Designing Claude Skills

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Master the art of extending Claude's capabilities by building modular, domain-specific skills that provide specialized knowledge and workflows. This guide provides a comprehensive framework for designing skill architecture, from writing efficient SKILL.md instructions to managing bundled resources like executable scripts, reference documentation, and assets. By focusing on principles like progressive disclosure and context window optimization, users can transform Claude from a general-purpose agent into a precision tool equipped with procedural knowledge and deterministic reliability for complex tasks.

Key Features

• Comprehensive guidance on skill anatomy and directory structure
• Strategies for integrating executable scripts and domain-specific references
• 2 GitHub stars
• Standardized workflows for skill initialization, packaging, and iteration
• Quality audit checklists for reviewing and refactoring existing skills
• Proven design patterns for progressive disclosure and context management

Use Cases

• Auditing and refactoring existing skills to improve performance and reduce context bloat
• Learning how to bundle scripts and assets to ensure deterministic reliability in agent outputs
• Architecting a new Claude Code skill from scratch to automate specific domain workflows