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Skill Creator

Official meta-skill that scaffolds new skills: YAML frontmatter, trigger-quality descriptions, bundled file structure, review of overlapping/weak triggers, and iterative improvement.

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Overview

Skill Creator is a Claude skill catalogued in LimeDock Directories for teams working across engineering, product, operations, other. It is tagged for saas, agency, other contexts. Official meta-skill that scaffolds new skills: YAML frontmatter, trigger-quality descriptions, bundled file structure, review of overlapping/weak triggers, and iterative improvement. Use this page as the operational brief: install path, how to invoke it, copy-paste prompts, prerequisites, and concrete use cases so your team can adopt it without re-reading every roundup article.

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Link

https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator
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Installation guide

Built into Claude.ai Skills; for Claude Code:

cp -r anthropics/skills/skills/skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/
# or enable skill-creator in Claude.ai Preferences → Skills

Generic install paths

CLI

npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator

**Claude Code plugins** (when published as a marketplace skill)

/plugin marketplace add <org/repo>
/plugin install <skill>@<marketplace>

**Manual** — copy the skill folder into `~/.claude/skills/skill-creator/` or your project `.claude/skills/`.

Always review `SKILL.md` and bundled scripts before enabling.

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How to use it

Say “Use skill-creator to help me build a skill for [workflow]”; answer clarifying questions about audience, triggers, and output format.

**Suggested workflow** 1. Install and enable the skill. 2. Open the target project (or Claude.ai chat) with enough product context. 3. Invoke with a clear goal, constraints, and success criteria. 4. Review the first output against your standards; refine with follow-ups. 5. Save winning prompts / outputs into your team playbook.

If Claude does not auto-select it, mention the skill by name: “Use the Skill Creator skill…”

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Example prompts

  • “Use the Skill Creator skill for this task: Scaffold a repo-specific PR review skill”
  • “Walk me through how Skill Creator would approach this step by step, then execute.”
  • “Review my current draft/plan and improve it using Skill Creator. Call out assumptions.”
  • “Produce a checklist I can reuse whenever we run Skill Creator on similar work.”
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Use cases and examples

  • Scaffold a repo-specific PR review skill
  • Merge overlapping git helper skills
  • Improve a vague skill description
  • Generate test cases for triggering
  • First-week trial of Skill Creator on a real engineering workflow
  • Document a reusable prompt template for Skill Creator for your team
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Prerequisites

  • Claude Code, Claude.ai (Skills enabled), or an Agent Skills–compatible host
  • Network access if the skill fetches guidelines or calls external tools
  • Project or brand context (CLAUDE.md / product notes) for better outputs
  • Permission to install third-party skills — audit SKILL.md and scripts first
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Tips

  • Keep descriptions/triggers tight so Skill Creator fires only when relevant (avoids context tax).
  • Prefer one sharp job over a mega-skill that tries to do everything.
  • Pair with verification (tests, review, screenshots) before shipping outputs.
  • Re-audit installed skills monthly — unused skills still cost context every turn.
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