What is cc-thinking-skills?
cc-thinking-skills is a Claude skill by tjboudreaux that 28 eval-informed mental models for decisions, debugging, systems, and strategy. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 1,649 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
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| Author | tjboudreaux |
| Repository | tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills |
| Popularity | 1,649 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Not scanned |
| Rank | #652 of 1,262 Claude skills; #95 in Engineering practice |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-08-07 |
| Stars this week | +30 |
Is cc-thinking-skills safe to install?
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How do I install cc-thinking-skills?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill cc-thinking-skills
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills cp -r cc-thinking-skills/cc-thinking-skills ~/.claude/skills/cc-thinking-skills
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the cc-thinking-skills skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs cc-thinking-skills for you:
Install the "cc-thinking-skills" skill from https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.