claude-skills-vault MCP — Use Cases, Install & Live Demo

Why use it

Key features

Curated for senior full-stack workflows
Architectural review automation
TDD cycle helpers
PR management workflows
Opinionated — fewer skills, higher impact

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

claude-skills-vault-skill.replay ▶ ready

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Install

Pick your client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-skills-vault-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Restart after saving.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-skills-vault-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor uses the same mcpServers schema as Claude Desktop. Project config wins over global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-skills-vault-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar, then "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-skills-vault-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Same shape as Claude Desktop. Restart Windsurf to pick up changes.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "claude-skills-vault-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue uses an array of server objects rather than a map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "claude-skills-vault-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault",
          "~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to context_servers. Zed hot-reloads on save.

claude mcp add claude-skills-vault-skill -- git clone https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault ~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault

One-liner. Verify with claude mcp list. Remove with claude mcp remove.

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use claude-skills-vault

Run an architectural review on a proposed change

👤 Staff engineers, tech leads ⏱ ~30 min advanced

When to use: You're about to approve a design doc or a big PR and want a second pass.

Prerequisites

Skill installed — git clone https://github.com/georgekhananaev/claude-skills-vault ~/.claude/skills/claude-skills-vault

Flow

Feed the proposal

Use claude-skills-vault arch-review on this design doc: [link/path].✓ Copied

→ Review across consistency, failure modes, scalability, maintainability axes
Rank concerns

Rank the top 5 concerns by blast radius.✓ Copied

→ Ordered list with rationale

Outcome: A review document ready to leave as a PR / doc comment.

Pitfalls

Generic advice — Point at the actual code paths, not just the doc

Combine with: github

Run a tight TDD cycle on a new feature

👤 Devs practicing TDD with Claude as pair ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

When to use: You want red-green-refactor, not cowboy code.

Flow

Red

Use claude-skills-vault TDD. Failing test for [behavior].✓ Copied

→ Test file committed that fails
Green

Minimum code to make it pass.✓ Copied

→ Smallest possible impl; test passes
Refactor

Refactor without breaking the test.✓ Copied

→ Diff preserving green; cleaner code

Outcome: Feature shipped with honest test coverage.

Pitfalls

Claude writes test and impl together — Enforce phases explicitly in prompts

Combine with: git

Manage a batch of stale PRs

👤 Maintainers / tech leads ⏱ ~30 min intermediate

When to use: You inherited a repo with 40 open PRs and need triage.

Flow

Triage

Use claude-skills-vault pr-manager. Triage open PRs: category, age, blocker, owner.✓ Copied

→ Triage table
Draft nudges or closures

For each, propose: merge, close politely, or nudge.✓ Copied

→ Action per PR

Outcome: A cleaner PR queue without manual slog.

Combine with: github

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

claude-skills-vault-skill + github

Apply triage actions directly — merge, close, comment

Run triage and post the drafted nudges as comments on each PR.✓ Copied

claude-skills-vault-skill + git

TDD cycle with atomic commits per phase

Commit after each TDD phase: red, green, refactor.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

Tool	Inputs	When to call
arch_review	design doc or PR	Pre-approval
tdd_cycle	behavior description	New feature dev
pr_triage	repo	Periodic PR cleanup

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: None
Tokens per call: Moderate to high depending on workflow
Monetary: Free
Tip: Batch arch reviews; don't review every PR with the skill.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: None in skill; downstream MCPs handle their own

Data egress: None from skill

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Skill too heavy for small projects

Intended for senior / complex codebases; skip for simple work

Reviews are too long

Prompt for top-3 concerns only

Alternatives

claude-skills-vault vs others

Alternative	When to use it instead	Tradeoff
claude-skill-4 (borghei mega-bundle)	You want breadth over curation	245 skills to audit
planning-with-files-skill	Just need session persistence, not full workflow coverage	Narrow but reliable

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Resources

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