The NicAI skills catalogue

Every skill in my NicAI setup, grouped by purpose, 1 line each, plus what a skill is and the rules I build them by.

Table of Contents

A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file in it: a short description at the top, then the instructions an agent follows, plus any scripts, references and templates the job needs. Claude Code reads only the descriptions at the start of a session. When my request matches one, it loads the full file and follows it.

This note lists every skill I run, 1 line each. For how skills fit into the rest of NicAI, see What is NicAI and The NicAI workspace.

The count

23 Sep 2026

Folder Scope Skills
~/.claude/skills Global, loaded in every project 4
~/ai/ka/.claude/skills Work: Kaltura sales 59
~/ai/me/.claude/skills Personal 13
~/ai/lab/*/.claude/skills Experiments, 1 lab project 1
Total 77

Some honest footnotes on that number:

  • 2 of the 13 personal skills sit 1 folder too deep, so Claude Code doesn't load them. They are dormant until I move them.
  • 2 of the 59 work skills are kept for reference only: an old deck builder merged into deck, and an avatar builder for a retired version of the studio.
  • The work folder also holds 2 eval workspaces and a zip file. They aren't skills, which is why earlier counts said 62.
  • 2 work skills that maintain private data sources aren't listed in the tables.
  • The global folder also holds a synced copy of 16 skills that Anthropic ships (Word, PowerPoint, PDF and similar). I don't count those.

So 73 skills are live and current. Between them, the 59 work skills hold about 15,000 lines of instructions. The shortest is 39 lines, the longest 893. Across the work and personal folders, 32 skills carry a scripts/ folder, 41 a references/ folder, and 4 an evals/ folder with test cases.

How I design them

  • One skill, one job. prep-call preps a call. email drafts an email. Small skills are easier to test, fix and combine than one big prompt.
  • The description is the trigger. It lists the phrases I actually type, and says when not to use the skill, so near neighbours don't collide.
  • Scripts do the mechanical work, the model does the thinking. deck is the clearest case: a script assembles the HTML from a reviewed master deck, and the model only writes the argument.
  • Skills call skills. init-client runs company-research. Visual skills read brand and logo first. council runs inside any skill when a deliverable needs extra rigour.
  • Reference skills hold rules, not actions. brand, logo and google-style never produce anything on their own.
  • Retire, don't delete. A retired skill keeps a stub that points to its replacement, so an old trigger lands in the right place.

Prospecting and outreach

Skill What it does
company-research Deep-dive research on a company from its domain, for prospecting
init-client Sets up a new account from 1 domain: client note, research, folder
accounts-update Syncs my account list from a CRM export into the prospects database, after I approve the SQL
competitive-brief Builds a battlecard against a competitor from its website
brand-colors Extracts a company's colour palette from its homepage
lead-messaging Writes personalised outreach sequences for 1 prospect, in my style, for a colleague to send
linkedin-invitation Writes connection notes under the 300-character limit
linkedin-message Writes follow-up messages to people who accepted a connection
email Drafts every email in my voice. Mandatory for any email task
calendar Reads my live availability and suggests meeting slots
format-date Turns free-text dates and slots into my 1-line-per-day format

Meeting prep and follow-up

Skill What it does
prep-call Full brief before any sales meeting
transcript Local, speaker-labelled transcript of a recording, no API
call-notes Turns call recordings into client-ready notes, appended to the client file
meeting-recap Pulls intelligence and action items out of a transcript
exec-summary Short, military-style internal summary of a call
se-brief Technical-only brief for a solutions engineer, sales content stripped
csm-handover-brief Handover brief for whoever takes over an account
pm-handover-brief Delivery brief for a project manager, from signature to go-live

Deals and commercial

Skill What it does
proposal Business proposals for clients
rfp RFP and tender answers, plus follow-up questions
business-case Internal business cases and investment arguments
client-business-case ROI cases a client champion can forward to their CFO
contracts Tracks contracts in progress and writes an executive overview
legal Answers contract questions from Kaltura's standard legal documents
pipeline Analyses my pipeline from CRM report exports
salesforce Reference for the CRM exports: which report feeds what, freshness checks
pricing-calculations Turns quote exports into calculation spreadsheets
salesforce-quote Extracts a quote table from a screenshot into .xlsx

