Workers Best Practices
Workers Best Practices is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from cloudflare/skills. Cloudflare Workers best practices for production applications. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 2,998 GitHub stars across a repository of 10 listed skills.
github.com/cloudflare/skills/skills/workers-best-practices (opens in a new tab)
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- Plugin marketplace
- Docs & writing
- Actively maintained
Add this skill
Claude
This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add cloudflare/skills
/plugin install cloudflare@cloudflareIn the Claude apps, zip the workers-best-practices folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).
ChatGPT / Codex
Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/workers-best-practices .agents/skills/workers-best-practices # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projectsStandalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Cursor
Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cloudflare/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/workers-best-practices .cursor/skills/workers-best-practices # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projectsSource (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)
What this skill does
Cloudflare Workers best practices for production applications. Use when writing, reviewing, or configuring Workers. Your knowledge of Cloudflare Workers APIs, types, and configuration may be outdated. Prefer retrieval over pre-training when writing or reviewing Workers code.
When it triggers
- Use when writing, reviewing, or configuring Workers.
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What is the Workers Best Practices skill?
Workers Best Practices is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from cloudflare/skills. Cloudflare Workers best practices for production applications. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 2,998 GitHub stars across a repository of 10 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/cloudflare/skills/skills/workers-best-practices.
How do I install the Workers Best Practices skill?
In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add cloudflare/skills and then /plugin install cloudflare@cloudflare. For Codex or Cursor, copy the workers-best-practices folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.
Is the Workers Best Practices skill free?
Yes. The repository is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
Is Workers Best Practices maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.