Skill Template

by anthropics

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

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Install Skill Template

Copy Skill Template 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-skill ~/.claude/skills/example-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/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git

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

In this catalog

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

What Skill Template does

Skill Template provides a reference template for creating Claude Code plugin skills. It activates when users ask to demonstrate skills, show skill format, or discuss skill development patterns.

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

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Creating or understanding plugin skills
Skill template or reference needs
Skill development patterns

Skill Structure

Required Files

skills/
└── skill-name/
    └── SKILL.md          # Main skill definition (required)

Optional Supporting Files

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

Frequently asked about Skill Template

What else does anthropics publish alongside Skill Template?
Skill Template 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 Skill Template 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 Skill Template compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Skill Template ranks #163 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 Template against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.