Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Skill Creator

Create new Claude Code skills with proper structure, documentation, and

UncategorizedID: vamseeachanta/workspace-hub/skill-creator

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vamseeachanta/workspace-hub
vamseeachanta
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Install this agent skill to your local

pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/vamseeachanta/workspace-hub/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/_internal/builders/skill-creator

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.claude/skills/_internal/builders/skill-creator/SKILL.md

Skill Metadata

Name
skill-creator
Description
Create new Claude Code skills with proper structure, documentation, and

Skill Creator

Overview

This skill guides the creation of new Claude Code skills. Skills are specialized instruction sets that enhance Claude's capabilities for specific domains, tasks, or workflows.

When to Use

  • Building custom skills for specific domains
  • Creating reusable workflow templates
  • Standardizing organizational processes
  • Extending Claude Code capabilities
  • Documenting specialized knowledge

Quick Start

  1. Define scope - Answer: What problem? Who uses it? What outputs?
  2. Create structure - .claude/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md
  3. Write frontmatter - Name, description, version, category
  4. Add content - Overview, Instructions, Examples, Best Practices
  5. Test - Verify skill triggers correctly
# Create skill directory
mkdir -p .claude/skills/my-new-skill

# Create SKILL.md with template
cat > .claude/skills/my-new-skill/SKILL.md << 'EOF'
---
name: my-new-skill
description: Action-oriented description. Use for X, Y, and Z.
version: 1.0.0
category: [builders|tools|content-design|communication|meta]
---

# My New Skill

## Overview
[1-2 sentences explaining purpose]

## When to Use
- Scenario 1
- Scenario 2

## Prerequisites
- Dependency 1
- Dependency 2

## Version History
- **1.0.0** (YYYY-MM-DD): Initial release
EOF

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with YAML frontmatter
  • Understanding of markdown structure
  • Knowledge of the skill category taxonomy

Deprecation

When retiring a skill:

---
name: old-skill-name
description: DEPRECATED - Use new-skill-name instead. [Original description]
deprecated: true
deprecated_date: 2026-01-02
replacement: new-skill-name
---

Quality Tiers

Skills are classified into quality tiers (A/B/C/D) based on enforcement level:

  • Tier A — Script-wired: frontmatter scripts: list with >=1 entry
  • Tier B — Exec-pattern: body contains bash scripts/, uv run, or bash .claude/skills/
  • Tier D — Decomposition candidate: >500 words with no script refs (split recommended)
  • Tier C — Focused prose: everything else

Target Tier A or B for new skills. See config/skills/quality-tiers.yaml.

Related Skills

Version History

  • 2.2.0 (2026-03-05): Deduplicated hub SKILL.md; trimmed to <200 lines
  • 2.1.0 (2026-03-04): Synced critical rules with Anthropic official guide
  • 2.0.0 (2026-01-02): Upgraded to v2 template
  • 1.0.0 (2024-10-15): Initial release

Sub-Skills