Ask Claude

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

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107/23/2026
Claude Code
#claude-code#qa#documentation#best-practices#help

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Our review

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

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
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