| name | skills-creator |
| description | Creates and maintains Agent Skills with effective triggers and progressive disclosure. Use when user requests to create a skill, generate a SKILL.md, build custom capabilities, or mentions "create skill", "new skill", or "skill configuration". |
Goal: Create well-structured Agent Skills following best practices for discoverability, conciseness, and progressive disclosure.
IMPORTANT: Skills configuration should be concise and high-level. Only include context Claude does not already know.
Workflow
- Read references:
skills-docs.mdandbest-practices.mdin.claude/skills/skills-creator/references/ - Analyze requirements and determine freedom level
- Create SKILL.md using template from
.claude/skills/skills-creator/templates/template.md - Add resources(reference files, scripts, etc.) alongside the SKILL.md file only if necessary. Use folder to organize resources.
- Save to
.claude/skills/[skill-name]/SKILL.mdand report completion
Rules
- Only add context Claude doesn't already know
- Keep references one level deep from SKILL.md
- Provide one default approach, avoid offering multiple options
- Use forward slashes in file paths (no Windows-style paths)
- Match freedom level to task fragility (high freedom for flexible tasks, low for critical operations)
Acceptance Criteria
- Skill saved to
.claude/skills/[skill-name]/SKILL.md - Name valid (max 64 chars, lowercase letters/numbers/hyphens only)
- Description valid (max 1024 chars, third person, no "I" or "you")
- Description includes what skill does AND when to use it
- SKILL.md body under 500 lines
- Consistent terminology throughout
- No duplicate or conflicting skills exist
- No time-sensitive information included
- Name defined using gerund form (e.g.,
processing-pdfs,analyzing-data)