creating-skills
Creating Skills
Overview
Skills are reference guides for proven techniques, patterns, or tools. Write them to help future Claude instances quickly find and apply effective approaches.
Skills must be discoverable (Claude can find them), scannable (quick to evaluate), and actionable (clear examples).
Core principle: Default assumption is Claude is already very smart. Only add context Claude doesn't already have.
When to Use
Create a skill when:
- Technique wasn't intuitively obvious
- Pattern applies broadly across projects
- You'd reference this again
- Others would benefit
Don't create for:
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