lens

/magnifying-lens

Put the magnifying lens effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Phone Fan

/phone-fan

Put the phone fan effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Portal

/portal

Put the portal effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Pull Back Reveal

/pull-back-reveal

Put the pull back reveal effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Ribbon Wrap

/ribbon-wrap

Put the ribbon wrap effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Screen In Screen

/screen-in-screen

Put the screen in screen effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Shatter

/shatter

Put the shatter effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Spotlight

/spotlight

Put the spotlight effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Tile Tunnel

/tile-tunnel

Put the tile tunnel effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Title Orbit

/title-orbit

Put the title orbit effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Vertigo

/vertigo

Put the vertigo effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back. A dolly zoom.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

Zoom Through

/zoom-through

Put the zoom through effect on your own talking-head clip and get an MP4 back.

Needs Video EffectsClaude Code

14 skills

Admin on autopilot

Inbox, meetings, invoices and follow-ups. Every send stays yours.

Company Setup

/company-setup

The setup step for the admin pack. One interview writes the company profile every other admin skill reads.

Install this first

Automation Audit

/automation-audit

Audit the recurring jobs you have handed to an AI assistant and find the ones that are in the wrong place.

CRM Hygiene

/crm-hygiene

Dedupes, enriches, and tidies a contact or CRM table so the records are clean, current, and free of duplicates.

Doc Drafter

/doc-drafter

Produces a solid first draft of a business document or contract from a short brief.

Expense Wrangler

/expense-wrangler

Finds receipts and invoices in Gmail and logs them as clean rows in an expense tracker (Airtable or a paste-ready sheet block).

Follow Up Chaser

/follow-up-chaser

Finds the email threads where you are waiting on someone else, then drafts the nudge for you to send.

Inbox Executive Assistant

/inbox-executive-assistant

Turns a chaotic inbox into a prioritised brief with reply drafts ready for you to send, and surfaces the day's meetings.

Invoice Chaser

/invoice-chaser

Spots overdue receivables in Xero or Stripe and drafts the chase emails, sorted by how late each invoice is and worded to match a polite escalation ladder.

Meeting Notes

/meeting-notes

Captures a meeting from Granola or Fireflies, writes a clean summary, and routes the action items to Notion with an owner and a due date on each.

Meeting Scheduler

/meeting-scheduler

Finds times, books, reschedules, and places holds for meetings on Google Calendar or Microsoft 365 calendar.

Research Brief

/research-brief

Produces a fast, multi-source, cited brief on any topic, person, or company, then files it to Google Drive or Notion.

Standup Writer

/standup-writer

Drafts your standup from what you actually did: your recent Slack or Teams messages, meetings and finished tasks.

Task Capture

/task-capture

Pulls the real action items out of emails and chat threads and routes them to your task list, without inventing anything.

232 free guides

Guides, prompts and cheat sheets

Everything I’ve given away on LinkedIn and Instagram, in one place. Newest first. The same free sign-up opens all of it.

Stop Claude Design giving you everyone's look. Pick a component from a library of 665, copy its hand-off prompt, and paste it in with your brand. Six tested prompts, each with a before and after.

The CCTV to Cinema Skill

Toolkit · AI Image & Video

The Claude skill that turns any CCTV clip into a cinematic movie scene: timed beat map, reference sheets, shot list and a ready-to-paste Seedance 2.5 prompt.

Read the full guide

The full prompt from the Reel. Paste it into Claude Code or Codex, answer six questions, and it builds a website from your Substack posts that Google and ChatGPT can read. Plus the guide: what to answer, what to check, the hosting bill and fixes.

The Claude Code skill from the Reel. It builds a website from your real work, scores it on 22 checks Google and ChatGPT read, and fixes it until it passes. Includes the install, the prompts that use it and every check in plain English.

9 Free GitHub Repos I Run Claude Code On

Toolkit · Claude & Claude Code

All 9 links with the install command from each README (checked 29/09/2026), the first thing to type, two chains worth running and a fix-it table.

Make your own smooth AI video edit

Toolkit · AI Image & Video

Editing brief, copyable prompts, first-ten-seconds review, nine repair prompts and an export checklist. Adapted from my three-model comparison.

Two minutes

How to install one

The same zip works in both places.

In the Claude app

  1. Download the zip. Keep it zipped.
  2. Open Settings → Capabilities and turn on Code execution and file creation.
  3. Go to Customize → Skills, press +, then Create skill → Upload a skill, and pick the zip.
  4. Type /skill-name in any chat, or just ask for the job. Claude reaches for it on its own.

In Claude Code

  1. Download the zip to your Downloads folder.
  2. Run this in your terminal:
  1. Start a new session and type /skill-name.

Common questions

What is a Claude skill?

A skill is a folder of instructions Claude follows for one kind of job. Claude reads only its short description until the job comes up, then loads the rest. So installing many costs almost nothing.

Who made these?

I did. Every skill here is one I made for my own work and published. Two of them, Answer First and Exposure Audit, build on other people’s lists, and their pages say so.

What are the guides?

Everything I’ve given away on LinkedIn and Instagram: guides, prompt packs and cheat sheets. Most are mine. A few point you to free courses from Anthropic and Google, and those cards say where they go.

Are they free?

Yes. Subscribe to my free newsletter once and every skill and guide on this page opens straight away.

Do I need Claude Code?

Most work in the Claude app. The ones tagged Claude Code render video or graphics on your computer, so they need Claude Code.