Content, decks and demos

Skill What it does
deck reveal.js sales decks assembled from a reviewed master deck, with .pptx on request
deck-pptx-legacy Retired stub, points to deck
diagram Architecture and flow diagrams from a pattern library, HTML plus PNG
document Branded Word documents
one-pager A4 one-pagers in HTML, converted to PDF
webinar Webinar deck plus a speaker script for each slide
create-video Motion-graphics videos rendered from HTML
ep-demo A tailored demo event package for Kaltura's Event Platform, from a website
avatar-demo Builds a conversational avatar agent and publishes it to the studio via API
avatar-demo-eself Legacy avatar package for the previous studio, reference only
avatar-demo-live A web page with a live, embedded talking avatar (global)
avatar-video Pre-recorded avatar video from a script (global)
task-dashboard HTML dashboard of done vs left on a multi-step task
json2html Any JSON array to a searchable, sortable HTML table
linkedin-post Edits my LinkedIn posts. Writes from scratch only when I ask
linkedin-comment Short comment suggestions on a post, in my voice

Knowledge and data upkeep

Skill What it does
wiki Maintains and queries my Kaltura knowledge wiki, nightly. See LLM Wiki
kb-article Structured knowledge base articles
kb-index Rebuilds the 1-file index of every KB article
md-converter Converts any document to clean Markdown for the KB
ka-emails Converts saved work emails to Markdown, sorted external vs internal
db Queries and manages my SQLite sales databases
index-img Maintains a described index of 900+ product images, so agents pick the right one
webinar-index Adds a webinar page to a Markdown index
youtube-videos Finds YouTube videos by speaker, company, format and date

Shared references

Skill What it does
brand Kaltura brand rules that every visual skill reads first
logo Finds and sizes company logos for other skills
google-style My standing style for technical writing and chat replies (global)

Quality and meta

Skill What it does
council Expert agents critique and score a deliverable until they converge. See The Council
client-lens Reviews an artifact as the buyer who will receive it
debrief A daily micro-interview that builds a profile of how I work and decide

Research, media and publishing

Skill What it does
use-x Research on X and the web through Grok, plus image generation (global)
youtube Transcripts, metadata, chapters, audio or video from a YouTube link
write-note Writes notes for this site, including this one. See The notes pipeline
movie-import Copies new films from a network share, renames them and adds English subtitles
movie-rename Renames films to "Title (Year)", with a film database as fallback
srt-translator Translates subtitle files, timings untouched (dormant)
linkedin-image Images to go with a LinkedIn post (dormant)
clone-website Clones a website section by section with parallel builder agents (lab)

Home, family and health

Skill What it does
it-support My own IT help desk: knows my hardware, apps and automations
school Turns school letters into dates, to-dos and calendar files
kids Family assistant for school matters: dates, deadlines, my open to-dos
health Answers health and fitness questions from my own records
council (personal) A medical version of the council: specialist agents review a health question
withings Syncs readings from my connected health devices into SQLite
supplement-brief Turns a supplement product page into a structured product card

What works, what doesn't

What works: the narrow skills with scripts behind them. deck, transcript and prep-call do 1 job each, and the mechanical steps run as code, so the output is the same shape every time. My corrections go into the SKILL.md or its references, so the next run starts from them.

What doesn't:

  • Overlap. meeting-recap, call-notes, exec-summary and se-brief all start from a transcript. Only the descriptions keep them apart, and a vague request can land on the wrong one.
  • Silent failure. 2 skills sit at the wrong folder depth and nothing flags it. A skill that doesn't load looks exactly like a skill I never wrote.
  • Size. The 2 largest SKILL.md files run past 850 lines. That costs context on every run.

What's next

  • Move the 2 dormant skills up a level, or delete them.
  • Add evals to the high-volume skills. Only 4 have them today.
  • Split the largest skills into a short SKILL.md plus references loaded on demand.
NicAI
Written by NicAI, Nic's AI assistant, for his personal knowledge base. Researched and drafted by the model, not hand-written by Nic. Verify anything you plan to act on.