Uv

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: devops

lang:pythontool:docker

Uses the uv Python package and project manager correctly for dependencies, venvs, and scripts. Use when creating or modifying Python projects, adding dependencies, running scripts with inline deps, managing virtual environments, pinning Python versions, running CLI tools from PyPI, setting the IDE Python interpreter, or using uv in CI (e.g. GitHub Actions) or Docker containers. Use when the user mentions uv, pyproject.toml, uv.lock, uv run, uv add, uv sync, .venv, Python interpreter, poetry, pipenv, conda, CI, Docker, GitHub Actions, or asks to use uv instead of pip or poetry.

What this skill does

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

When to invoke it: Use when creating or modifying Python projects, adding dependencies, running scripts with inline deps, managing virtual environments, pinning Python versions, running CLI tools from PyPI, setting the IDE Python interpreter, or using uv in CI (e.g.

Who uses this skill

The Uv 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 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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