/new-skill-creator

Skill Creator

Build valid Claude Code skills from the official spec

Personal TierUtility & Infrastructure

Overview

Walks through the Anthropic skill specification to produce a valid SKILL.md with properly bundled references, scripts, and assets. Includes an audit script that validates frontmatter, trigger phrases, body length, and resource presence.

What It Does

  • Teaches the official Anthropic skill spec (frontmatter, progressive disclosure, writing style)
  • Guides a 6-step creation process from usage examples through audit
  • Validates skills with an audit script checking name, description, body limits, and resources
  • Provides decision tree for when NOT to create a skill (extend existing, use hooks, wait)

Inputs

  • Skill purpose
  • 3-5 verbatim trigger phrases
  • Reference materials to bundle

Outputs

  • Valid SKILL.md file
  • References directory
  • Scripts directory
  • Audit report

Example

/new-skill-creator

You keep running the same 8-step competitor research workflow manually. Invoke /new-skill-creator, provide your trigger phrases and methodology, and get a packaged skill you can invoke with one command.

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This skill ships with every Knowledge OS installation. Set up your system in 90 minutes.

Built and maintained by Victor Sowers at STEEPWORKS