What are the required components of a skill?

Every skill must have a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter (name and description) and Markdown instructions. Optional components include scripts, references, and assets.

How do I make a skill more token-efficient?

By keeping the SKILL.md under 500 lines, moving detailed schemas or documentation to reference files, and using executable scripts for deterministic tasks instead of verbose instructions.

What is a Claude Code Skill?

A skill is a modular, self-contained package that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools, acting as an onboarding guide for specific domains.

What is the principle of Progressive Disclosure?

It is a three-level loading system (Metadata, SKILL.md, and Resources) that ensures Claude only loads detailed information when it is relevant to the current task, preserving the context window.

Skill Creator Guide

Name: Skill Creator Guide
Author: gendosu

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Developer Tools

Guides the creation and optimization of modular Claude Code skills through standardized architectures and context-efficient design patterns.

The Skill Creator Guide is a meta-skill designed to help developers architect, build, and refine specialized capabilities for Claude Code. It provides a structured framework for transforming Claude from a general agent into a domain expert by leveraging modular SKILL.md files, executable scripts, and reference documentation. By emphasizing the principle of Progressive Disclosure, this skill ensures that custom extensions remain token-efficient while providing high-fidelity procedural knowledge, specialized workflows, and tool integrations for any technical domain.

Key Features

01Standardized skill anatomy framework (SKILL.md, scripts, references, assets)

02Heuristics for setting appropriate degrees of freedom in AI workflows

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04Best practices for concise, high-impact documentation

05Progressive disclosure patterns for context window optimization

06Step-by-step skill initialization and packaging procedures

Use Cases

01Refactoring verbose documentation into efficient progressive disclosure references

02Bootstrapping a new domain-specific skill with integrated Python scripts

03Creating reusable boilerplate templates for frontend or backend development

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add gendosu/gendosu-claude-plugins skill-creator

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Download Skill