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sheepttoday at 4:09 PM1 replyview on HN

Why does it need plugins/skills for a code review? Claude will just "review it" if you ask it to, and if you have particular preferences, they can go in CLAUDE.md


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unshavedyaktoday at 4:19 PM

Skills are effectively the same thing as asking it, just with more depth. So the skill is just a framework for a very precisely asked question. It often includes how you want Claude to respond, etc.

I’m not aware of anything fundamentally unique about skills or commands, they’re just more tokens to shape the llm