How do I install the Global Conventions Claude Code skill?

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

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.

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Global Conventions

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

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Follow consistent project structure, version control practices, environment configuration, code review processes, and development conventions across the entire application. Use this skill when organizing project files and directories, when writing commit messages or creating pull requests, when managing environment variables and configuration, when participating in code reviews, when defining testing requirements, when using feature flags, when maintaining changelogs, when documenting setup instructions, or when establishing consistent development practices across the team.

From the source SKILL.md

This Skill provides Claude Code with specific guidance on how to adhere to coding standards as they relate to how it should handle global conventions.

What this skill does

Global Conventions is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the testing sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/global-conventions/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Global Conventions 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 69,000+ 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/global-conventions
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/global-conventions/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/global-conventions/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/global-conventions/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\global-conventions\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.

Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace/blob/HEAD/skills/devanb/global-conventions/SKILL.md
Author: aiskillstore
Website: https://skillstore.io

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Global Conventions

From the source SKILL.md

What this skill does

Who uses this skill

How to install

Manual install (2 steps)

One-click install via the desktop app

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