ljg-skills: Master Claude Code with 12+ Custom Superpowers

Claude Code users, meet your new best friend: ljg-skills – a meticulously crafted collection of custom skills that turn complex intellectual work into elegant one-liners. With 2.6k GitHub stars and 251 forks, this repo by lijigang is battle-tested by serious AI power users.

The Skill Arsenal: 12+ Specialized Tools

Core Learning & Analysis Skills

• ljg-learn: Dissects concepts from 8 angles (history, dialectics, language, aesthetics, meta-reflection) → outputs org-mode epiphany
• ljg-paper: Democratizes academic papers for non-experts – extracts core ideas, skips jargon
• ljg-paper-river (NEW): Traces paper evolution backward 5 layers + forward to latest developments
• ljg-word: Deep dives into English word etymology and 'aha' moments
• ljg-rank: Distills any field to its irreducible forces (reverse-engineerable)

Creative & Output Skills

• ljg-card: Content-to-PNG wizard – auto-generates infographics, posters, visual cards
• ljg-plain: Rewrites anything to 'smart 12-year-old' level
• ljg-writes: Starts with a thesis, emerges with fully-explored essay

Specialized Research Tools

• ljg-travel: City deep dive → org-mode research doc + portable PNG cards
• ljg-relationship: 5-layer relationship diagnostics via Socratic questioning
• ljg-roundtable: Historical figures debate in structured ASCII frameworks

Workflow Magic

Chain skills for automation: - ljg-paper-flow: Read paper → Generate card - ljg-word-flow: Word analysis → Infographic - ljg-travel: Full city research pipeline

Zero-Friction Install

git clone https://github.com/lijigang/ljg-skills.git ~/.claude/plugins/ljg-skills
# Restart Claude Code
cd ~/.claude/plugins/ljg-skills && bash scripts/install.sh  # For ljg-card

Why This Repo Dominates

✅ Proven: 2.6k stars, active updates (latest: Apr 2026) ✅ Comprehensive: Covers learning, writing, research, visualization ✅ Visual: PNG cards for every analysis ✅ Portable: org-mode + images = perfect knowledge system ✅ Scalable: ljg-skill-map visualizes your entire skill ecosystem

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