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Ask Matt

Routes you to the right Matt Pocock skill or workflow for your situation

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Repository
mattpocock/skills
Stars
309,658
Licence
MIT
Files
3 files

What it does

This skill acts as a guide to a large collection of other skills from the mattpocock/skills repository. Instead of you remembering which skill to use, you describe your situation and the agent walks you through the relevant path, such as going from a rough idea to a built and reviewed feature, fixing a hard bug, or planning a huge project. It also reminds the agent to read each skill's own instructions before recommending steps.

Great for

  • Developers who use the mattpocock/skills collection and don't remember which skill fits their task
  • Teams wanting a consistent workflow from idea to pull request using these skills
  • Anyone deciding between overlapping skills, such as grill-me versus grill-with-docs

Skip it if

  • People who have never installed the other skills in the repo, since it only routes between them and does little on its own
  • Simple one-off coding questions, where the routing overhead adds nothing

Try asking

  • “I have a feature idea and want to build it, what skills should I use?”
  • “Something is broken and the bug keeps coming back, which skill helps?”
  • “I'm starting a huge greenfield project, where do I begin?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Ask MattInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    ask-matt.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip ask-matt.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip ask-matt.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Ask about your situation in plain words, such as 'I have a bug that only happens sometimes', and let the router pick the path.
  • Install the referenced skills too, since this skill mostly points to them.
  • Keep the early planning steps in one unbroken session so the context carries forward.

What's inside

  • agents/openai.yaml
  • PHASE-BOUNDARIES.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from mattpocock/skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.