Where are personal Claude skills stored?

Personal skills are stored in the user's home directory at ~/.claude/skills/ and are available across all projects on that machine.

What are the required fields for a new skill?

Every SKILL.md must start with YAML frontmatter containing a 'name' (maximum 64 characters) and a 'description' (maximum 1024 characters) that explains both what the skill does and when to use it.

Can I share Claude Skills with my team?

Yes, by placing skills in the .claude/skills/ folder within a project root, they become project-specific and can be committed to version control for team-wide use.

What is a Claude Code Skill?

A Claude Code Skill is a specialized capability that provides domain-specific guidance, best practices, and implementation patterns to enhance Claude's autonomous behavior during specific tasks.

How does progressive disclosure work in Claude Skills?

It uses a tiered structure (Metadata, SKILL.md body, and referenced files) to ensure Claude only loads the specific information it needs for the current task, allowing for hundreds of skills without context penalties.

Claude Skill Builder

Name: Claude Skill Builder
Author: Cursedpotential

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生产力与工作流

Generates production-ready Claude Code Skills featuring optimized YAML frontmatter and progressive disclosure architecture.

Skill Builder is a specialized utility designed to streamline the creation and management of custom Claude Code Skills. It ensures all generated skills adhere to the Claude Skills specification, including mandatory YAML metadata and the highly efficient three-level progressive disclosure system. By automating complex boilerplate—such as directory organization, file structures, and best-practice documentation—it allows developers to scale their Claude environment to hundreds of specialized skills without incurring context window penalties. This tool is essential for teams and individual developers looking to build domain-specific AI workflows that Claude can autonomously discover and use.

主要功能

01Standardized directory structure support for both personal and project-based skills

02Three-level progressive disclosure architecture to minimize context window usage

03Built-in templates for scripts, resources, and multi-level documentation

04Automated YAML frontmatter generation for autonomous skill matching

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06Validation for skill naming conventions and character limit compliance

使用场景

01Converting existing technical documentation into discoverable Claude Skills

02Scaffolding custom developer workflows and internal team automation tools

03Scaling AI capabilities within large projects while maintaining low context overhead

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add cursedpotential/thebigone skill-builder

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Download Skill