What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the risk of creating inconsistent, non-compliant agent skills that fail to integrate with Claude Code or get discovered by users, ensuring all custom skills follow official structural and content guidelines for reliable performance.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Audit Checklist: Built-in validation to confirm skills meet all requirements for valid structure, frontmatter formatting, and content quality.
- Guideline Enforcement: Clear rules for required YAML frontmatter fields, gerund-based naming conventions, and progressive disclosure to keep skill files maintainable.
- Anti-Pattern Avoidance: Explicit guidance to skip common mistakes like using XML tags, writing vague descriptions, deep nesting, and including too many configuration options.
- Use Case: A developer building a custom skill for automated code review can use this Skill to ensure their skill's name follows the required gerund format, its description includes relevant trigger keywords, and its content is split into manageable reference files to avoid context overload.
Quick Start
Use the create-agent-skills skill to build a new skill for processing PDF documents that passes all built-in audit checks and follows official Claude Code skill guidelines.
