skill-activation

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Installation

Add this marketplace to Claude Code:

# From GitHub (when published)
/plugin marketplace add boneskull/claude-plugins

# From local checkout
/plugin marketplace add /path/to/claude-plugins

Available Plugins

bupkis

📖 bupkis Plugin README

Category: development

Idiomatic assertion patterns for the Bupkis assertion library.

Contains:

• Skills:
• bupkis-assertion-patterns - How to write idiomatic assertions with the Bupkis assertion library for TypeScript and JavaScript (307 lines main, 2,080 lines references)

Installation:

/plugin install bupkis@boneskull-plugins

claude-watcher

📖 claude-watcher Plugin README

Category: automation

Event-driven automation daemon for Claude Code. Polls for conditions and executes Claude prompts when triggers fire.

Contains:

• MCP Tools:
• register_watch - Register a watch with trigger, action prompt, TTL, and polling interval
• list_watches - List all registered watches, optionally filtered by status
• watch_status - Get detailed status of a specific watch by ID
• cancel_watch - Cancel an active watch
• list_triggers - List available trigger executables with their metadata
• Commands:
• /claude-watcher:watch - Interactive watch registration helper
• Bundled Triggers:
• npm-publish - Check if an npm package version is published
• gh-pr-merged - Check if a GitHub PR has been merged
• Hooks:
• Stop hooks configured (watch results notification on session end)

Installation:

/plugin install claude-watcher@boneskull-plugins

github

📖 github Plugin README

Category: development

Commands for interacting with GitHub issues and pull requests (PRs).

Contains:

• Commands:
• /github:resolve-review-comments - Address any valid, outstanding pull request (PR) review comments

Installation:

/plugin install github@boneskull-plugins

refactor

📖 refactor Plugin README

Category: development

General-purpose software development refactoring and reorganization.

Contains:

• Commands:
• /refactor:simplify - Simplify and refactor code to improve readability and maintainability
• Agents:
• code-simplifier - Expert refactoring specialist that improves code clarity, reduces complexity, and enhances maintainability while preserving behavior and public APIs

Installation:

/plugin install refactor@boneskull-plugins

tools

📖 tools Plugin README

Category: development

Skills and documentation for various CLI, development, and language-specific tools.

Contains:

• Skills:
• git-commit-messages - Format git commit messages correctly, avoiding HEREDOC syntax issues in favor of multiline strings (145 lines)
• git-directory-management - Manage git-tracked directories correctly - never create .gitkeep files in directories that will immediately contain tracked files (209 lines)
• Commands:
• /tools:apply-template - Retroactively apply configuration and dev dependencies from boneskull/boneskull-template to an existing project
• Hooks:
• PostToolUse hooks configured (ESLint auto-fix on Write/Edit operations)

Installation:

/plugin install tools@boneskull-plugins

xstate

📖 xstate Plugin README

Category: development

XState v5 backend state management with comprehensive state machine patterns, actor testing, and server-side orchestration.

Contains:

• Skills:
• xstate-v5 - Expert guidance for implementing and analyzing XState v5 state machines with TypeScript support and best practices (160 lines main, 3,182 lines references)
• xstate-audition - Expert guidance on testing XState v5 Actors using xstate-audition library for comprehensive state machine and actor testing (386 lines main, 2,146 lines references)
• Commands:
• /xstate:xstate - Get expert guidance on XState v5 state machines and actor model implementation
• /xstate:audition - Get expert guidance on testing XState v5 actors with xstate-audition

Installation:

/plugin install xstate@boneskull-plugins

skill-activation

📖 skill-activation Plugin README

Category: workflow

Centralized skill activation system that automatically suggests relevant skills from installed plugins based on user prompts and file context.

Contains:

• Hooks:
• UserPromptSubmit hooks configured (automatic skill suggestion system)

Installation:

/plugin install skill-activation@boneskull-plugins

zod

📖 zod Plugin README

Category: development

Comprehensive guidance for using the Zod v4 validation library with breaking changes from v3. Provides migration patterns, API reference, and common validation patterns.

Contains:

• Skills:
• zod-v4 - Expert guidance on Zod v4 validation library including breaking changes from v3, migration patterns, core API usage, and common validation patterns (127 lines main, 1,486 lines references)

Installation:

/plugin install zod@boneskull-plugins

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Note: The example-plugin is included in the repository as a comprehensive reference but is not published to the marketplace.

Development

This is a monorepo containing multiple plugins. Each plugin is a separate npm package in the plugins/ directory.

Quick Start

Clone this repository and run the following commands to get started:

# install dependencies, run prepare scripts
npm install

# run tests for all plugins
npm test

Acknowledgements

• Nick Nisi's claude-plugins - I stole some code and ideas from his repo. Thanks, Nick!
• Claude Code Infrastructure Showcase - Provided the groundwork for the skill-activation plugin.

Resources

• How to Automate Claude Plugin Versioning with Release Please - A guide to automating version bumps and releases of your Claude plugins with Release Please.

License

Copyright © 2025 Christopher "boneskull" Hiller. Licensed under the Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0