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Skill Creator: Turn Your Workflows Into Reusable Skills
5-15 minutes to create a skill · beginner
Official Anthropic skill on GitHubSkill Creator
Summary
You have a workflow you repeat every week. Reports, code reviews, data cleanup. You want Claude to do it your way, every time. But creating a skill sounds technical.
Instead, answer a few questions. Claude walks you through what your skill should do, then generates a working SKILL.md file you can use immediately.
Stop explaining the same process to Claude over and over. Start teaching it once and reusing that knowledge forever.
Answer questions, get a skill
Claude asks what you're trying to accomplish. You describe your workflow in plain English. It generates the SKILL.md file with proper formatting.
Capture your exact process
The Q&A covers triggers, steps, outputs, and edge cases. Your skill reflects how you actually work, not some generic template.
Share with your team
Export your skill and hand it to colleagues. Everyone gets the same quality output because they're using your exact process.
Pros
- Turn any repeatable workflow into a reusable skill
- No coding or YAML knowledge required
- Guided Q&A captures your exact process and preferences
- Share skills with teammates for consistent quality
- Modify and iterate on skills as your workflow evolves
- Official Anthropic skill with best practices built in
Cons
- Skills work best for structured, repeatable workflows with clear inputs and outputs
- Complex multi-tool integrations may need manual SKILL.md editing
- Generated skills reflect what you describe—unclear requirements produce unclear skills
How to use
How to Use Skill Creator Skill
Install the Skill
Download the skill file directly, or install via the plugin marketplace. Skills auto-activate when relevant—no manual invocation needed.
curl -o .claude/skills/skill-creator.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skillsStart the Creator
Ask Claude to help you create a new skill. It will walk you through everything step by step.
Help me create a new skill for my weekly status report workflow.Describe What You Want
Answer Claude's questions about your workflow. What triggers it? What steps are involved? What does good output look like? Be specific about your preferences.
I want a skill that reviews pull requests. It should check for security issues, missing tests, and code style. Output should be a markdown checklist with pass/fail for each item.Review the Generated Skill
Claude shows you the complete SKILL.md file. Check that the instructions match your mental model. Ask for adjustments if something's off.
Can you add a section about checking for hardcoded secrets? That's important for our security review.Save and Use Your Skill
Export the skill to your .claude/skills folder. Now you can invoke it anytime with a slash command.
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Example Prompts
Real-world scenarios showing how to use Skill Creator effectively
Automate your weekly report
Your prompt
/skill-creator I write a weekly status report every Friday. I need to summarize completed tasks from our project board, highlight blockers, and list next week's priorities. Output should be formatted for Slack.
Expected outcome
Claude asks clarifying questions about your report format, then generates a skill that pulls the right info and formats it for Slack. Run it every Friday in 30 seconds.
Standardize code reviews
Your prompt
/skill-creator Our team reviews PRs inconsistently. I want a skill that checks for: test coverage, error handling, security issues, and documentation. It should output a checklist we can paste into GitHub.
Expected outcome
Claude builds a PR review skill with your exact criteria. Every team member gets the same thorough review process.
Create a data cleaning workflow
Your prompt
/skill-creator I clean customer data exports every month. Remove duplicates, standardize phone numbers, validate emails, flag incomplete records. Output a cleaned CSV plus a summary of issues found.
Expected outcome
Claude generates a data cleaning skill tailored to your specific rules. What used to take an hour now takes a minute.
Build a meeting prep assistant
Your prompt
/skill-creator Before client calls, I need to review their recent support tickets, check their usage metrics, and list any outstanding issues. Output should be bullet points I can scan in 2 minutes.
Expected outcome
Claude creates a meeting prep skill that gathers exactly the context you need. Walk into every call prepared.
Document your onboarding process
Your prompt
/skill-creator New engineers ask the same questions. I want a skill that explains our repo structure, coding standards, PR process, and deployment workflow. Make it conversational so they can ask follow-ups.
Expected outcome
Claude builds an onboarding skill that captures your institutional knowledge. New hires get consistent, thorough answers.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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