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claude-code-skills

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Guide for creating effective Claude Code Skills.

Software Engineering#validation#Claude Code#skill-development#SKILL.md#agent-skills#bundled-resources#plugin-distribution
Authoremdashcodes
Version1.0.0
Installs0

System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill consolidates Claude Code's Agent Skills development guidelines into a reusable template for creating and updating Skills.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Standardized SKILL.md structure with YAML frontmatter and mandatory fields (name and description)
  • Bundled resources organization via optional scripts/, references/, and assets/ directories
  • Validation and packaging workflows to ensure correctness and consistency

Quick Start

Initialize a new skill by running the template generator:

  • For standalone Skills: python scripts/init_skill.py <skill-name> --path <output-directory>
  • For Claude Code plugin-bundled Skills: python scripts/init_skill.py <skill-name> --plugin --path <plugin-directory>

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

scriptsreferencesassets

💻 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: claude-code-skills
Download link: https://github.com/emdashcodes/claude-code-plugins/archive/main.zip#claude-code-skills

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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