Skill Architecture

Comprehensive guide for creating effective Claude Code skills following Anthropic's official standards with emphasis on security and progressive disclosure architecture.

Self-Evolving Skill: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues.

Scope: Claude Code Agent Skills (~/.claude/skills/), not Claude.ai API skills

Self-Evolution Protocol

This skill — and every skill it creates — must actively evolve through use. This section is placed first because it governs all other sections.

During execution, watch for these signals: friction in instructions, missing edge cases, better patterns discovered, repeated manual steps, drift between documentation and reality.

Before writing any change, pass all three admission gates: