Payload Skills

A collection of skills for AI coding agents. Skills are packaged instructions and scripts that extend agent capabilities.

Available Skills

payload

Comprehensive development guidelines for Payload projects. Covers collections, fields, hooks, access control, queries, and plugin development with TypeScript-first patterns.

When to use: Working with Payload projects (payload.config.ts, collections, fields, hooks, access control). Debugging validation errors, security issues, relationship queries, transactions, or hook behavior.

Includes:

• Quick reference table for common tasks
• Essential patterns (collections, fields, hooks, queries)
• Security pitfalls and best practices
• 10+ reference documents covering all Payload APIs

Installation

npx add-skill payloadcms/skills

Or manually copy the skill directory to ~/.claude/skills/.

Structure

Each skill follows this structure:

skills/{skill-name}/
├── SKILL.md          # Agent instructions (required)
├── reference/        # Supporting documentation (optional)
│   └── *.md
└── scripts/          # Helper automation (optional)
    └── *.sh

License

MIT