vibe-coding-cn/skills/claude-skills/references/index.md

Claude Skills Documentation Index

Overview

This index provides navigation for the Claude Skills meta-skill documentation.

Categories

Official Documentation

File: README.md

Complete overview of Claude Skills including:

• What are skills and how they work
• Example skills by category
• Document skills (source-available)
• Usage across platforms (Claude Code, Claude.ai, API)
• Creating basic skills

Quick Links

Topic	File	Section
What are skills	README.md	Lines 1-9
Example skills list	README.md	Lines 24-45
Document skills	README.md	Lines 47-56
Claude Code setup	README.md	Lines 58-78
Claude.ai usage	README.md	Lines 80-84
Claude API	README.md	Lines 86-88
Creating a skill	README.md	Lines 90-117

Skill Structure Reference

Required Files

skill-name/
└── SKILL.md           # Main instructions with YAML frontmatter

Optional Directories

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md
├── references/        # Documentation files
├── scripts/           # Helper scripts
└── assets/            # Templates, configs

YAML Frontmatter

---
name: skill-name          # lowercase, hyphens
description: What + When  # Purpose and trigger conditions
---

Topics Covered

Getting Started

• What skills are
• How skills work
• Platform availability
• Installation methods

Skill Categories

Category	Examples
Creative	algorithmic-art, canvas-design, slack-gif-creator
Development	artifacts-builder, mcp-server, webapp-testing
Enterprise	brand-guidelines, internal-comms, theme-factory
Documents	docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx
Meta	skill-creator, template-skill

Platform Integration

Platform	Method
Claude Code	/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
Claude.ai	Upload via skills interface
Claude API	Skills API endpoint

External Resources

Official Links

• What are skills?
• Using skills in Claude
• Creating custom skills
• Skills API Quickstart
• Anthropic Skills GitHub

Blog Posts

• Equipping agents with Agent Skills

License

• Example skills: Apache 2.0 (open source)
• Document skills: Source-available (reference only)