Skill Forge

by AgriciDaniel

Skill Forge is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by AgriciDaniel in skill-forge.

169 stars44 forkson AgriciDaniel/skill-forgeAdded 2026/09/08+2% in starsRepository updated 2026/04/10

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Install Skill Forge

Copy Skill Forge 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/AgriciDaniel/skill-forge/tree/main/skills/skill-forge-build ~/.claude/skills/skill-forge-build

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/AgriciDaniel/skill-forge.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/skill-forge-build/SKILL.md in AgriciDaniel/skill-forge
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/skill-forge-build
Collection: One of 10 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 3670 skills

What Skill Forge does

Skill Forge scaffolds Claude Code skills from a plan or description. Use it to generate SKILL.md files, sub-skills, scripts, references, agents, and templates for the Agent Skills standard.

Skill Forge is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Skill Forge comes from a repository tagged ai, claude-code, claude-code-skill, developer-tools and open-source.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Plan document: Output from /skill-forge plan (preferred)
Description: Natural language description of the skill
Existing skill: Path to a skill to use as foundation

If no plan exists, run a quick planning pass (ask 3 key questions):

What does the skill do? (1-2 sentences)
What commands should it have? (list)
Does it need scripts or external tools? (yes/no)

Step 2: Generate Frontmatter

The most critical step. The description field determines activation.

Framework for writing descriptions:

[Capability statement] + [Detailed capabilities] + [Trigger phrases]

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

Commands Skill Forge provides

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

/skill-forge
/name

Frequently asked about Skill Forge

What else does AgriciDaniel publish alongside Skill Forge?
Skill Forge is one of 10 skills that DirSkills catalogs from AgriciDaniel/skill-forge, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Multi-Skill Orchestrator, Skill Forge and Skill Forge Benchmark. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Skill Forge does, and is maintained by AgriciDaniel in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the AgriciDaniel/skill-forge page.
How does Skill Forge compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Skill Forge ranks #3280 by stars among the 3670 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 Forge against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.