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Create Skill

Turns a skill idea into a complete, shippable skill folder — instructions, metadata, artwork, README wiring, and validation.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 197⑂ 8AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 16, 2026

What it does

  • Defines the contract first: slug (lowercase hyphen-case), purpose, audience, trigger phrases, inputs, outputs, acceptance checks.
  • Builds only the structure needed: skills/<slug>/SKILL.md plus optional agents/openai.yaml, references/, scripts/, assets/, and a skill README.md, keeping SKILL.md under 500 lines.
  • Produces the required artwork (SVG skill card, optional cinematic WebP banner) and wires every discovery surface: root README table, skill README, skills.sh.json, installer allowlists.
  • Validates before handoff with a skill validator, xmllint, npm test, and git diff --check, and refuses to call the job done with red checks or untracked files.

Who it's for

  • Maintainers of a skill collection who need consistent docs, metadata, and artwork.
  • Developers promoting a repeatable workflow into a reusable skill.
  • Anyone tired of shipping skills with TODO markers or broken relative links.

Examples

  1. "Turn my PR review checklist into a skill" → slug normalization, SKILL.md authoring, SVG card, README table row.
  2. "Make this existing skill's docs and artwork match the repo conventions" → finds stale names, missing metadata, broken paths.
  3. "Generate a banner for the new skill" → inspects two or more existing banners for style, generates a wide scene, saves WebP.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tamdogood/builder-essential-skills/HEAD/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
↓ Download ZIP
Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/create-skill folder from the GitHub repo tamdogood/builder-essential-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/create-skill/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/tamdogood/builder-essential-skills.git /tmp/builder-essential-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/builder-essential-skills/skills/create-skill ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/tamdogood/builder-essential-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r builder-essential-skills/skills/create-skill ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Note that the artwork and validation steps assume this repo's layout (assets/skill-cards, skills.sh.json, npm test); adjust those paths and commands for your own project.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "create a new skill for ..." to trigger it.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT