building-claude-code-skills
CommunityDefine Claude Code Skills with clarity.
Software Engineering#documentation#best-practices#claude-code#progressive-disclosure#skill-building#cli-patterns
Authorgannonh
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
This skill guides teams to design, document, and validate Claude Code Skills with a consistent, production-ready structure.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Structured Skill Design: Define name, description, frontmatter, and progressive-disclosure layout.
- Editing & Conversion Guidance: Provide patterns for updating SKILL.md, converting sub-agents, and upgrading slash commands to skills.
- Project- and Global-Scale Strategy: Apply across single projects or global skill repositories to ensure uniformity.
Quick Start
To start, create a new skill directory named after the gerund-form descriptor, add a SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter, and place any reference and script files in clearly named subdirectories. Then follow the outlined steps to validate metadata and test invocation against sample queries.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
None requiredComponents
Standard package💻 Claude Code Installation
Recommended: Let Claude install automatically. Simply copy and paste the text below to Claude Code.
Please help me install this Skill: Name: building-claude-code-skills Download link: https://github.com/gannonh/kata-agents/archive/main.zip#building-claude-code-skills Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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