How do I install the Instar Dev Claude Code skill?

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

ClaudSkills / Dev Tools / ide-editor

Instar Dev

Category: Dev Tools · Sub-category: ide-editor · Last updated: 2026-05-21

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Instar-specific development skill used by the instar-developing agent (Echo, or any agent assigned instar-dev responsibilities). Wraps /build with mandatory side-effects review, signal-vs-authority principle check, and artifact generation. Structural enforcement via pre-commit/pre-push hooks — the instar repo refuses commits and pushes that didn't come through this skill. NOT a user-facing skill — end users should never invoke it.

From the source SKILL.md

Audience: this skill is for the instar-developing agent (Echo, or any agent assigned instar-dev responsibilities). It is NOT a user-facing skill. End users of instar should never invoke /instar-dev and will never see it in their workflow — it runs at the infrastructure-developer layer, not the per-user application layer. The enforcement hooks on the instar repo ensure the instar-developing agent goes through this skill for every change, but end users never encounter it.

What this skill does

Instar Dev is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the ide-editor sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/instar-dev/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Instar Dev Claude Code skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. 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/instar-dev
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/instar-dev/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/instar-dev/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/instar-dev/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\instar-dev\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/JKHeadley/instar/blob/HEAD/skills/instar-dev/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: JKHeadley
Website: https://instar.sh

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Instar Dev

From the source SKILL.md

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How to install

Manual install (2 steps)

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