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Guide for creating and reviewing skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill, review an existing skill for quality, or optimize a skill that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.
tdimino/claude-code-minoan · ★ 32 · Code & Development · score 82
Install: claude install-skill tdimino/claude-code-minoan
# Skill Creator This skill provides guidance for creating effective 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. Skills follow the [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/) open standard, with Claude Code extensions for invocation control, subagent execution, and dynamic context injection. ### 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 ### Anatomy of a Skill Every skill consists of a required SKILL.md file and optional bundled resources: ``` skill-name/ ├── SKILL.md (required) │ ├── YAML frontmatter metadata │ └── Markdown instructions └── Bundled Resources (optional) ├── scripts/ - Executable code (Python/Bash/etc.) ├── references/ - Documentation loaded into context as needed └── assets/ - Files used in output (templates, icons, fonts) ``` #### SKILL.md (required) **Metadata Quality:** The `name` and `description` in Y