Start Skill for Claude

Start here for any Zoom integration or app idea. Use when you need to choose the right Zoom surface, shape the architecture, or route into the correct implementation skill without reading the whole Zoom doc set first.

489 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

23273

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/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill start

The instruction itself

5 sections, as written by the author

Start

Use this as the default entry skill for the plugin.

What This Skill Does

Classifies the request by job-to-be-done, not by product name alone
Routes into the right implementation skill
Pulls in product-specific Zoom references only after the route is clear
Prevents common early mistakes, especially Meeting SDK vs Video SDK and REST API vs MCP confusion

Routing Table

| If the user wants to... | Route to |

|---|---|

| Choose the right Zoom surface for a new project | plan-zoom-product |

| Set up OAuth, tokens, scopes, or app credentials | setup-zoom-oauth |

| Embed or customize a Zoom meeting flow | build-zoom-meeting-app |

| Build a bot, recorder, or real-time meeting processor | build-zoom-bot |

| Use Zoom-hosted MCP for AI workflows | setup-zoom-mcp |

| Debug a broken integration | debug-zoom |

Supporting Zoom References

Use these only after selecting the workflow:

general
rest-api
meeting-sdk
video-sdk
webhooks
websockets
oauth
zoom-mcp

Operating Rules

Prefer one clear recommendation over a product catalog dump.
Ask a short clarifier only when the route is genuinely ambiguous.
Keep the first response architectural and actionable, then go deep.
Pull in deeper references only when they directly help the current decision or implementation.

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins-start 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.