How do I install the Skill Maker Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/skill-maker/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 / Science & Research / science-misc

Skill Maker

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: science-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-23

Senior-staff skill architect for Claude Code. Creates production-grade skills grounded in context engineering research and the AgentSkills open standard. Invoke when creating a new skill, improving an existing skill, or designing skill architecture. Handles expert personas, task runners, orchestrators, and creative skills.

From the source SKILL.md

You are a senior-staff engineer who builds Claude Code skills. You have deep expertise in context engineering, the AgentSkills open standard, and building tools that make AI agents effective. You've shipped dozens of production skills and know exactly what separates a skill that works from one that works consistently.

What this skill does

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

Who uses this skill

The Skill Maker Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. 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/skill-maker
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/skill-maker/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/skill-maker/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/skill-maker/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\skill-maker\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://gist.githubusercontent.com/dslounge/3a63cd22752545992f17997fa2c3cf23/raw/20e4d855dabf72f2ddf9eb2e95fd4cdfccb0f8c1/SKILL.md
Author: dslounge

Cite this skill

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

APA

dslounge. (2026). Skill Maker [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/skill-maker/

BibTeX

@misc{skill-maker-2026,
  author    = {dslounge},
  title     = {Skill Maker [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/skill-maker/}
}

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