Explore Skills

Nix naming conventions and code style. Use when naming variables, files, or organizing attributes in Nix code.

skill-creator

Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.

managing-secrets

Manages encrypted secrets using sops-nix and age. Use when adding new secrets, rotating keys, debugging secret access, or setting up secret management for new hosts/users.

system-planning

NixOS system configuration and administration. Use when configuring system services, hardware setup, networking, security hardening, boot configuration, or system maintenance.

git-workflows

Git version control workflows, branching strategies, and conflict resolution. Use when managing branches, resolving merge conflicts, understanding git history, or following team git conventions.

xlsx

Comprehensive spreadsheet creation, editing, and analysis with support for formulas, formatting, data analysis, and visualization. When Claude needs to work with spreadsheets (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv, etc) for: (1) Creating new spreadsheets with formulas and formatting, (2) Reading or analyzing data, (3) Modify existing spreadsheets while preserving formulas, (4) Data analysis and visualization in spreadsheets, or (5) Recalculating formulas

pdf

Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale.

template-creation

Create development environment templates and project scaffolding with Nix flakes. Use when creating new project templates, setting up dev shells, configuring language-specific environments, or integrating with CI/CD.

frontend-design

Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, or applications. Generates creative, polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.

nix-option-types

Nix module option types and definition patterns. Use when defining options with mkOption, choosing types, or creating submodules.

designing-options

khanelinix option namespacing and design patterns. Use when defining module options, accessing configuration values, or understanding the khanelinix.* namespace convention.

mcp-builder

Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK).

nix-module-template

Basic Nix module structure template. Use when creating new NixOS, Home Manager, or nix-darwin modules from scratch.

managing-themes

khanelinix theme system patterns. Use when configuring themes, working with Stylix or Catppuccin, or implementing theme-aware module configuration.

docx

Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for: (1) Creating new documents, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with tracked changes, (4) Adding comments, or any other document tasks

nix-validation

Comprehensive Nix validation: treefmt-nix integration, statix/deadnix linting, flake checks, khanelinix-specific patterns. Use when validating Nix code or setting up linting infrastructure.

writing-nix

Writes idiomatic, performant, and maintainable Nix code. Covers best practices, anti-patterns to avoid (like `with`), module system design, and performance optimization.

pptx

Presentation creation, editing, and analysis. When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for: (1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with layouts, (4) Adding comments or speaker notes, or any other presentation tasks

scaffolding-modules

khanelinix directory structure and module placement. Use when creating new modules, deciding where files belong, or understanding the modules/ organization. Covers platform separation (nixos/darwin/home/common) and auto-discovery.

commit-messages

Generate conventional commit messages based on staged changes. Use when writing commit messages, understanding conventional commit format, or ensuring consistent commit history.

configuring-layers

khanelinix 7-level configuration hierarchy and customization strategy. Use when deciding where to put customizations, understanding override precedence, resolving option conflicts, or working with host/user specific configs.

nix-conditionals

Nix conditional patterns: mkIf, optionals, optionalString, mkMerge. Use when writing conditional configuration, avoiding if-then-else, or combining multiple conditional blocks.

nix-lib-usage

Nix library usage patterns: with, inherit, and inline lib. prefixes. Use when deciding how to access lib functions, avoiding the with lib anti-pattern, or writing analysis-friendly Nix code.

webapp-testing

Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing browser screenshots, and viewing browser logs.

managing-flakes

Manages Nix flakes, inputs, dependency resolution, and performance optimization. Use when working with flake.nix, updating inputs, debugging evaluation errors, optimizing flake performance, or composing multi-flake architectures.