skill-creator

Transform your workflow knowledge into reusable AI skills that Claude can activate automatically.

When to Use

API integration - Create skills for Stripe, Twilio, or custom APIs with proper patterns
Company knowledge - Encode coding standards, schemas, or business logic into portable skills
Reusable workflows - Turn deployment, testing, or ETL processes into repeatable instructions
Framework guides - Build skills for Vue, Django, or tech stacks with bundled resources

Key Capabilities

Feature	What It Does
SKILL.md Generation	Creates structured skill files with metadata and instructions
Bundled Resources	Adds scripts, references, and assets for complex tasks
Progressive Disclosure	Keeps skills under 100 lines, references external files as needed
Validation & Packaging	Validates structure and packages skills as distributable ZIPs

Common Use Cases

API Integration Developer

Prompt: “Use skill-creator to make Stripe payment skill with webhooks, subscriptions, and error handling”

DevOps Engineer

Prompt: “Use skill-creator for deployment workflow: build, test staging, smoke tests, production deploy”

Engineering Lead

Prompt: “Use skill-creator for team coding standards: file structure, naming conventions, error patterns, testing requirements”

Data Engineer

Prompt: “Use skill-creator for BigQuery skill with table schemas, join patterns, and optimization rules”

Frontend Developer

Prompt: “Use skill-creator for React skill with component patterns, hooks best practices, and state management”

Quick Reference

Invoke Skill

"Use skill-creator to create skill for [purpose]:
- [capability 1]
- [capability 2]
- [best practices]"

Skill Structure

.claude/skills/skill-name/
├── SKILL.md              # <100 lines, core instructions
├── scripts/              # Python/Node scripts with tests
├── references/           # Documentation loaded as needed
└── assets/               # Templates, images, boilerplate

Skill Creation Process

Clarify - skill-creator asks about use cases and functionality
Design - Plans structure: scripts, references, assets needed
Initialize - Runs init_skill.py to create template
Implement - Writes SKILL.md, adds bundled resources, writes tests
Validate - Runs package_skill.py to check structure and package
Save - Outputs to .claude/skills/ for immediate use

Key Requirements

SKILL.md: <100 lines, uses imperative form (“To do X, run Y”)
Scripts: Include tests, respect .env hierarchy, prefer Python/Node over Bash
References: <100 lines each, split large docs using progressive disclosure
Metadata: Specific description triggers automatic activation

Pro Tips

Not activating? Say: “Use skill-creator skill to create a [domain] skill”
Large documentation? Split into multiple reference files, let Claude load as needed
Repetitive code? Move to scripts with tests instead of regenerating
Company schemas? Store in references/ so Claude doesn’t rediscover each time
Boilerplate? Add to assets/ as templates Claude can copy and modify

/docs/skills/tools/claude-code-skill - Create skills via CLI commands
/docs/skills/tools/planning - Design complex workflows before building skills
/docs/skills/tools/mcp-management - Manage Model Context Protocol integrations

Key Takeaway

skill-creator turns procedural knowledge into AI-activatable skills. Describe what you need, get a validated skill package ready for your team or personal toolkit.