Is the Hinge Profile Optimizer skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from b1rdmania/hinge-profile-optimizer. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Hinge Profile Optimizer SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Hinge Profile Optimizer?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Hinge Profile Optimizer with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Hinge Profile Optimizer

Research-grounded Hinge profile rewrite: audit, discovery interview, market math, photo order, copy.

by b1rdmania · b1rdmania/hinge-profile-optimizer

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 14, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 144b1dd

Fed it a bare-bones profile (tacos/travel/fun prompts, one gym selfie); the skill's own principles correctly refuse to shortcut to 'better' generic prompts without running the discovery interview first, which the ungrounded baseline happily does anyway. Its research-findings.md is unusually honest — it flags which claims are peer-reviewed vs 'conventional wisdom' and explicitly debunks fake stats like '178% more matches' that dating blogs invent.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Hinge Profile Optimizer does

Runs a structured, ~45-minute Hinge profile overhaul — audits the current profile, interviews for unique/costly signals, sets realistic market expectations, orders photos, and rewrites prompts using specificity and signaling-theory principles. Triggers on requests to improve, audit, or rewrite a Hinge profile, pick photos, or diagnose poor match quality.

How to install Hinge Profile Optimizer

git clone https://github.com/b1rdmania/hinge-profile-optimizer
cd hinge-profile-optimizer
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r . ~/.claude/skills/hinge-profile-optimizer

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Hinge Profile Optimizer

/hinge-profile-optimizer Research-grounded Hinge profile rewrite: audit, discovery interview, market math, photo order, copy.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Can you help me improve my Hinge profile, my matches are terrible?
Review my Hinge prompts and suggest ones that actually stand out.
Help me pick and order photos for my Hinge profile the right way.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Hinge Profile Optimizer skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from b1rdmania/hinge-profile-optimizer. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Hinge Profile Optimizer work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fed it a bare-bones profile (tacos/travel/fun prompts, one gym selfie); the skill's own principles correctly refuse to shortcut to 'better' generic prompts without running the discovery interview first, which the ungrounded baseline happily does anyway. Its research-findings.md is unusually honest — it flags which claims are peer-reviewed vs 'conventional wisdom' and explicitly debunks fake stats like '178% more matches' that dating blogs invent.
What is the Hinge Profile Optimizer SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Hinge Profile Optimizer?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Hinge Profile Optimizer with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.