dev-tools

name	dev-tools
description	This skill should be used when the user asks 'what development tools are available', 'list dev plugins', 'what MCP servers can I use', 'enable code intelligence', 'what testing tools exist', or needs to discover development plugins like serena, playwright, or context7. Use this for general development tool discovery; use ds-tools for data science-specific tools.
user-invocable	false

Available Development Tools

Plugins and skills for development workflows. For data science tools (WRDS, LSEG, notebooks), see /ds-tools.

Code Intelligence Plugins

Plugin	Description	Enable Command
serena	Semantic code analysis, refactoring, symbol navigation	claude --enable-plugin serena@claude-plugins-official
pyright-lsp	Python type checking and diagnostics	claude --enable-plugin pyright-lsp@claude-plugins-official
context7	Up-to-date library/framework docs lookup	claude --enable-plugin context7@claude-plugins-official

Testing & Automation Plugins

Plugin	Description	Enable Command
playwright	Browser automation, E2E testing, screenshots	claude --enable-plugin playwright@claude-plugins-official

Built-in Iteration Primitives

Command	Description
/goal	Native cross-turn iteration with a separate small-fast-model evaluator. See https://code.claude.com/docs/en/goal.
/loop	Re-fire a prompt on a time interval (use for polling, not for goal-driven iteration).

When to Enable

• serena: Complex refactoring, finding symbol references, understanding large codebases
• context7: Need current docs for React, FastAPI, Next.js, etc.
• playwright: Testing web UIs, scraping, taking screenshots
• pyright-lsp: Python projects needing strict type checking

Usage

claude --enable-plugin <plugin-name>  # Enable for current session