Create Skill

aiskillstore/create-skill

Guide for creating new Agent Skills. Use this skill when you need to create a new skill.

This is a copy. The original lives at comeonoliver/skillshub-create-skill.

7k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

404

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace --skill create-skill

What comes with it

25 989 bytes besides the instruction

references/specification.md

references/what-are-skills.md

skill-report.json

The instruction itself

5 sections, as written by the author

Create Skill

Skill Structure

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md          # instructions + metadata
├── scripts/          # executable code (optional)
├── references/       # documentation (optional)
└── assets/           # templates/resources (optional)

Requirements

Frontmatter: Must include name (lowercase-alphanumeric) and description.
Description: Must include what it does and when to use it.
Body: Keep under 500 lines. Use imperative language.
Resources: Move detailed docs to references/ and code to scripts/.

Process

Directory: mkdir <name>. Create scripts/, references/, or assets/ only if you actually have content for them.
Metadata: Write the SKILL.md frontmatter first.
Resources: Implement scripts and test them.
Instructions: Write concise steps in SKILL.md body.
Verify: Ensure frontmatter name matches directory name.

References

Full Specification
Design Patterns

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take aiskillstore/create-skill from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.