My Skills Library

The custom skills I use with Claude, what each one does and when to reach for it. Each skill is a set of instructions Claude follows when you ask for that kind of task.

Business: Formic Labworx and King Ant Designs

/restock

Keeps the Notion inventory right, applies Etsy orders to it, and updates the Todoist lists of plates to print.

Use for: stock changes, new orders, "what do I need to print", "what's low".

/unit-economics

Ranks products by contribution per printer-hour and prices a proposed new product against the same bar.

Use for: "is this worth printing", pricing and margin questions.

/ask-the-board

Gets the views of four advisors on a decision, notes where they agree and disagree, and gives one recommendation.

Use for: business, YouTube, printer and pricing decisions.

/ask-the-captain

Gives one combined business call from a single advisor character built from the board and other sources.

Use for: a quick, single answer on a King Ant Designs decision.

/cyd-deploy

Compiles, flashes and debugs the CYD workbench dashboard, which is an ESP32 touchscreen running ESPHome against Home Assistant.

Use for: changes to the dashboard or its screens.

Planning and logging

/time-block

Plans days as blocks on the Blocks calendar, around classes, appointments and routines.

Use for: "block tomorrow", "plan my day".

/log

Pushes what's new from a chat session into the Obsidian vault, adding only what hasn't been recorded yet.

Use for: "log it", "update my note".

School

/transcribe

Turns course lecture recordings into timestamped paragraph text.

Use for: new lecture audio that needs converting before it can be read.

/lecture-notes

Turns a transcribed lecture into a study note in the School folder and updates the course index.

Use for: writing up lectures after a transcription run.

Notes: this page covers my own custom skills only. Built-in skills and plugins aren't listed. Some skills call external services, so check what each one can change before you rely on it.