Claude Automation Recommender

Analyze codebase patterns to recommend tailored Claude Code automations across all extensibility options.

This skill is read-only. It analyzes the codebase and outputs recommendations. It does NOT create or modify any files. Users implement the recommendations themselves or ask Claude separately to help build them.

Output Guidelines

• Recommend 1-2 of each type: Don't overwhelm - surface the top 1-2 most valuable automations per category

• If user asks for a specific type: Focus only on that type and provide more options (3-5 recommendations)

• Go beyond the reference lists: The reference files contain common patterns, but use web search to find recommendations specific to the codebase's tools, frameworks, and libraries

• Tell users they can ask for more: End by noting they can request more recommendations for any specific category

Automation Types Overview

Type Best For

Hooks Automatic actions on tool events (format on save, lint, block edits)

Subagents Specialized reviewers/analyzers that run in parallel

Skills Packaged expertise, workflows, and repeatable tasks (invoked by Claude or user via /skill-name )

Plugins Collections of skills that can be installed

MCP Servers External tool integrations (databases, APIs, browsers, docs)

Workflow

Phase 1: Codebase Analysis

Gather project context:

Detect project type and tools

ls -la package.json pyproject.toml Cargo.toml go.mod pom.xml 2>/dev/null cat package.json 2>/dev/null | head -50

Check dependencies for MCP server recommendations

cat package.json 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"(react|vue|angular|next|express|fastapi|django|prisma|supabase|stripe)"'

Check for existing Claude Code config

ls -la .claude/ CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null

Analyze project structure

ls -la src/ app/ lib/ tests/ components/ pages/ api/ 2>/dev/null

Key Indicators to Capture:

Category What to Look For Informs Recommendations For

Language/Framework package.json, pyproject.toml, import patterns Hooks, MCP servers

Frontend stack React, Vue, Angular, Next.js Playwright MCP, frontend skills

Backend stack Express, FastAPI, Django API documentation tools

Database Prisma, Supabase, raw SQL Database MCP servers

External APIs Stripe, OpenAI, AWS SDKs context7 MCP for docs

Testing Jest, pytest, Playwright configs Testing hooks, subagents

CI/CD GitHub Actions, CircleCI GitHub MCP server

Issue tracking Linear, Jira references Issue tracker MCP

Docs patterns OpenAPI, JSDoc, docstrings Documentation skills

Phase 2: Generate Recommendations

Based on analysis, generate recommendations across all categories:

A. MCP Server Recommendations

See references/mcp-servers.md for detailed patterns.

Codebase Signal Recommended MCP Server

Uses popular libraries (React, Express, etc.) context7 - Live documentation lookup

Frontend with UI testing needs Playwright - Browser automation/testing

Uses Supabase Supabase MCP - Direct database operations

PostgreSQL/MySQL database Database MCP - Query and schema tools

GitHub repository GitHub MCP - Issues, PRs, actions

Uses Linear for issues Linear MCP - Issue management

AWS infrastructure AWS MCP - Cloud resource management

Slack workspace Slack MCP - Team notifications

Memory/context persistence Memory MCP - Cross-session memory

Sentry error tracking Sentry MCP - Error investigation

Docker containers Docker MCP - Container management

B. Skills Recommendations

See references/skills-reference.md for details.

Create skills in .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md . Some are also available via plugins:

Codebase Signal Skill Plugin

Building plugins skill-development plugin-dev

Git commits commit commit-commands

React/Vue/Angular frontend-design frontend-design

Automation rules writing-rules hookify

Feature planning feature-dev feature-dev

Custom skills to create (with templates, scripts, examples):

Codebase Signal Skill to Create Invocation

API routes api-doc (with OpenAPI template) Both

Database project create-migration (with validation script) User-only

Test suite gen-test (with example tests) User-only

Component library new-component (with templates) User-only

PR workflow pr-check (with checklist) User-only

Releases release-notes (with git context) User-only

Code style project-conventions Claude-only

Onboarding setup-dev (with prereq script) User-only

C. Hooks Recommendations

See references/hooks-patterns.md for configurations.

