Crow Reason

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Crow Reason 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. Crow Reason is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Security · Sub-category: red-team · Last updated: 2026-08-02

Critical reasoning and devil's advocate. Steelmans your position, then finds the cracks. Use when you need assumption-challenging, pre-mortems, red-teaming, or when a plan seems too perfect and nobody is asking the hard questions.

Security BStatic scan: minor findingsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

The crow perches on the highest branch and sees what others miss. Not because it's smarter than the other animals. Because it's willing to look where they won't. In the grove, the Crow is the friend who loves you enough to disagree with you. It doesn't build, doesn't investigate, doesn't write specs. It sits with you and your ideas, tilts its head, and asks the question you've been avoiding. Not to hurt. Because the answer matters.

What this skill does

Crow Reason is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the red-team sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/crow-reason/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when you need assumption-challenging, pre-mortems, red-teaming, or when a plan seems too perfect and nobody is asking the hard questions.

Who uses this skill

The Crow Reason Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 174,000+ 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/crow-reason
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/crow-reason/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/crow-reason/SKILL.md

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Crow Reason Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Crow Reason 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 Crow Reason skill?

Use Crow Reason when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the red team 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 Crow Reason" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Crow Reason 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. Crow Reason is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/blob/HEAD/skills/analysis/crow-reason/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: majiayu000
Website: https://majiayu000.github.io/claude-skill-registry/

Cite this skill

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

APA

majiayu000. (2026). Crow Reason [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/crow-reason/

BibTeX

@misc{crow-reason-2026,
  author    = {majiayu000},
  title     = {Crow Reason [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/crow-reason/}
}

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Security scan

Grade B · scanned 2026-08-02 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (obfuscation), including a high-severity pattern. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.

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

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