Skill Development

To structure a SKILL.md file for a Claude Code plugin, include standard frontmatter with required name and description fields, followed by a clear body with explicit trigger phrases and enforced imperatives.

Progressive disclosure in Claude Code skills is an approach that organizes bundled resources into references, scripts, and assets directories to enable on-demand loading and keep the core SKILL.md file lean.

You validate a plugin skill structure for auto-discovery by checking frontmatter quality, ensuring trigger phrases are explicit, and confirming that dependencies on scripts, references, and assets are satisfied using a skill-reviewer.

Yes, you can use existing templates and examples to accelerate Claude Code skill creation, which helps standardize plugin development, maintenance, and resource organization across different workflows.

You need to create separate resource directories for plugin skills when your workflow requires on-demand loading of bundled assets, scripts, or references to satisfy dependencies and maintain a lean SKILL.md body.