Creating Agent Skills

Agent Skills extend Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge and workflows. This skill helps you create effective skills that follow best practices.

Use this skill when creating new skills, improving existing ones, or designing skill architecture for projects.

Supporting files: SPECIFICATION.md for format details, BEST-PRACTICES.md for authoring guidelines, TEMPLATES.md for starter templates.

Quick Start

Create a skill directory with SKILL.md:

my-skill/
├── SKILL.md          # Required: metadata + instructions
├── scripts/          # Optional: executable code
├── references/       # Optional: detailed docs
└── assets/           # Optional: templates, resources