Skill Scaffolder

by dotnet

Skill Scaffolder is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by dotnet in skills.

5.2K stars384 forkson dotnet/skillsAdded 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/08/15

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Install Skill Scaffolder

Copy Skill Scaffolder 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/dotnet/skills/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-skill ~/.claude/skills/create-skill

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/dotnet/skills.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .agents/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md in dotnet/skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/create-skill
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Skill Scaffolder does

Skill Scaffolder creates new agent skills that conform to the Agent Skills specification and dotnet/skills conventions, generating SKILL.md frontmatter, section templates, and validation guidance. Use it when setting up a new skill directory or writing a description that the runtime will route to.

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

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Create Skill

This skill helps you scaffold new agent skills that conform to the Agent Skills specification and the dotnet/skills repository conventions.

When to Use

Creating a new skill from scratch
Generating a SKILL.md file with proper frontmatter
Setting up the skill directory structure with optional folders
Ensuring compliance with agentskills.io specification

When Not to Use

Modifying existing skills (edit directly instead)
Diagnosing or fixing a skill that fails its evaluation (use improve-skill-quality)
Writing the skill's eval.yaml (use create-skill-test)
Creating custom agents (use the agents/ directory pattern)

Inputs

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

Frequently asked about Skill Scaffolder

What else does dotnet publish alongside Skill Scaffolder?
Skill Scaffolder is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from dotnet/skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include .NET P/Invoke, ASP.NET Core Web API and Agentic Workflows. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Skill Scaffolder does, and is maintained by dotnet in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the dotnet/skills page.
How does Skill Scaffolder compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Skill Scaffolder ranks #496 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 Scaffolder against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.