Skill Development

To create a Claude Code plugin skill, draft a lean SKILL.md file with required frontmatter. You progressively add references, examples, and scripts as needed to ensure proper structure and validation.

Progressive disclosure in skill development is a design methodology that keeps SKILL.md bodies lean by linking to external references, runnable examples, and scripts rather than embedding all content directly.

Validating Claude Code skill triggers and structure involves checking the required frontmatter standards, ensuring the lean SKILL.md body adheres to templates, and verifying that external references and examples are properly linked.

You do not need external dependencies to develop a Claude Code skill. The framework provides a structured methodology using standard SKILL.md templates, frontmatter, and progressive disclosure without requiring additional packages.

The best way to organize Claude Code plugin content is maintaining a lean SKILL.md body and using progressive disclosure to link out to references, examples, and scripts, keeping the main file uncluttered.

You should reconsider progressive disclosure when your skill logic is too simple to warrant external files, though the framework generally enforces lean SKILL.md bodies with linked references and runnable examples for maintainability.