Layered Rails Skills plugin for Grok Build

Name: Layered Rails Skills
Author: palkan

Community Claude Code plugin, installs in GrokPluginDevelopment

Skills based on the Layered Rails book and beyond

How to install Layered Rails Skills in Grok Build

1. Add this repo as a plugin marketplace in Grok Build (once per computer):

grok plugin marketplace add palkan/layered-rails-skills

2. Install the plugin:

grok plugin install layered-rails@palkan/layered-rails-skills --trust

✓ Install-checked in Grok Buildchecked Oct 18, 2026

Review before you trust it. --trust lets this plugin's hooks, MCP servers and scripts run code on your computer. It's a community repo that neither xAI nor GrokStacks has reviewed, so read its code first.

Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Inside Grok Build: type /plugins, open the Marketplace tab, press a and add palkan/layered-rails-skills, then select layered-rails and press i.

Command format: Grok Build's plugin guide

What we checked: on Oct 18, 2026 it installed with grok 1.0.62 and Grok found 9 skills, 8 slash commands, 1 subagent. That's an install check only: we haven't run it in a live Grok session.

What it contains

Skills (9)

layered-rails — Write, refactor, and review Rails code using layered architecture principles from "Layered Design for Ruby on Rails Applications". Use when writing or refactoring Rails code — models, controllers, services, jobs, mailers, policies, forms, q
analyze-callbacks — Deep analysis of Active Record callbacks in the codebase.
analyze-gods — Identify and analyze god objects in the codebase using churn × complexity metrics.
analyze-services — Deep audit of the Application layer (app/services/ and service-like classes) — the full version of the Service Layer Brief embedded in /layered-rails:analyze.
analyze — Comprehensive layered architecture analysis of a Rails codebase or specific directory.
archspec — Generate and verify a tailored Archspec.rb that enforces the layered architecture boundaries in CI.
plan — Plan gradual adoption of layered architecture patterns.
review — Standalone code review from a layered architecture perspective.
spec-test — Run the specification test on files to evaluate layer responsibility alignment.

Subagents (2)

layered-rails:layered-rails-planner — Use this agent when planning incremental adoption of layered architecture for Rails codebases. Creates phased roadmaps for introducing patterns like authorization (policies), callback extraction, god
layered-rails:layered-rails-reviewer — Use this agent when reviewing Rails code for layered architecture violations. Checks for: Current.user in models, notifications/mailers in domain layer, request objects in services, business logic in

About this listing

Layered Rails Skills is a community plugin on GitHub by palkan, written as a Claude Code plugin that Grok Build installs. We install-checked it in Grok; we haven't run it in a live session or reviewed its code. When we installed it, Grok found 9 skills, 2 subagents. No license stated in the repo, so check with the author before reusing its code. We checked commit 8fb4b26b674d. It's one of 409 listings in the Development category on GrokStacks.

Layered Rails Skills FAQ

How do I install Layered Rails Skills in Grok Build?

Add the repo as a marketplace with grok plugin marketplace add palkan/layered-rails-skills, then run grok plugin install layered-rails@palkan/layered-rails-skills --trust. Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Is Layered Rails Skills an official Grok Build plugin?

No. Layered Rails Skills is a community plugin on GitHub by palkan, not in xAI's official Grok Build marketplace. We checked that it installs and what Grok loads from it, but haven't run it in a live Grok session or reviewed its code.

What does Layered Rails Skills include?

According to what Grok loaded in our install check, Layered Rails Skills includes 9 skills, 2 subagents: layered-rails, analyze-callbacks, analyze-gods, analyze-services, analyze, archspec….

Details

Type: Plugin
Category: Development
Source: Community Claude Code plugin, installs in Grok
License: No license stated
Author: palkan
Keywords: rails, skills
Source repo: https://github.com/palkan/layered-rails-skills
Checked commit: 8fb4b26b674d
Checked by GrokStacks: Install-checked in Grok Build on Oct 18, 2026; not run in a live session

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