How do I install the Hermit Brain Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/hermit-brain/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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Hermit Brain

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Show fragile zones, stale accepted proposals, and recent learnings drawn from session history, proposals, and reflect output. Activates on messages like 'what's stuck', 'any fragile zones', 'show me what's blocked', 'recent learnings', 'hermit brain', 'what have you learned lately', 'where are the weak spots'.

From the source SKILL.md

Synthesize a compact analytical snapshot of the hermit's current knowledge state: where things are fragile, which accepted proposals have stalled, and what has been recently learned.

What this skill does

Hermit Brain is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/hermit-brain/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Hermit Brain Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. 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/hermit-brain
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/hermit-brain/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/hermit-brain/SKILL.md

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

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

For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.

See pricing → Download desktop app

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/gtapps/claude-code-hermit/blob/HEAD/plugins/claude-code-hermit/skills/hermit-brain/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: gtapps

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Hermit Brain

From the source SKILL.md

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Manual install (2 steps)

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