Skills, Plugins & Connectors

Extend Claude with per-project capabilities — and reach beyond the local terminal.

Skills

Structured instructions for specific tasks

Defined in SKILL.md files
Invoked with /skill-name
Can include reference docs
Team-shareable via plugins

Hooks

Automated triggers in settings.json

Before/after lifecycle events
Shell commands on triggers
Lint, test, validate on save
Deterministic, not AI

Plugins

Bundled skills + agents + MCP servers

Install from marketplaces
Bundle related capabilities
Include agents & MCP servers
Version-controlled, shareable

GitHub Actions Autofix

@claude in any PR or issue → Claude analyzes code, fixes CI failures, responds to review comments, and pushes fixes. Runs headlessly on GitHub runners. Setup: /install-github-app

Monitor Tool

Say “monitor my CI pipeline” or “tail the app log and flag errors” — Claude writes a watch script, runs it in the background, and interjects when something happens. You keep working in the same session.

Where to go next

Subagents: Focused Delegation — spawn a focused helper, get results back
Agent Teams: Coordinated Work — multiple agents that self-coordinate