create-skill

Create Skill Skill

Overview

Comprehensive guide and templates for creating new Claude Code skills. This skill provides step-by-step instructions, structure patterns, and examples for skill development.

Capabilities

• Skill structure definition
• Pattern documentation
• Example creation
• Integration with agents
• Best practices documentation

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Skill Creation Process

Step 1: Define Skill Purpose

Before creating a skill, clearly define:

1. What: What capability does this skill provide?
2. Why: Why is this skill needed?
3. Who: Which agents will use this skill?
4. When: In what scenarios is this skill used?
5. How: What patterns/examples will it provide?

Step 2: Skill Directory Structure

Create a skill with this standard structure:

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md           # Main skill definition
├── README.md          # Overview and quick start
├── patterns/          # Reusable patterns (optional)
│   ├── pattern1.md
│   ├── pattern2.md
│   └── pattern3.md
└── examples/          # Example usage (optional)
    ├── example1.md
    └── example2.md

Step 3: SKILL.md Template

# [Skill Name] Skill

## Overview
[Clear description of what this skill provides - 2-3 sentences]

## Capabilities
- [Capability 1]
- [Capability 2]
- [Capability 3]

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## [Section 1: Core Concept/Framework]

### [Subsection 1.1]
[Explanation of key concept or pattern]

**Example**:
```language
# Code example demonstrating the concept

[Explanation of the example]

[Subsection 1.2]

[Another important concept]

Pattern:

# Template or pattern for common usage

[Section 2: Practical Patterns]

Pattern 1: [Pattern Name]

When to Use: [Scenario description]

Implementation:

# Complete, runnable code example

Explanation: [Detailed explanation of how this works]

Best Practices:

• [Practice 1]
• [Practice 2]

Pattern 2: [Pattern Name]

[Same structure as Pattern 1]

[Section 3: Advanced Topics]

[Advanced Topic 1]

[Detailed explanation with examples]

[Advanced Topic 2]

[Detailed explanation with examples]

Common Use Cases

Use Case 1: [Scenario]

Problem: [Description of problem]

Solution: