Claude Haiku

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Claude Haiku skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Claude Haiku is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: audio-podcast · Last updated: 2026-06-17

ai:claude type:review

Use when deciding whether to route a task to the fast/cheap tier (Claude Haiku) — transcription, polling, format conversion, structured-output slot-filling, small-diff review, high-volume low-latency work — and where the boundary is that should escalate to Sonnet/Opus. Covers the cost/latency floor, the 200K context ceiling (vs the upper tiers' 1M), the absence of the effort knob, the separate rate-limit pool, and when to drop below Haiku to a script. Do NOT use for ordinary multi-step feature work (use claude-sonnet), the hardest reasoning (use claude-opus), loop design (use autonomous-loop-patterns), or Claude API request syntax (read the claude-api reference).

About this skill (catalog notes)

Claude Haiku includes explicit scope boundaries (an explicit 'when not to use' or 'out of scope' section); pricing or quota commentary. At roughly 1,506 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Source: www.skills.sh/jacob-balslev/skills
License: CC-BY-4.0
Original author: jacob-balslev
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-17
Catalog position: Content · audio-podcast
Indexed related skills: 10

How Claude Haiku fits the catalog

Claude Haiku sits in the Content category under the audio-podcast sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

What this skill does

Claude Haiku is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the audio-podcast sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/claude-haiku/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when deciding whether to route a task to the fast/cheap tier (Claude Haiku) — transcription, polling, format conversion, structured-output slot-filling, small-diff review, high-volume low-latency work — and where the boundary is that should escalate to Sonnet/Opus. Covers the cost/latency floor, the 200K context ceiling (vs the upper tiers' 1M), the absence of the effort knob, the separate rate-limit pool, and when to drop below Haiku to a script.

Who uses this skill

The Claude Haiku Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 118,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/claude-haiku
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-haiku/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/claude-haiku/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/claude-haiku/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/claude-haiku/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\claude-haiku\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Claude Haiku Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/claude-haiku/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Claude Haiku skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Claude Haiku skill?

Use Claude Haiku when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the audio podcast area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Claude Haiku" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Claude Haiku skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Claude Haiku is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/jacob-balslev/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/agent-ops/claude-haiku/SKILL.md
License: CC-BY-4.0
Author: jacob-balslev
Website: https://www.skills.sh/jacob-balslev/skills/

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

jacob-balslev. (2026). Claude Haiku [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-haiku/

BibTeX

@misc{claude-haiku-2026,
  author    = {jacob-balslev},
  title     = {Claude Haiku [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-haiku/}
}

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