Best skills for Validate (2026)
grill-me is the best skill for the Validate phase — 121k GitHub stars, 278k installs. Strong alternatives: grill-with-docs and brainstorming.
657 curated skills for builders in the Validate phase, ranked by real adoption (installs, then GitHub stars). Every pick links to install commands and trust signals.
Curated by Skillselion · ranked by adoption from the skills.sh registry & GitHub.
The top 10 skills for validate
| # | Skill | For | Stars | Installs | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grill-me Stress-test a plan or design with a one-question-at-a-time interview before you commit to building or shipping. | Claude Code | 121k | 278k | 0 |
| 2 | grill-with-docs Stress-test an implementation plan against your repo’s CONTEXT.md, ADRs, and domain language before you commit the agent to coding. | Claude Code | 121k | 218k | 0 |
| 3 | brainstorming Run structured design dialogue and get explicit approval before your agent writes code or scaffolds anything. | Claude Code | 221k | 209k | 0 |
| 4 | to-prd Convert existing chat and repo understanding into a structured PRD and publish it to the project issue tracker with ready-for-agent labeling. | Claude Code | 121k | 196k | 0 |
| 5 | sleek-design-mobile-apps Design mobile app screens and manage Sleek projects via REST API using natural-language prompts and screenshots. | Claude Code | 422 | 182k | 0 |
| 6 | simple Run a lightweight brainstorm before features, components, or behavior changes until the user approves a direction. | Claude Code | 13 | 175k | 0 |
| 7 | prototype Build a small terminal prototype to manually drive state transitions and verify business logic and edge cases before implementing production code. | Claude Code | 121k | 140k | 0 |
| 8 | paper-context-resolver Resolve narrow paper-backed gaps (splits, preprocessing, eval protocol, checkpoints, runtime) when README and repo files are insufficient for faithful ML paper reproduction. | Claude Code | 412 | 140k | 0 |
| 9 | repo-intake-and-plan Scan an ML research repository, extract README commands, and recommend the smallest trustworthy inference or evaluation reproduction target. | Claude Code | 412 | 140k | 0 |
| 10 | brandkit Generate presentation-ready brand-guideline boards, logo systems, and identity decks as single premium composite images. | Claude Code | 37.9k | 66k | 0 |
Common questions
What is the best skill for the Validate phase?
grill-me is the top-ranked skill for Validate, with 278k installs and 121k GitHub stars — Stress-test a plan or design with a one-question-at-a-time interview before you commit to building or shipping..
What are the best alternatives to grill-me for validate?
Strong alternatives ranked just behind grill-me are grill-with-docs and brainstorming. All 657 options are compared in the table above, ranked by real adoption.
How do I install grill-me?
Run: npx skills add https://github.com/mattpocock/skills --skill grill-me
How are these skills ranked?
By real adoption — installs first, then GitHub stars — across the 657 curated skills tagged to the Validate phase. Data from the skills.sh registry and GitHub.
More for the Validate phase
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