How do I install the Create Custom Agent Claude Code skill?

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

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.

ClaudSkills / General / orchestration-frameworks

Create Custom Agent

Category: General · Sub-category: orchestration-frameworks · Last updated: 2026-05-21

ai:agent type:generator

Creates VS Code custom agent files (.agent.md) for specialized AI personas with tools, instructions, and handoffs. Use when scaffolding new custom agents, configuring agent workflows, or setting up agent-to-agent handoffs.

From the source SKILL.md

This skill helps you create VS Code custom agent files that define specialized AI personas for development tasks. Custom agents configure which tools are available, provide specialized instructions, and can chain together via handoffs.

What this skill does

Create Custom Agent is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the orchestration-frameworks sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/create-custom-agent/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when scaffolding new custom agents, configuring agent workflows, or setting up agent-to-agent handoffs.

Who uses this skill

The Create Custom Agent Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ 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/create-custom-agent
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/create-custom-agent/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/create-custom-agent/SKILL.md

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.

See pricing → Download desktop app

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/dotnet/skills/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/create-custom-agent/SKILL.md
Author: dotnet

Cite this skill

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

APA

dotnet. (2026). Create Custom Agent [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/create-custom-agent/

BibTeX

@misc{create-custom-agent-2026,
  author    = {dotnet},
  title     = {Create Custom Agent [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/create-custom-agent/}
}

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