Creating Skills

Create skills/[name].md:

Markdown
---
name: kebab-case-name
description: What it does + when to trigger, third person
---

# Title

[Input → Output pairs if output format matters]

Step 1 — Understand the skill

Ask user (if not obvious from context):

1. What should the skill do?
2. When should Claude apply it — what phrases or situations trigger it?

Step 2 — Create file

Create skills/[name].md with structure:

• YAML frontmatter with name and description
• Brief instructions (Claude knows basics)
• Examples if output format is important

Step 3 — Confirm

Say: "Skill '[name]' created in skills/. Trigger: [when]."

Input: "Save as skill: before sending emails, always check tone via SerpAPI"

Output: File skills/email-tone-check.md:

Markdown
---
name: email-tone-check
description: Checks cold email tone before sending. Use when user says "check email", "is email ready", "can I send this".
---

# Email Tone Check