What are the required components of a new skill?

Every skill requires a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter (name and description) and Markdown instructions. Optional components include scripts, references, and assets.

What exactly is a Claude Code Skill?

A skill is a modular, self-contained package that provides Claude with specialized knowledge, tools, and workflows, transforming it into a specialized agent for specific domains.

Can I update existing skills with this tool?

Yes, the Skill Creator provides patterns for refactoring and updating existing skills to improve their structure, reduce context bloat, and add new capabilities.

How does this skill help with token efficiency?

It implements the 'Progressive Disclosure' principle, ensuring that large documentation or scripts are only loaded into Claude's context window when specifically needed for the task at hand.

When should I use a script instead of text instructions?

Use scripts for tasks requiring deterministic reliability, complex math, or operations that are fragile and error-prone when performed by an LLM alone.

Claude Skill Creator

Name: Claude Skill Creator
Author: mandpd

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개발자 도구

Architects and optimizes specialized modular capabilities to extend Claude's core functionality with domain-specific knowledge.

The Claude Skill Creator is a meta-utility designed to guide developers through the end-to-end process of building, structuring, and packaging custom skills for Claude. It provides a rigorous framework for creating modular 'onboarding guides' that transform Claude from a general-purpose assistant into a specialized domain expert. By emphasizing principles like progressive disclosure and context window efficiency, this skill ensures that custom integrations—ranging from API wrappers to complex business logic—are performant, deterministic, and easy to maintain.

주요 기능

01Best practices for organizing scripts, references, and static assets

02Standardized SKILL.md template generation and metadata validation

03Progressive disclosure architecture to optimize context window usage

04Step-by-step lifecycle management from initial planning to final packaging

05Guidance on balancing agent freedom with procedural guardrails

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사용 사례

01Developing custom internal tools for company-specific workflows and APIs

02Standardizing documentation and development patterns across a team of AI contributors

03Optimizing existing AI agent behaviors to reduce token costs and improve accuracy

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add mandpd/screen-steps skill-creator

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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