Counterpoint

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc

Contrapuntal writing and analysis covering species counterpoint, fugue structure, canon types, and imitative techniques. Covers Fux's five species, cantus firmus construction, consonance and dissonance treatment, invertible counterpoint, fugue anatomy (subject, answer, countersubject, episode, stretto), canon varieties, and contrapuntal practice from Palestrina through Shostakovich. Use when writing or analyzing counterpoint, studying fugue structure, or understanding the linear dimension of polyphonic music.

What this skill does

Counterpoint is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/counterpoint/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when writing or analyzing counterpoint, studying fugue structure, or understanding the linear dimension of polyphonic music.

Who uses this skill

The Counterpoint 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.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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