Original Reddit post

I’ve started adding more skills / agents / plugins / hooks / MCPs into my Claude Code setup, but I’m not sure how to rigorously tell which ones are actually improving my workflow versus adding noise. How do you assess the effectiveness of new skills or tools? Do you track things like fewer edits, faster completion, fewer bugs, or some other metric? Do you run A/B tests (with vs without a given skill), or just rely on gut feel over a few days? Any concrete examples of a skill you kept vs removed after testing would be super helpful. I’m especially interested in practical, “here’s my process” answers from people who use Claude Code daily. submitted by /u/SZQGG

Originally posted by u/SZQGG on r/ClaudeCode