Skip to content
Sam DespoNewsletter
Coding Workflows

Skill creator

Helps Claude write, test and improve a new skill for any job you repeat often.

Open sourceBy Anthropic
View source

What is it?

The skill for making skills. Describe a job you want Claude to do the same way every time (your reporting format, your tone of voice, your onboarding checklist) and this walks through drafting the instructions, writing a few test prompts, running them, and tightening the skill based on what came back.

Without it, writing a skill is guesswork about what to include. With it, Claude handles the structure and the testing loop, including a simple viewer so you can compare results side by side.

Install in Claude Code

In Claude Code run /plugin install skill-creator@claude-plugins-official. It is also in the example-skills bundle: /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills, then /plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills.

Try this prompt

Paste into Claude Code
Create a skill that writes our weekly client email update in our house style. Here are three past examples. Test it and show me the results.

Who it's for

Anyone who has explained the same process to Claude three times and wants it remembered.

Best for

  • Capturing a house style
  • Repeatable reports
  • Onboarding checklists
  • Improving a skill that misfires

Why it made the list

Turning your own standard operating procedures into skills is the highest-leverage thing you can do with Claude Code.

More skills like this

  • Superpowers

    Coding Workflows

    A full working method for Claude: brainstorm, plan, build with tests, then review.

    Open source
  • MCP builder

    Coding Workflows

    Guides Claude to build a reliable connector between Claude and any online service.

    Open source
  • Awesome Agent Skills

    Coding Workflows

    A hand-picked directory of 1000+ skills from Anthropic, Vercel, Stripe and the community.

    Open source
  • Commit commands

    Coding Workflows

    One command to save your work with a clear message, push it and open a pull request.

    Open source