claude-code

To create custom Claude Code skills, you write a Skill.md file with required name and description frontmatter, add optional scripts or references, and trigger hot-reload to validate changes. Skills operate across personal, project, and plugin scopes.

Context engineering for Claude Code agents involves organizing and constraining context to ensure deterministic behavior and efficient reasoning. It includes maintaining hierarchical context in Claude.md with minimal drift to guide agent execution.

You maintain Claude.md documentation by using frontmatter-driven discovery to manage hierarchical context with minimal drift. This ensures skills remain discoverable and properly scoped within the Claude Code ecosystem.

Yes, Claude Code supports hot-reload when Skill.md or reference files change, enabling rapid validation. Simply edit the file and trigger Claude Code to reload, then verify that discovery and execution reflect the updates.

The best way to organize Claude Code hooks and agents is managing them across personal, project, and plugin scopes. This scoped approach constrains context appropriately for each environment, ensuring deterministic behavior.

You need to update Skill.md frontmatter when adjusting a skill's name or description for discovery, or when modifying its execution guide. This ensures the Claude Code ecosystem correctly identifies and executes the skill after hot-reload.