Create Skill

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: devops

type:integration

Guide for creating effective skills. This command should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations. Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment - applies TDD to process documentation by testing with subagents before writing, iterating until bulletproof against rationalization

What this skill does

Create Skill is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the devops sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/create-skill/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Create Skill skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\create-skill\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.

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