Ask Claude

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Answer questions about Claude Code features, settings, hooks, skills, MCP servers, and best practices.

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7/23/2026
Claude Code
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Automated summary

Answers user questions about Claude Code features, settings, hooks, skills, MCP servers, and best practices by spawning a research agent.

Strengths

  • Provides accurate, up-to-date information from documentation and web search.
  • Covers a comprehensive range of Claude Code topics.
  • Saves time by quickly finding answers within the IDE.

Limitations

  • Requires an active internet connection for web search.
  • Answers may be limited by the documentation available.
  • May not cover very niche or undocumented features.
When to use it

Use it when you have a question about how to use Claude Code, its features, or configuration.

When not to use it

Do not use it for coding tasks unrelated to Claude Code itself, or if you need a step-by-step tutorial for a specific external tool.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score85/100

The skill only instructs the user to ask questions and spawns a 'claude-code-guide' subagent, with no declared tools or destructive actions. The subagent is limited to research and documentation, posing no direct security risk.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Project rules location
/ask-claude where do I put project-specific rules?
Hooks explanation
/ask-claude how do hooks work?
Skills vs agents
/ask-claude what's the difference between skills and agents?

name: ask-claude description: Answer questions about Claude Code features, settings, hooks, skills, MCP servers, and best practices.

Ask Claude

Get answers about how to use Claude Code effectively.

Usage

/ask-claude <question>

Examples

/ask-claude where do I put project-specific rules?
/ask-claude how do hooks work?
/ask-claude what's the difference between skills and agents?
/ask-claude how do I create an MCP server?

Behavior

When invoked, spawn a claude-code-guide agent to research the answer:

Task(
  subagent_type="claude-code-guide",
  prompt="<user's question>",
  description="Claude Code: <short summary>"
)

The agent has access to Claude Code documentation and can search the web for current information.

Topics Covered

  • Claude Code CLI features and commands
  • Hooks (Stop, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, etc.)
  • Skills and how to create them
  • MCP servers and integrations
  • Settings and configuration
  • IDE integrations (VS Code, JetBrains)
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Best practices and workflows

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/download' --output '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/ask-claude' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j' '.claude/skills/ask-claude'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j'

openskills read 'ask-claude-mrwaka5j'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/ask-claude-mrwaka5j/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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