# Skills For Real Engineers (Matt Pocock)

> A collection of Markdown agent skills by Matt Pocock: user-invoked ones such as /grill-me, /grill-with-docs, /to-spec, /triage and /implement, and model-invoked ones such as tdd, diagnosing-bugs, code-review and domain-modeling. Installs as a plugin for Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot, via Gemini CLI, or via the skills CLI for Cursor and others; a setup skill asks for your issue tracker and labels. You need a coding agent and its paid plan or API key. MIT licence. Free add-on; it does not replace a paid product.

- Repository: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
- Official docs: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills#readme
- Checked: 2026-10-21

## What it replaces
Nothing people pay for: a free tool, listed because people search for it.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Yes, skills are installed into a local coding agent or copied into your project | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills#readme | 2026-10-18 |
| Code licence | Confirmed | MIT | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-18 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No separate model weights | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills#readme | 2026-10-18 |
| Commercial use | Confirmed | Yes, MIT allows commercial use | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-18 |
| Paid services needed? | No | Needs an AI coding agent, which needs a paid plan or API key | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills#readme | 2026-10-18 |
| Hardware | Unknown | Not documented | none found | - |
| Operating systems | Partial | Wherever Claude Code runs: macOS, Linux, Windows | https://code.claude.com/docs/en/setup#system-requirements | 2026-10-21 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Easy, one plugin install command, then run /setup-matt-pocock-skills once per repo | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills#readme | 2026-10-18 |

GitHub: 298713 stars, 25086 forks, last push 2026-10-19, archived: no.
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