What is ai-skills?
ai-skills is a Claude Code mod by BenjaminG that benjamin's collection of Claude Code skills — daily workflow, code quality, dev tools, and specialist agents. It is listed under Agents & automation and has 4 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | BenjaminG |
| Repository | BenjaminG/ai-skills |
| Popularity | 4 GitHub stars |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | High risk (40/100) |
| Rank | #724 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #68 in Agents & automation |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Hooks | 9 events |
| Sees | Skill calls, every prompt, every skill |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is ai-skills safe to install?
ai-skills scores 40/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: sends data over the network; starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config; watches every prompt or event. It passed 1 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes files or config | Review |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.agent.list | |
$.agent.spawn | drives Claude |
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.stat | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.mcp.call | calls MCP servers |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.process.spawn | |
$.prompt.fill | writes the prompt box |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.prompt.suggest | writes the prompt box |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.call | drives Claude |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.invalidate | draws interface |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install ai-skills?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/BenjaminG/ai-skills claude plugin validate ./ai-skills/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/BenjaminG/ai-skills && claude --plugin-dir ./ai-skills/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs ai-skills for you:
Install the "ai-skills" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/BenjaminG/ai-skills. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.