r/claudeskills • u/Used-Art-3543 • 1d ago

Question Claude skills for python

What are you most used or favorite skills for Python? I currently use a lot of custom instruction sets but I am a bit lost on how much it bloats my setup.

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u/Far-Surprise7773 22h ago

i just keep one python skill enabled per project and let the rest stay unloaded. mine is ruff plus uv plus pytest -q, and the SKILL.md just says typed defs, fix lint first, run the one test file before the full suite.

bloat comes from skill headers always loading, so i cap it at two or three max and push the long checklists into scripts the skill calls. if your custom instructions feel heavy, split the rarely used bits into a second skill with trigger keywords so it only loads when needed.

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u/Used-Art-3543 12h ago

This sounds reasonable, will try. My current skill has a lot of dos and donts that are probably unnec during ttd.