Claude Code Templates Skill

Claude Code Templates

Starter templates for building Claude Code extensions.

Template Selection

| Building | Template | Key Features | |----------|----------|--------------| | Expert persona | agent-template.md | Focus areas, quality checklist, references | | Tool capability | skill-template.md | Commands, examples, triggers | | User workflow | command-template.md | Execution flow, options | | Automation | hook-script.sh | Input parsing, exit codes |

Quick Start

Create an Agent

# Copy template
cp ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-templates/assets/agent-template.md \
   ~/.claude/agents/my-expert.md

# Edit: name, description, focus areas, references

Create a Skill

# Create skill directory
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/my-skill

# Copy template
cp ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-templates/assets/skill-template.md \
   ~/.claude/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md

# Edit: name, description, commands, examples

Create a Command

# Copy template
cp ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-templates/assets/command-template.md \
   ~/.claude/commands/my-command.md

# Edit: name, description, execution flow

Create a Hook Script

# Copy template
cp ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-templates/assets/hook-script.sh \
   .claude/hooks/my-hook.sh

# Make executable
chmod +x .claude/hooks/my-hook.sh

Template Locations

Templates are in ./assets/:

| File | Purpose | |------|---------| | agent-template.md | Expert agent boilerplate | | skill-template.md | Skill with YAML frontmatter | | command-template.md | Slash command scaffold | | hook-script.sh | Secure hook script template |

Naming Conventions

| Type | Pattern | Example | |------|---------|---------| | Agent | {technology}-expert.md | react-expert.md | | Skill | {tool-or-pattern}/SKILL.md | git-workflow/SKILL.md | | Command | {action}.md | review.md | | Hook | {event}-{action}.sh | pre-write-validate.sh |

Validation

# Validate YAML frontmatter
head -20 my-extension.md

# Check name matches filename
grep "^name:" my-extension.md

# Run project tests
just test

Official Documentation

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills - Skills reference
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents - Custom subagents
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks - Hooks reference
https://agentskills.io/specification - Agent Skills open standard

Assets

./assets/agent-template.md - Expert agent scaffold
./assets/skill-template.md - Skill with references pattern
./assets/command-template.md - Slash command scaffold
./assets/hook-script.sh - Secure bash hook template

See Also: claude-code-debug for troubleshooting extensions

Agent Skills: Claude Code Templates

Skill Files