skills-scaffoldinglisted

# Skills Scaffold Skill This skill provides guidance for creating effective Claude Code skills. ## About Skills Skills are modular, self-contained packages that extend Claude's capabilities by providing specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools. Think of them as "onboarding guides" for specific domains or tasks—they transform Claude from a general-purpose agent into a specialized agent equipped with procedural knowledge that no model can fully possess. ### What Skills Provide 1. Specialized workflows - Multi-step procedures for specific domains 2. Tool integrations - Instructions for working with specific file formats or APIs 3. Domain expertise - Company-specific knowledge, schemas, business logic 4. Bundled resources - Scripts, references, and assets for complex and repetitive tasks ## When to Use This Skill This skill should be used when: - Creating a new Claude Code skill from scratch - Updating an existing skill to improve effectiveness - Structuring skill directories and files - Writing YAML frontmatter for skills - Organizing bundled resources (scripts, references, assets) - Understanding progressive disclosure patterns - Determining if a skill is the right solution vs a slash command ## Skills vs Commands ### Skills - **Purpose:** Provide just-in-time expert guidance for specialized, repeatable tasks - **Activation:** Automatically loaded when Claude detects relevant context - **Token Efficiency:** Uses progressive disclosure - only metadata loaded initiall