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Ask The Oracle

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Ask The Oracle skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Ask The Oracle is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: engineering-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

ai:openai type:review

Submit complex code questions to OpenAI GPT-5 Pro for deep analysis when you have 20 minutes. Use when the user asks for architectural analysis, comprehensive code review, debugging complex issues, or requests expert analysis of their codebase that requires extended reasoning. Automatically handles file selection, code packing with Repomix, cost estimation, long-running API requests, and result presentation.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Ask The Oracle includes explicit scope boundaries (an explicit 'when not to use' or 'out of scope' section); worked examples; pricing or quota commentary. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,184 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Engineering · engineering-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Ask The Oracle fits the catalog

Ask The Oracle sits in the Engineering category under the engineering-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Inspired by Andrej Karpathy's approach of consulting GPT-5 Pro as an "Oracle" for complex code questions that require 20+ minutes of deep reasoning.

What this skill does

Ask The Oracle is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the engineering-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/ask-the-oracle/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user asks for architectural analysis, comprehensive code review, debugging complex issues, or requests expert analysis of their codebase that requires extended reasoning. Automatically handles file selection, code packing with Repomix, cost estimation, long-running API requests, and result presentation.

Who uses this skill

The Ask The Oracle Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 115,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ask-the-oracle
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/ask-the-oracle/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/ask-the-oracle/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ask-the-oracle/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/ask-the-oracle/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\ask-the-oracle\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Ask The Oracle Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/ask-the-oracle/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Ask The Oracle skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Ask The Oracle skill?

Use Ask The Oracle when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the engineering misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Ask The Oracle" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Ask The Oracle skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Ask The Oracle is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). Ask The Oracle [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/ask-the-oracle/

BibTeX

@misc{ask-the-oracle-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Ask The Oracle [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/ask-the-oracle/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-06-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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