What is birdview?
birdview is a Claude skill by Qiuner that put architecture and constraints at the center of AI coding. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 689 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | Qiuner |
| Repository | Qiuner/birdview |
| Popularity | 689 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #728 of 1,262 Claude skills; #106 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 75 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
Is birdview safe to install?
birdview scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| No network requests | Pass |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- shell:
```sh - scripts:
scripts/birdview.mjs
How do I install birdview?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/Qiuner/birdview --skill birdview
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/Qiuner/birdview cp -r birdview/birdview ~/.claude/skills/birdview
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the birdview skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs birdview for you:
Install the "birdview" skill from https://github.com/Qiuner/birdview into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.