Skills and snippets
Beyond MCP servers, Ironspire offers two more ways to extend your agents: skills (Claude plugins) and snippets (behavior presets injected into an agent's instructions).
Skills
Skills are Claude plugins from the official marketplace. They add capabilities to your agents without running a separate server.
Browsing skills
In the plugin browser, click the Skills tab. You can browse by:
- Featured: top-rated and official plugins
- All: full searchable list
- Installed: currently active skills
Installing a skill
- Find a skill in the browser
- Click Install
The skill is installed via the Claude plugin system and becomes available to all your agents immediately.
Enabling and disabling
Installed skills can be toggled on or off per agent without uninstalling them. This lets you keep a library of skills and activate only what each agent needs.
Uninstalling
Go to the Installed tab, click the skill, and select Uninstall.
Snippets
Snippets are curated text blocks that get appended to an agent's CLAUDE.md file. They inject specific behaviors, conventions, and guidelines into an agent's working style.
How snippets work
When you apply a snippet to an agent, its content is added to that agent's instruction file. The agent follows these instructions alongside its system prompt. This is a lightweight way to enforce coding standards, communication styles, or workflow patterns.
Built-in snippets
Ironspire ships with 15 curated snippets organised by category:
| Category | Snippets |
|---|---|
| Development | Git Commit Conventions, Test-Driven Development, Code Review Checklist, TypeScript Strict Mode |
| Workflow | Verify Before Claiming Done, Root Cause Before Fix, Atomic Task Execution |
| Communication | Concise Status Reporting, Ask When Ambiguous, Escalation Protocol |
| Code Quality | Security Best Practices, Error Handling Standards, Match Existing Patterns |
| Agent Behavior | Persist Discoveries, Scope Discipline |
Applying a snippet
- Click the Snippets tab in the plugin browser
- Browse by category or search
- Click Apply on a snippet
- Select the agent(s) to apply it to
The snippet content is appended to the agent's CLAUDE.md file immediately.
Removing a snippet
Go to the snippet card and click Remove. The snippet content is removed from the agent's instruction file.
Snippets are ideal for enforcing team conventions. Apply "Git Commit Conventions" and "Match Existing Patterns" to all your Developer agents to keep code consistent across the team.
Snippets modify the agent's CLAUDE.md file, which persists across sessions. You can also edit this file manually if you want finer control over agent instructions.