How do I install the Project Development Claude Code skill?

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

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

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This skill should be used when the user asks to "start an LLM project", "design batch pipeline", "evaluate task-model fit", "structure agent project", or mentions pipeline architecture, agent-assisted development, cost estimation, or choosing between LLM and traditional approaches.

From the source SKILL.md

This skill covers the principles for identifying tasks suited to LLM processing, designing effective project architectures, and iterating rapidly using agent-assisted development. The methodology applies whether building a batch processing pipeline, a multi-agent research system, or an interactive agent application.

What this skill does

Project Development is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the architecture sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/project-development/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Project Development 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/project-development
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/project-development/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/project-development/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/project-development/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\project-development\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/karpathy/hn-time-capsule
Author: karpathy

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Project Development

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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