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Makefile Conventions

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Structures Makefiles as a universal command interface using modular includes and self-documenting help. Use when the user wants to add a make target, create a Makefile, organize build commands, set up a make-based workflow, or asks how to structure make targets.

From the source SKILL.md

Use Make as the universal command interface. All project operations are accessible via make, regardless of the underlying implementation language.

What this skill does

Makefile Conventions 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/makefile-conventions/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants to add a make target, create a Makefile, organize build commands, set up a make-based workflow, or asks how to structure make targets.

Who uses this skill

The Makefile Conventions 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 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/makefile-conventions
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/makefile-conventions/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/makefile-conventions/SKILL.md

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

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

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ClaudSkills. (2026). Makefile Conventions [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/makefile-conventions/
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@misc{makefile-conventions-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Makefile Conventions [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/makefile-conventions/}
}

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