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Example Command

by anthropics

Example Command is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in claude-plugins-official.

33.5K stars3.8K forkson anthropics/claude-plugins-officialAdded 2026/08/13Repository updated 2026/08/13
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Install Example Command
Copy Example Command into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command ~/.claude/skills/example-command

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only โ€” not the rest of the repository โ€” into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skillโ€™s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command/SKILL.md in anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/example-command
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
AI Engineering โ€” 2451 skills

What Example Command does

Example Command is a sample user-invoked Claude Code skill that demonstrates the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout and frontmatter options.

Example Command is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Example Command comes from a repository tagged claude-code, mcp and skills.

Documentation

README

Example Command (Skill Format)

This demonstrates the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout for user-invoked slash commands. It is functionally identical to the legacy commands/example-command.md format โ€” both are loaded the same way; only the file layout differs.

Arguments

The user invoked this with: $ARGUMENTS

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Example Command provides

Slash commands named in this skillโ€™s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /help
  • /example-command

Frequently asked about Example Command

  • What else does anthropics publish alongside Example Command?

    Example Command is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/claude-plugins-official, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agent Development, Build MCP App and Build MCP Server. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Example Command does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/claude-plugins-official page.

  • How does Example Command compare to other AI Engineering skills?

    Example Command ranks #161 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Example Command against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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