Bad Example Skill

This is literally an anti-pattern example showing what not to do when building Claude skills. It intentionally violates best practices by using relative path dependencies that link to other skills and documentation outside its own scope. The author created it as a teaching tool alongside a "good-self-contained-skill" example to demonstrate why skills should be self-contained units. If you're learning the Claude skills system, this is worth looking at once to understand common mistakes, but definitely don't use it as a template. The fact that it has 144 installs is mildly concerning, though hopefully those are just curious developers checking out the example rather than people actually deploying it.

skills.sh installs: 329
GitHub stars: 79
last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill bad-example-skill --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

⚠️ BAD EXAMPLE - Interdependent Skill (Anti-Pattern)

WARNING: This is an ANTI-PATTERN example showing what NOT to do.

DO NOT COPY THIS STRUCTURE. See good-self-contained-skill for correct approach.

❌ VIOLATION #1: Relative Path Dependencies

## Related Documentation

For setup instructions, see [../setup-skill/SKILL.md](../setup-skill/SKILL.md)

For testing patterns, see:
- [../../testing/pytest-patterns/](../../testing/pytest-patterns/)
- [../../testing/test-utils/](../../testing/test-utils/)

Database integration: [../../data/database-skill/](../../data/database-skill/)

Why This is Wrong:

❌ Uses relative paths (../, ../../)
❌ Assumes hierarchical directory structure
❌ Breaks in flat deployment (~/.claude/skills/)
❌ Links break when skill deployed standalone

Correct Approach:

## Complementary Skills

Consider these related skills (if deployed):

- **setup-skill**: Installation and configuration patterns
- **pytest-patterns**: Testing framework and fixtures
- **database-skill**: Database integration patterns

*Note: All skills are independently deployable.*

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills
Category: Code Review & Quality
First seen: Jun 3, 2026