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Skill Creator

by anthropics

Skill Creator is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in skills.

168.6K stars20.1K forkson anthropics/skillsAdded 2026/08/13Repository updated 2026/08/07
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Install Skill Creator
Copy Skill Creator 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/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/skill-creator

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

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/skill-creator
Collection
One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Skill Creator does

Skill Creator guides the creation, modification, and evaluation of Claude skills. Use it to draft new skills, iterate on existing ones, run test cases, and optimize skill descriptions for better triggering.

Skill Creator is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Skill Creator comes from a repository tagged agent-skills.

Documentation

README

Skill Creator

A skill for creating new skills and iteratively improving them.

At a high level, the process of creating a skill goes like this:

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

Commands Skill Creator provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /skill-test

Frequently asked about Skill Creator

  • What else does anthropics publish alongside Skill Creator?

    Skill Creator is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Algorithmic Art, Brand Guidelines and Canvas Design. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Skill Creator does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/skills page.

  • How does Skill Creator compare to other AI Engineering skills?

    Skill Creator ranks #22 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 Skill Creator against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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