Approximation Algorithms is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the business-ops sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/approximation-algorithms/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when approximating NP-hard optimization problems, proving approximation ratios, checking PTAS or FPTAS claims, or reviewing CLRS vertex cover, metric TSP, set cover, randomized MAX-3-CNF, LP rounding, subset-sum trimming, bin packing, scheduling, clique, matching, spanning-tree, or knapsack approximation arguments.
The Approximation Algorithms skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/approximation-algorithms curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/approximation-algorithms/SKILL.md \ -o ~/.claude/skills/approximation-algorithms/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/approximation-algorithms/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/approximation-algorithms/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\approximation-algorithms\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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