Where are my created skills stored?

Skills are stored as Markdown files in either ~/.claude/skills/ for global use or .claude/skills/ within your specific project directory.

Can I restrict which tools a custom skill can use?

Yes, the Skill Creator allows you to define allowed-tools in the frontmatter, restricting the skill to specific operations like file edits or shell commands.

How do I start creating a new skill?

You can trigger the process by typing /create-skill or asking Claude to 'save this workflow' after completing a successful task.

Do I need to write YAML manually?

No, the Skill Creator handles the YAML frontmatter generation automatically based on your inputs or the captured workflow patterns.

What is a Claude Code skill?

A specialized capability consisting of instructions and tool configurations that enhance Claude's behavior for specific, repeatable tasks.

Skill Creator

Name: Skill Creator
Author: yanmxa

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Productivity & Workflow

Automates the creation of custom Claude Code skills by capturing successful workflows and generating standardized documentation.

Skill Creator is a meta-utility designed to streamline the expansion of Claude's capabilities by transforming repeatable developer patterns into reusable skills. By analyzing recent conversation history or guiding users through an interactive prompt, it generates the necessary directory structures and SKILL.md files required for custom automation. This allows developers to formalize domain-specific knowledge, tool sequences, and project standards into modular instructions that can be invoked via slash commands or triggered automatically by Claude during relevant tasks.

Key Features

01Built-in validation checklist to ensure skill discoverability and clarity

0211 GitHub stars

03Interactive guided prompts for defining skill purpose and tool access

04Support for both global (personal) and project-specific skill scopes

05Standardized SKILL.md template generation with validated YAML frontmatter

06Automated workflow extraction from recent chat history and command usage

Use Cases

01Formalizing project-specific architecture patterns into a background reference skill

02Capturing a complex multi-step deployment process into a reusable /deploy command

03Packaging domain-specific API knowledge into an interactive, tool-aware capability

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add yanmxa/cc-plugins create-skill

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Download Skill