bx-skills 1.2.12

TUI for installing AI coding assistant skills

bx_skills

Claude Skills

A collection of Claude Code skills for software engineering workflows.

Skills prefixed with bx- are custom-built or modified skills from one of the following sources :

• Vercel Agent Skills Directory
• Obra Superpowers Skill Library
• React/Next.js Performance Optimization
• Writing Clearly and Concisely
• Agentation
• Tailwind Design System
• UI/UX Pro Max

Installation

# install uv/uvx
python -m pip install --upgrade uv
# install bx-skills
uvx bx-skills@latest --help

CLI Usage

uvx bx-skills@latest --help                                        # Show help
uvx bx-skills@latest list                                          # Browse catalog
uvx bx-skills@latest list -q                                       # Machine-readable list
uvx bx-skills@latest status --target all --scope both              # Audit installed skills
uvx bx-skills@latest install --all --target claude-code            # Install all skills
uvx bx-skills@latest install bx-textual --target claude-code --scope project  # Install specific skill
uvx bx-skills@latest uninstall bx-textual --target claude-code -y  # Remove a skill
uvx bx-skills@latest info                                          # Version & metadata
uvx bx-skills@latest tui                                           # Launch interactive TUI

Auto-Update via Shell Alias

Bash

Add the following to ~/.bashrc to automatically sync skills before every claude session:

alias claude='uvx bx-skills@latest install --all -q && command claude'

Reload your shell or run source ~/.bashrc to activate.

Skills

Skill	Description
brainstorming	Collaborative design exploration before implementation. Explores user intent, requirements, and design.
bx-bash-clean-architecture	Layered ports-and-adapters architecture for Bash 4.3+ scripts and multi-file projects.
bx-bash-reference	Complete reference for GNU Bash 5.3 covering syntax, builtins, expansions, redirections, and features.
bx-enhance-code-quality	Scores a project 0-10, identifies issues by severity, and walks through fixes.
bx-humanize-de	Removes signs of AI-generated writing from German text. Detects and fixes 32 patterns.
bx-humanize-en	Removes signs of AI-generated writing from English text. Based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" guide (35 patterns).
bx-performance	Python performance review — caching opportunities, uncompiled regex, hot spot profiling, optimization validation.
bx-plan-executor	Executes a written implementation plan in batches with review checkpoints between batches.
bx-plan-writer	Creates comprehensive implementation plans from specs or requirements, before touching code.
bx-proxmox	Proxmox VE 9.1.2 reference — installation, clusters, VMs, containers, storage, Ceph, SDN, firewall, HA, backups, and CLI.
bx-python-clean-architecture	Typed Python ports-and-adapters architecture with domain-driven design, UoW, outbox, and idempotency patterns.
bx-python-libraries-to-use	Standardized library choices for Python projects ensuring consistency and enforcing preferred tools.
bx-rpyc	RPyC reference — transparent remote procedure calls, distributed computing, netref proxies, and async patterns.
bx-skill-writer	TDD-based skill documentation authoring — creating, editing, structuring, testing, and deploying SKILL.md files.
bx-textual	Textual TUI framework documentation reference — API docs, guides, CSS reference, FAQ, and widget catalog.
bx-uv	Complete reference for uv (v0.10.2) — project setup, dependency management, lockfiles, tools, Docker, CI/CD, and migration.
bx_review_anal_sub_perf	Performance analysis sub-agent — profiling, benchmarking, hot spot identification, before/after comparison.
force-using-skills	Establishes that skills must be invoked whenever applicable before any response.
md-table-formatting	Markdown table creation, editing, and reformatting with proper column alignment.
systematic-debugging	Root-cause-first debugging methodology. Requires finding root cause before attempting fixes.
test-driven-development	Write tests first, watch them fail, then write minimal code to pass.
verification-before-completion	Requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims.