What does the Skill Creation Template do?

This skill provides a standardized template and a set of best practices for developers to create their own custom Claude Code Skills efficiently and reliably.

How does this skill improve my workflow?

It streamlines the skill creation process by providing a ready-made structure, incorporating proven patterns like MCP for efficiency, and offering templates for common workflows, saving you development time.

When should I use this template?

Use this template whenever you want to build a new, custom skill for Claude. It provides the foundational structure for defining metadata, logic, and documentation.

What key features does the template include?

It includes a standard metadata format, templates for Checklist, Conditional, and Plan-Validate-Execute workflows, and structured sections for documenting caching, error handling, and dependencies.

Skill Creation Template

Name: Skill Creation Template
Author: ooloth

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Productividad y Flujo de Trabajo

Provides a standardized template and best practices for creating new Claude Code Skills.

Acts as a blueprint for developers building new capabilities for Claude, establishing a standardized structure for defining a skill's metadata, workflow patterns (Checklist, Conditional, Plan-Validate-Execute), and implementation details. By following this template, developers can create efficient and reliable skills that adhere to best practices like heavy processing in code, caching, and deterministic security, ensuring Claude can understand and invoke them correctly. This template is the essential starting point for extending Claude's functionality with custom tools.

Características Principales

01Includes sections for documenting implementation details like caching, error handling, and dependencies

02Defines a standard structure for skill metadata, including name, description, and allowed tools

03Promotes progressive disclosure to keep skill definitions focused and readable

04Provides templates for different workflow patterns (Checklist, Conditional, Plan-Validate-Execute)

0517 GitHub stars

06Incorporates best practices from the Code Execution with MCP pattern

Casos de Uso

01Creating a new Claude Code Skill from scratch

02Standardizing an existing script into the Claude Skill format

03Establishing a consistent development pattern for a team building multiple skills

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add ooloth/dotfiles @template

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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