Tools

Command runner that saves and runs project commands in a justfile, with make-inspired but simpler syntax. Agents can use just --list to discover a project's build, test and deploy commands and run them directly.

HashiCorp's secrets management system: the vault CLI reads and writes secrets, issues dynamic database and cloud credentials on demand, encrypts and decrypts data, and manages leases and revocation. Needs a reachable Vault server.

Lightweight command-line JSON processor that slices, filters, maps and transforms JSON with concise expressions and no runtime dependencies. A staple for agents parsing API responses and logs.

Polyglot dev environment manager: declare Node, Python, Go and other tool versions, environment variables and project tasks in mise.toml; mise exec and mise run install tools on demand and run them, with one config shared by local and CI.

Terminal multiplexer written in Rust, an alternative to tmux, with layout files, floating and stacked panes, WebAssembly plugins and a built-in web client. Handy for running several agent sessions at once.

Community-maintained cybersecurity skill library: 800+ skills across 34 domains including threat hunting, incident forensics, penetration testing and cloud security, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and NIST CSF. Not by Anthropic; offensive skills are for authorized testing only.

Drafts offer letters from role, level, location and comp package, listing base salary, equity, signing bonus and first-year total, plus talking points for the hiring manager's negotiation. The template follows US company conventions; have legal review before sending. Official from Anthropic.

Helps with headcount planning and org design: maps reporting lines and spans of control, sequences upcoming hires, estimates people costs, and flags structural issues like single points of failure or top-heavy management. Works in plain chat. Official from Anthropic.

Breaks budget-versus-actual, year-over-year and month-over-month variances into volume, price and mix drivers, filters by materiality thresholds, writes variance commentary and provides waterfall breakdowns for monthly business reviews. From Anthropic's official finance plugin.

Account research skill from Anthropic's official sales plugin: give a company name or domain (and optionally a contact) to get a company overview, recent news and likely priorities, an ICP fit check and existing CRM records. Without a CRM it uses uploaded lists or web search.

Month-end reconciliation for small businesses: matches QuickBooks or Xero line by line against PayPal, Stripe and Shopify payouts, flags likely duplicates and missing receipts, explains the P&L in plain terms and exports a close package (Excel and PDF). CSVs work too. Official from Anthropic.

HR plugin: drafts offer letters, generates onboarding checklists, runs performance reviews, answers policy questions, and produces compensation benchmarks and people analytics reports. Can connect to HRIS and ATS systems. Official from Anthropic.

Turns a hiring need into a job description, a structured interview guide with scorecard, resume screening criteria and an offer template, delivered as Word documents. With Claude in Chrome it can save drafts in DocuSign. Official from Anthropic; have HR or legal review offer terms.

Anthropic's official knowledge work plugin: one question searches your connected chat, email, cloud docs, wiki and project tools at once and returns a sourced answer; can also produce daily or weekly digests. Preset MCP connectors for Slack, Notion, Atlassian, Asana and more, each needing auth.

Performance review season helper: generates self-review and manager review templates and calibration materials, summarizes rating distributions and promotion cases, and rewrites vague feedback into specific behavioral examples. Works in plain chat. Official from Anthropic.

Outreach skill from Anthropic's official sales plugin: uses account research and past emails to write personalized prospecting emails or multi-touch follow-up sequences, saved as drafts for your review. Works best with email and CRM connected; otherwise returns copy-ready text.

Turns processes that live in people's heads into SOPs: flowcharts, a RACI matrix (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed), detailed steps and exceptions, ready for handoffs, audits and onboarding. Describe the process or paste existing notes. Official from Anthropic.

Designs multi-email marketing sequences for onboarding, lead nurturing, win-back and launches, with full copy for each email, timing, branches and exit conditions, benchmarks and A/B test ideas. No email tool required. Part of Anthropic's official marketing plugin.

Collects reviews and complaints from Google, Yelp, Facebook and more, groups them by theme with quotes, and drafts replies in the owner's voice that post only after approval; also finds lapsed customers and drafts win-back messages. Official Anthropic small-business plugin.

Generates people analytics reports from employee data: headcount snapshots, voluntary and involuntary attrition, diversity metrics, spans of control and flight risk, with findings and recommendations for leadership. Needs an uploaded employee CSV or a connected HRIS. Official from Anthropic.

Reviews contracts clause by clause against your organization's negotiation playbook, flags deviations, proposes redlines and analyzes business impact. A skill from Anthropic's official legal plugin; conclusions need review by a legal professional.

Writes stakeholder updates by audience and cadence: weekly or monthly reports, launch announcements or risk escalations, and can rewrite the same progress as an executive summary, an engineering deep dive or a customer-facing version. From Anthropic's official product-management plugin.

Everyday software engineering plugin: standup summaries, code review, structured debugging, architecture decision records, incident response and pre-deploy checks. Official from Anthropic, built mainly for Cowork but also usable in Claude Code.

Screens resumes against a role rubric into a cited shortlist, ignoring irrelevant details like name and age; drafts invite, hold or decline replies, schedules interviews and builds onboarding checklists. Gmail and Calendar are optional, sending only after you confirm. Official from Anthropic.