What is the recommended naming convention for new skills?

Skills should follow a namespace-action pattern, such as 'code-debug' or 'spec-create', using lowercase letters and hyphens with a maximum of 64 characters.

How does Skill Creator help with developer workflows?

It automates the boilerplate process of creating new skills by generating the correct directory structure, suggesting frontmatter, and ensuring documentation follows the principle of progressive disclosure.

What is a Claude Code Skill?

A Claude Code Skill is a specialized capability that provides domain-specific guidance, implementation patterns, and best practices to enhance Claude's behavior during development tasks.

Why are there limits on the length of SKILL.md files?

Skill Creator enforces a 500-line maximum (recommending under 200) to ensure instructions remain concise and manageable for the AI, preventing context bloat and improving accuracy.

Skill Creator

Name: Skill Creator
Author: srnnkls

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Productivity & Workflow

Standardizes the creation of new Claude Code skills by enforcing project patterns, naming conventions, and structural best practices.

Skill Creator is a specialized meta-utility designed to streamline the expansion of Claude's capabilities within the Tropos framework. It guides users through a structured workflow—from identifying use cases to implementing final SKILL.md files—ensuring that every new capability follows strict naming conventions, directory structures, and progressive disclosure principles. This skill is essential for developers looking to extract reusable patterns into robust, production-ready Claude Code skills while maintaining consistency across their AI-assisted development environment through automated boilerplate and validation.

Key Features

01Validation against project success criteria including length limits and formatting

02Automated directory structure generation for new Claude skills

03Enforcement of standardized naming patterns and frontmatter metadata

04Structured workflow for identifying use cases and resource planning

05Pre-defined templates for operational, generational, and guidance skills

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Use Cases

01Extracting domain-specific documentation into structured formats for better AI performance

02Converting frequently used manual prompts into reusable Claude Code skills

03Standardizing custom agent behaviors across a distributed engineering team

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add srnnkls/tropos skill-create

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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