ClaudSkills / Engineering / engineering-misc

Make

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: engineering-misc
type:debug
GNU Make skill for C/C++ build systems. Use when writing or debugging Makefiles, understanding pattern rules and automatic dependency generation, managing CFLAGS/LDFLAGS, converting ad-hoc compile commands into maintainable Makefiles, or diagnosing incremental build issues. Activates on queries about Makefiles, make targets, pattern rules, phony targets, dependency tracking, recursive make, or make errors.

What this skill does

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

When to invoke it: Use when writing or debugging Makefiles, understanding pattern rules and automatic dependency generation, managing CFLAGS/LDFLAGS, converting ad-hoc compile commands into maintainable Makefiles, or diagnosing incremental build issues. Activates on queries about Makefiles, make targets, pattern rules, phony targets, dependency tracking, recursive make, or make errors.

Who uses this skill

The Make skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. 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/make
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/make/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/make/SKILL.md

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

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