Skills Catalog

DZ Harness Hub groups reusable skills into themed packs. Run dz stats for the inventory in your installed version, or consult the public package catalog for published packages and versions.

What is a Skill?

A skill is a self-contained capability — a slash-command with instructions, context, and optional tooling — that an AI coding agent can execute. Skills are grouped into themed packs and can be installed individually or as part of a preset.

Skill Packs

Pack	What it covers	Guide
DevOps	Infrastructure, CI/CD, testing, security and operations	DevOps
MCP	Connections to external tools and services	MCP
Web3	Blockchain and decentralized application workflows	Web3
QE	Test design, execution and quality review	QE
Meta	Research, orchestration and development workflows	Meta
Academic	Thesis defense preparation and evaluation	Academic
ECC	Imported community engineering and agent patterns	ECC
News	Source-cited digests and change monitoring	News
Book digitizer	Turn a book into a skill pack with provenance checks	Public package source

Guides explain how the packs are used. For the exact skills in a released pack, inspect its files in the public package catalog or run dz stats against your installed version.

Finding Skills

# Search the registry by keyword
dz registry search kubernetes

# Get recommendations for a task
dz recommend "set up kubernetes deployments"

# Scout for new community skills
dz scout

Benchmarking Skills

# Benchmark a specific skill directory
dz benchmark .claude/skills/pr-review

# A/B compare two skill versions
dz benchmark .claude/skills/pr-review --compare ./pr-review-v2

Creating Skills

# Scaffold a new skill
dz create-skill --name my-custom-skill

# Teach the harness a pattern
dz teach "always validate inputs before processing"

See the CLI reference for full command documentation.