Codebase Signal Recommended Hook

Prettier configured PostToolUse: auto-format on edit

ESLint/Ruff configured PostToolUse: auto-lint on edit

TypeScript project PostToolUse: type-check on edit

Tests directory exists PostToolUse: run related tests

.env files present PreToolUse: block .env edits

Lock files present PreToolUse: block lock file edits

Security-sensitive code PreToolUse: require confirmation

D. Subagent Recommendations

See references/subagent-templates.md for templates.

Codebase Signal Recommended Subagent

Large codebase (>500 files) code-reviewer - Parallel code review

Auth/payments code security-reviewer - Security audits

API project api-documenter - OpenAPI generation

Performance critical performance-analyzer - Bottleneck detection

Frontend heavy ui-reviewer - Accessibility review

Needs more tests test-writer - Test generation

E. Plugin Recommendations

See references/plugins-reference.md for available plugins.

Codebase Signal Recommended Plugin

General productivity anthropic-agent-skills - Core skills bundle

Document workflows Install docx, xlsx, pdf skills

Frontend development frontend-design plugin

Building AI tools mcp-builder for MCP development

Phase 3: Output Recommendations Report

Format recommendations clearly. Only include 1-2 recommendations per category - the most valuable ones for this specific codebase. Skip categories that aren't relevant.

Claude Code Automation Recommendations

I've analyzed your codebase and identified the top automations for each category. Here are my top 1-2 recommendations per type:

Codebase Profile

• Type: [detected language/runtime]
• Framework: [detected framework]
• Key Libraries: [relevant libraries detected]

🔌 MCP Servers

context7

Why: [specific reason based on detected libraries] Install: claude mcp add context7

🎯 Skills

[skill name]

Why: [specific reason] Create: .claude/skills/[name]/SKILL.md Invocation: User-only / Both / Claude-only Also available in: [plugin-name] plugin (if applicable)

---
name: [skill-name]
description: [what it does]
disable-model-invocation: true  # for user-only
---

⚡ Hooks

[hook name]

Why: [specific reason based on detected config]
Where: .claude/settings.json

🤖 Subagents

[agent name]

Why: [specific reason based on codebase patterns]
Where: .claude/agents/[name].md

Want more? Ask for additional recommendations for any specific category (e.g., "show me more MCP server options" or "what other hooks would help?").

Want help implementing any of these? Just ask and I can help you set up any of the recommendations above.

## Decision Framework

### When to Recommend MCP Servers
- External service integration needed (databases, APIs)
- Documentation lookup for libraries/SDKs
- Browser automation or testing
- Team tool integration (GitHub, Linear, Slack)
- Cloud infrastructure management

### When to Recommend Skills

- Document generation (docx, xlsx, pptx, pdf — also in plugins)
- Frequently repeated prompts or workflows
- Project-specific tasks with arguments
- Applying templates or scripts to tasks (skills can bundle supporting files)
- Quick actions invoked with `/skill-name`
- Workflows that should run in isolation (`context: fork`)

**Invocation control:**
- `disable-model-invocation: true` — User-only (for side effects: deploy, commit, send)
- `user-invocable: false` — Claude-only (for background knowledge)
- Default (omit both) — Both can invoke

### When to Recommend Hooks
- Repetitive post-edit actions (formatting, linting)
- Protection rules (block sensitive file edits)
- Validation checks (tests, type checks)

### When to Recommend Subagents
- Specialized expertise needed (security, performance)
- Parallel review workflows
- Background quality checks

### When to Recommend Plugins
- Need multiple related skills
- Want pre-packaged automation bundles
- Team-wide standardization

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## Configuration Tips

### MCP Server Setup

**Team sharing**: Check `.mcp.json` into repo so entire team gets same MCP servers

**Debugging**: Use `--mcp-debug` flag to identify configuration issues

**Prerequisites to recommend:**
- GitHub CLI (`gh`) - enables native GitHub operations
- Puppeteer/Playwright CLI - for browser MCP servers

### Headless Mode (for CI/Automation)

Recommend headless Claude for automated pipelines:

```bash
# Pre-commit hook example
claude -p "fix lint errors in src/" --allowedTools Edit,Write

# CI pipeline with structured output
claude -p "<prompt>" --output-format stream-json | your_command

Permissions for Hooks

Configure allowed tools in .claude/settings.json
:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": ["Edit", "Write", "Bash(npm test:*)", "Bash(git commit:*)"]
  }
}