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Skill Development for Claude Code Plugins
by anthropics/claude-code
This skill should be used when the user wants to "create a skill", "add a skill to plugin", "write a new skill", "improve skill description", "organize skill…
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Skill Development for Claude Code Plugins This skill provides guidance for creating effective skills for Claude Code plugins. About Skills Skills are modular, self-contained packages that extend Claude's capabilities by providing specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools. Think of them as "onboarding guides" for specific domains or tasks-they transform Claude from a general-purpose agent into a specialized agent equipped with procedural knowledge that no model can fully possess. What Skills Provide - Specialized workflows - Multi-step procedures for specific domains - Tool integrations - Instructions for working with specific file formats or APIs - Domain expertise - Company-specific knowledge, schemas, business logic - Bundled resources - Scripts, references, and assets for complex and repetitive tasks Anatomy of a Skill