{"title":"Claude Skills","story":[{"type":"markdown","id":"7c54cd9211212452","text":"Claude Code skills are markdown files that teach Claude how to perform specific tasks — reusable, invocable instructions that extend Claude's behaviour without modifying its core settings."},{"type":"markdown","id":"678d1428c430ce32","text":"## What is a Skill?"},{"type":"markdown","id":"33d3345d71e36cf7","text":"A skill is a folder containing a `SKILL.md` file. The frontmatter declares the skill's name and description. The body contains instructions, examples, patterns and checklists that Claude follows when the skill is invoked."},{"type":"markdown","id":"1c533bb79355ce35","text":"# Anthropic Skills Repository\n\nThe Anthropic skills repository contains skills that demonstrate what's possible with Claude's skills system. These skills range from creative applications (art, music, design) to technical tasks (testing web apps, MCP server generation) to enterprise workflows (communications, branding, etc.)."},{"type":"markdown","id":"6e0c38c13959dc60","text":"- Anthropic skills - [https://github.com/anthropics/skills github]"},{"type":"markdown","id":"0ac8c97c25fb8011","text":"## Where Skills are Stored"},{"type":"markdown","id":"9883de9f6278742e","text":"Skills live in `~/.claude/skills/`. Each skill is a named subfolder:"},{"type":"code","id":"560afb3bd0611d30","text":"~/.claude/skills/\n    fedwiki-page/\n        SKILL.md\n    another-skill/\n        SKILL.md\n        references/\n        assets/\n        scripts/"},{"type":"markdown","id":"a93ac1c098d6bd43","text":"## Skill Structure"},{"type":"markdown","id":"350507e609387a39","text":"A minimal `SKILL.md` looks like this:"},{"type":"code","id":"78323dd4c4ab5bde","text":"---\nname: my-skill\ndescription: What this skill does and when to trigger it.\n---\n\n# Instructions\n\nStep by step guidance for Claude..."},{"type":"markdown","id":"cdd9d47a6b385c01","text":"The `description` field is the primary triggering mechanism — Claude reads it to decide whether to use the skill for a given request. A good description is specific about both what the skill does and when it should trigger."},{"type":"markdown","id":"ee930a8cee5c3e3b","text":"## Invoking a Skill"},{"type":"markdown","id":"6355ded24e1cbe58","text":"Skills can be invoked in two ways:\n- **Automatically** — Claude reads the description and decides the skill applies to the current request\n- **Explicitly** — by typing `/skill-name` in the prompt"},{"type":"markdown","id":"b3f12a9d44c78e01","text":"## Creating a Skill"},{"type":"markdown","id":"c9e34f1a55d89f02","text":"Create a new folder under `~/.claude/skills/` and write a `SKILL.md` file inside it. The `/skill-creator` skill can help design, test and optimise new skills iteratively with evals."},{"type":"markdown","id":"d7a45b2c66e90003","text":"The [[fedwiki-page]] skill on this wiki is an example — it captures the patterns for creating fedwiki page JSON files and is stored at `~/.claude/skills/fedwiki-page/SKILL.md`."},{"type":"markdown","id":"e5b56c3d77f01104","text":"# Assets"},{"type":"assets","id":"f3c67d4e88012205","text":"claude-skills"}],"journal":[{"type":"create","item":{"title":"Claude Skills","story":[]},"date":1780784493000},{"type":"fork","site":"localhost","date":1780854455268},{"type":"add","id":"6e0c38c13959dc60","item":{"type":"markdown","id":"6e0c38c13959dc60","text":"- Anthropic skills - [https://github.com/anthropics/skills github]"},"after":"7c54cd9211212452","date":1782073415524},{"type":"add","id":"1c533bb79355ce35","item":{"type":"markdown","id":"1c533bb79355ce35","text":"# Anthropic skills\nThe Anthropic skills repository contains skills that demonstrate what's possible with Claude's skills system. 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