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hal-skills

v2.8.7

Opinionated agentic skills that do the boring parts for you

Claude Code

By Vinta ChenLicense: MIT129 GitHub starsUpdated last week

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Sep 11, 2026
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Install hal-skills for Claude Code

Installs for the current user
claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install hal-skills@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/vinta/hal-9000

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is skills/.

Plugin files

skills/
└── .claude-plugin/plugin.json

Plugin manifests1

skills/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
{
  "name": "hal-skills",
  "version": "2.8.7",
  "description": "Opinionated agentic skills that do the boring parts for you",
  "skills": [
    "./commit",
    "./pr",
    "./fuck-over-engineering",
    "./best-practices",
    "./blindspot",
    "./simple-english",
    "./write-like-me",
    "./audit-claude-settings",
    "./refactor-claude-md",
    "./refactor-agents-md",
    "./refactor-memory",
    "./refactor-skill",
    "./update-allowed-tools"
  ],
  "author": {
    "name": "Vinta Chen",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/vinta/hal-9000",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "git",
    "commit",
    "stash",
    "hunk",
    "pull-request",
    "merge",
    "over-engineering",
    "yagni",
    "simplify",
    "best-practices",
    "research",
    "blindspot",
    "unknowns",
    "simple-english",
    "global-english",
    "write-like-me",
    "writing-voice",
    "technical-writing",
    "audit",
    "claude-settings",
    "env-vars",
    "refactor",
    "claude-md",
    "agents-md",
    "auto-memory"
  ]
}

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