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Claude Skills Documentation Index

Categories

README

File: README.md Pages: 1 (122 lines)

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
  • Partner skills

Quick Links

  • What are skills → README.md (line 1-9)
  • Example skills list → README.md (line 24-45)
  • Document skills → README.md (line 47-56)
  • Claude Code setup → README.md (line 58-78)
  • Claude.ai usage → README.md (line 80-84)
  • Claude API → README.md (line 86-88)
  • Creating a skill → README.md (line 90-117)
  • Partner skills → README.md (line 119-122)

Topics Covered

Getting Started

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

Example Skills by Category

Creative & Design:

  • Algorithmic art generation
  • Canvas design
  • Slack GIF creation

Development & Technical:

  • HTML artifacts builder
  • MCP server creation
  • Webapp testing

Enterprise & Communication:

  • Brand guidelines
  • Internal communications
  • Theme factory

Meta Skills:

  • Skill creator guide
  • Template skill

Document Skills (Advanced)

  • DOCX (Word documents)
  • PDF (PDF manipulation)
  • PPTX (PowerPoint presentations)
  • XLSX (Excel spreadsheets)

Creating Skills

  • Basic structure (folder + SKILL.md)
  • YAML frontmatter requirements
  • Markdown instructions
  • Template usage

Platform Integration

  • Claude Code plugin marketplace
  • Claude.ai skills interface
  • Claude API integration
  • Cross-platform portability

Skill Structure

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md           # Required: Main instructions
├── references/        # Optional: Documentation
├── scripts/           # Optional: Helper scripts
└── assets/            # Optional: Resources

YAML Frontmatter

---
name: skill-name
description: Clear description of what the skill does
---

External Resources

  • Support Articles:

    • What are skills?
    • Using skills in Claude
    • Creating custom skills
  • Blog Posts:

    • Equipping agents with Agent Skills
  • API Documentation:

    • Skills API Quickstart
    • Creating skills via API

License

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