What are the naming rules for Claude skills?

Skill names must be lowercase, use hyphens only (no spaces or underscores), and be a maximum of 64 characters long.

Where are Claude Code skills stored?

Personal skills are stored in ~/.claude/skills/ for global access, while project-specific skills are placed in a .claude/skills/ directory within your repository.

Can I restrict which tools a skill can access?

Yes, you can use the 'allowed-tools' field in the SKILL.md frontmatter to create a comma-separated list of permitted tools, such as Read, Grep, or Glob.

How do I ensure Claude uses my custom skill?

Claude discovers skills by matching user queries against the 'description' field in your SKILL.md frontmatter. Use specific trigger words, file extensions, and clear 'Use when' clauses.

What is a Claude Code Skill?

A Claude Code Skill is a specialized capability defined in a SKILL.md file that provides domain-specific instructions and patterns to enhance Claude's behavior during specific tasks.

Skill Writer for Claude Code

Name: Skill Writer for Claude Code
Author: Activer007

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Learning & Documentation

Guides developers through the process of designing, authoring, and validating custom Agent Skills for the Claude Code CLI.

Skill Writer is a specialized framework designed to streamline the creation of high-quality Agent Skills for Claude Code. It provides a structured methodology for defining skill scope, organizing directory structures, and writing optimized SKILL.md files with valid YAML frontmatter. By focusing on discoverability through specific trigger-word formulas and multi-file architecture patterns, this skill ensures that your custom AI automations are consistently triggered and execute reliably across personal and team-based development environments.

Key Features

01Standardized SKILL.md boilerplate and structure generation

02Strategic description optimization to improve skill discovery

03YAML frontmatter validation for name and description constraints

04Support for multi-file skills and progressive disclosure patterns

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06Step-by-step guidance for personal vs. project-level skill deployment

Use Cases

01Optimizing existing skill descriptions to fix discovery and activation issues

02Authoring a new Agent Skill to automate recurring project-specific tasks

03Converting complex prompt workflows into structured, reusable team utilities

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add activer007/ordinary-claude-skills skill-writer

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Download Skill