What is a Claude Code Skill?

A Claude Code Skill is a modular, self-contained package that extends Claude's capabilities by providing specialized knowledge, domain expertise, tool integrations, and procedural workflows.

Why should I include scripts in my Claude Skill?

Scripts provide deterministic reliability for repetitive or fragile tasks and are token-efficient because they can be executed without being fully loaded into the model's active context window.

How does the progressive disclosure design principle work?

It manages the context window by only loading information when needed: metadata is always present, the SKILL.md body loads when triggered, and bundled resources load only when specific tasks require them.

What is the difference between References and Assets?

References are documentation or schemas intended for Claude to read and inform its process, while Assets are files (like logos or boilerplate) meant to be used in the final output without being analyzed.

Skill Creator

Name: Skill Creator
Author: dashed

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Developer Tools

Guides the development of high-performance, context-efficient Claude Code skills using standardized design principles and best practices.

Skill Creator is a meta-skill designed to help developers architect and optimize their own specialized capabilities for Claude. It enforces critical best practices like progressive disclosure to preserve the context window, provides structured frameworks for bundling scripts and assets, and offers a step-by-step workflow for transforming domain expertise into modular, reusable AI agents that handle specific tasks with precision.

Key Features

01Standardized SKILL.md structure and YAML metadata optimization

02Progressive disclosure patterns to maximize context window efficiency

03Heuristics for setting task-appropriate degrees of freedom

04Iterative workflow for planning, initializing, and packaging skills

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06Best practices for bundling executable scripts and reference materials

Use Cases

01Designing new domain-specific skills for internal company APIs and schemas

02Refactoring verbose system prompts into modular, context-aware skills

03Creating reusable code generation templates with bundled assets and scripts

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add dashed/claude-marketplace skill-creator

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Download Skill