Skill Creator

This skill provides guidance for creating effective skills.

About Skills

Skills are modular, self-contained packages that extend Claude's capabilities by providing specialised knowledge, workflows, and tools. Think of them as "onboarding guides" for specific domains or tasks - they transform Claude from a general-purpose agent into a specialised agent equipped with procedural knowledge that no model can fully possess.

How Skills Actually Work

Understanding how skills work helps you design more effective ones:

Skills are prompt-based context modifiers, not executable code. When a skill is invoked, it doesn't execute actions directly. Instead, it: