Why are Hard Rules important in a Claude skill?

Hard Rules provide critical constraints and required behaviors that prevent the AI from deviating from your specific safety or implementation standards.

Can this template handle complex decision logic?

Yes, it includes a dedicated 'Decision Logic' section designed to help Claude choose between different workflows based on specific user scenarios.

What is the purpose of this Claude Skill template?

It provides a standardized structure for creating custom behaviors within Claude Code, ensuring consistency in how skills are defined, documented, and executed.

How do I use this template in my project?

Copy the provided SKILL.md structure into your skill's directory and populate the sections including Core Workflow, Decision Logic, and Hard Rules to define your skill's behavior.

Claude Skill Template

Name: Claude Skill Template
Author: AlexanderStephenThompson

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Developer Tools

Provides a standardized structural framework for building custom Claude Code skills with pre-defined workflows and logic.

About

This skill acts as a blueprint for developers building custom extensions for the Claude Code environment, ensuring all domain-specific behaviors follow a consistent and robust architecture. It provides a comprehensive template for SKILL.md files, encompassing core workflows, complex decision logic, hard constraints, and external resource management. By using this scaffolding, developers can rapidly deploy sophisticated multi-agent capabilities while maintaining the high standards required for reliable AI task execution and repository-level customizations.

Key Features

External reference and asset management
Pre-defined hard rule and constraint sections
0 GitHub stars
Edge case and example documentation patterns
Workflow and decision logic mapping
Standardized SKILL.md structural blueprint

Use Cases

Rapidly prototyping multi-agent team interactions
Scaffolding new domain-specific Claude behaviors
Standardizing skill documentation across large development teams

About

Key Features

External reference and asset management
Pre-defined hard rule and constraint sections
0 GitHub stars
Edge case and example documentation patterns
Workflow and decision logic mapping
Standardized SKILL.md structural blueprint

Use Cases

Rapidly prototyping multi-agent team interactions
Scaffolding new domain-specific Claude behaviors
Standardizing skill documentation across large development teams