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Matt Pocock Releases Free Skill Pack to Guide Claude Code and Codex Through Planning, Debugging, Testing and Review

November 6, 2026 at 00:45 EST

Software Dev & Coding
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Matt Pocock has released a free collection of skills designed to help Claude Code and Codex plan, debug, test and review code more systematically, and has published a three-step setup for developers to start using them.

Free release · Matt Pocock

Free skills for Claude Code and Codex, installed in three steps

A free collection of reusable agent skills aimed at planning, debugging, testing and reviewing code, with a short command-line setup to get started.

Supported AI coding tools: Claude Code and Codex

Workflow areas covered: planning, debugging, testing, code review

Setup steps from install to use

Cost of the collection, which is offered free

Setup in three steps

Run in order, then use the skills during development

STEP 1

Install the package

npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills

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STEP 2

Configure

/setup-matt-pocock-skills

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STEP 3

Use while building

Apply the skills to planning, debugging, testing and review in your projects

What the skills cover

Four stages of the development workflow, one skill set

Planning

Debugging

Testing

Code review

Key caveat

The practical benefits are not yet independently tested

No independent reviews of the skills' performance were available

No reported results on code quality or reliability were available

Skills depend on Claude Code and Codex continuing to support this configuration

Open question: adoption, developer feedback, and how the four workflow steps perform on real codebases will determine whether the skills gain traction.

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