Matt Pocock Skills
Matt Pocock Skills is a pick-and-choose engineering skill pack; install with npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills.
OUR TAKE
Pick Matt Pocock Skills for engineers who want to add one or two checks (grill-me, tdd) to Cursor or Claude. It is not Superpowers.
Good fit
Engineers who want to add one or two checks (grill-me, tdd) to Cursor or Claude.
Poor fit
People who want a single brainstorm-plan-review loop (Superpowers) or visual taste (Taste Skill).
Free / OSS
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-11-01 · github.com/mattpocock/skills
OUR TAKE
Pick Matt Pocock Skills for engineers who want to add one or two checks (grill-me, tdd) to Cursor or Claude. It is not Superpowers. There is no single “do the whole loop” skill.
Good fit
Engineers who want to add one or two checks (grill-me, tdd) to Cursor or Claude.
Poor fit
People who want a single brainstorm-plan-review loop (Superpowers) or visual taste (Taste Skill).
Free / OSS
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-11-01 · github.com/mattpocock/skills
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-11-01 · github.com/mattpocock/skills
Free / OSS
MIT. npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills
$0
No paid hosted tier
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-11-01·github.com/mattpocock/skills
Install and adoption
Skill31,100,000 listed installs on skills.sh (mattpocock/skills) (2026-11-01)
Listed installs 2026-11-01 from skills.sh (https://skills.sh/mattpocock/skills).
Any agent via skills CLI
npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills -a <agent>
Tested on 2026-11-01 · https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
Codex plugin
codex plugin marketplace add mattpocock/skills codex plugin add mattpocock-skills@mattpocock
Tested on 2026-11-01 · https://github.com/mattpocock/skills
Before you pay
Good fit
Engineers who want to add one or two checks (grill-me, tdd) to Cursor or Claude.
Poor fit
People who want a single brainstorm-plan-review loop (Superpowers) or visual taste (Taste Skill).
Watch out
It is not Superpowers. There is no single “do the whole loop” skill.
Instead, try
Superpowers if a full brainstorm-plan-TDD-review pack when you do not want to pick skills; Taste Skill if art direction when the gap is visual, not engineering process
Compare Matt Pocock Skills with
Limits, in full
- 01
It is not Superpowers. There is no single “do the whole loop” skill.
- 02
The npm package `skills` is the CLI, not this repo. Weekly CLI downloads are a different series.
If Matt Pocock Skills isn't it
Why: a full brainstorm-plan-TDD-review pack when you do not want to pick skills.
Free· open source,MIT
It is a methodology, not a design skillChecked 2026-11-01·github.com/obra/superpowers
vs Matt Pocock Skills
Why: art direction when the gap is visual, not engineering process.
Free· open source,MIT
It does not read Figma filesChecked 2026-11-01·github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill
vs Matt Pocock Skills
Why: the agent that can load these skills, not the skill pack.
Paid only$17/mo yearly
Claude Code is on paid seatsChecked 2026-10-22·anthropic.com/pricing
vs Matt Pocock SkillsLimits & alternatives2 limits · Superpowers, Taste Skill, Claude Code instead
Limits, in full
- 01
It is not Superpowers. There is no single “do the whole loop” skill.
- 02
The npm package `skills` is the CLI, not this repo. Weekly CLI downloads are a different series.
If Matt Pocock Skills isn't it
Why: a full brainstorm-plan-TDD-review pack when you do not want to pick skills.
Free· open source,MIT
It is a methodology, not a design skillChecked 2026-11-01·github.com/obra/superpowers
vs Matt Pocock SkillsWhy: art direction when the gap is visual, not engineering process.
Free· open source,MIT
It does not read Figma filesChecked 2026-11-01·github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill
vs Matt Pocock SkillsWhy: the agent that can load these skills, not the skill pack.
Paid only$17/mo yearly
Claude Code is on paid seatsChecked 2026-10-22·anthropic.com/pricing
vs Matt Pocock Skills