creating-skill
Creating Skills
Create portable, reusable expertise that extends Claude's capabilities across contexts.
When to Create Skills
Skills are appropriate when:
- Capability needed across multiple projects/conversations
- Procedural knowledge that applies broadly (not project-specific)
- Instructions should activate automatically on trigger patterns
- Want portable expertise that loads progressively on-demand
Not appropriate when:
- Context is project-specific (use Project instructions instead)
- One-off task (use standalone prompt instead)
- See crafting-instructions skill for detailed decision framework
Skill Structure
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Specialized Preact development skill for standards-based web applications with native-first architecture and minimal dependency footprint. Use when building Preact projects, particularly those involving data visualization, interactive applications, single-page apps with HTM syntax, Web Components integration, CSV/JSON data parsing, WebGL shader visualizations, or zero-build solutions with vendored ESM imports.
111reviewing-ai-papers
Analyze AI/ML technical content (papers, articles, blog posts) and extract actionable insights filtered through enterprise AI engineering lens. Use when user provides URL/document for AI/ML content analysis, asks to "review this paper", or mentions technical content in domains like RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, LLM deployment.
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68mapping-codebases
Generate navigable code maps for unfamiliar codebases. Extracts exports/imports via AST (tree-sitter) to create _MAP.md files per directory showing classes, functions, methods with signatures and line numbers. Use when exploring repositories, understanding project structure, analyzing unfamiliar code, or before modifications. Triggers on "map this codebase", "explore repo", "understand structure", "what does this project contain", or when starting work on an unfamiliar repository.
54accessing-github-repos
GitHub repository access in containerized environments using REST API and credential detection. Use when git clone fails, or when accessing private repos/writing files via API.
48asking-questions
Guidance for asking clarifying questions when user requests are ambiguous, have multiple valid approaches, or require critical decisions. Use when implementation choices exist that could significantly affect outcomes.
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