What is a Claude Code Skill?

A Claude Code Skill is a modular package that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, and tool integrations for specific domains.

How does the Skill Creator streamline the development process?

It provides a 6-step standardized workflow and automated scripts (init_skill.py and package_skill.py) to handle directory setup and distribution validation.

What is the 'Progressive Disclosure' principle in skill design?

It is a strategy to manage Claude's context window by keeping metadata light and only loading detailed references or executing scripts when the task specifically requires them.

What is the anatomy of a skill created with this tool?

Every skill requires a SKILL.md file with metadata, and can optionally include scripts for logic, references for documentation, and assets for output templates.

How do I share a skill I have created?

Use the provided packaging script to validate your skill's structure; if it passes, the tool generates a zip file ready for distribution.

Skill Creator

Name: Skill Creator
Author: henkisdabro

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Productivity & Workflow

Provides a comprehensive framework and automated tools for building, documenting, and packaging specialized Claude Code skills.

About

This skill acts as an expert architect for the Claude Code ecosystem, guiding developers through the end-to-end process of creating custom skills. It enforces best practices for modular design, specialized workflows, and context management. By leveraging automated initialization and packaging scripts, it helps users transform Claude from a general assistant into a domain-specific expert capable of handling complex, repetitive tasks through bundled scripts, references, and assets.

Key Features

Automated skill directory initialization using provided Python scripts
Best practice guidance for imperative instructional writing and progressive disclosure
Built-in validation and packaging tools for creating distributable ZIP bundles
Standardized SKILL.md template generation with validated YAML metadata
Context-efficient resource management for scripts, references, and assets
8 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Developing a domain-specific skill for proprietary company APIs or internal documentation
Creating reusable workflow scripts to automate repetitive coding tasks like boilerplate generation
Standardizing custom agent behaviors and design patterns across a development team

About

Key Features

Automated skill directory initialization using provided Python scripts
Best practice guidance for imperative instructional writing and progressive disclosure
Built-in validation and packaging tools for creating distributable ZIP bundles
Standardized SKILL.md template generation with validated YAML metadata
Context-efficient resource management for scripts, references, and assets
8 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Developing a domain-specific skill for proprietary company APIs or internal documentation
Creating reusable workflow scripts to automate repetitive coding tasks like boilerplate generation
Standardizing custom agent behaviors and design patterns across a development team