Find agent skills by outcome

- Benefits: Token efficient

deterministic

└── assets/ - Files used in output (templates

icons

**Low freedom (specific scripts

few parameters)**: Use when operations are fragile and error-prone

Think of Claude as exploring a path: a narrow bridge with cliffs needs specific guardrails (low freedom)

while an open field allows many routes (high freedom).

High freedom (text-based instructions): Use when multiple approaches are valid

decisions depend on context

Writing & Content

The context window is a public good. Skills share the context window with everything else Claude needs: system prompt

conversation history

Coding & Debugging

Medium freedom (pseudocode or scripts with parameters): Use when a preferred pattern exists

some variation is acceptable

Productivity

specialized knowledge

workflows

4. Bundled resources - Scripts

references

3. Domain expertise - Company-specific knowledge

schemas

Productivity

description: Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge

workflows

Skill Creator

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Skills are modular

self-contained packages that extend Claude's capabilities by providing

prompt: A dramatic

cinematic close-up portrait of a pensive young man in profile. Intense

use_case: Training AI models for emotional portrait generation

cinematic lighting styles

implied_action: The subject is in a still moment of deep contemplation

gazing at something unseen off-camera.

character_interactions: The man is alone

seemingly lost in thought

setting_details: The background is a solid

dark

Writing & Content

environmental_storytelling: The dark

textured

framing: The subject is tightly framed on the left

looking towards the right side of the frame

description_short: A dramatic and gritty close-up portrait of a man in profile

illuminated by warm side-lighting against a cool

Cinematic Close-Up Portrait Generation

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Business

clothing_style: A mix of modern casual wear

business suits

Creative

use_case: Concept art for a science-fiction or fantasy film

book cover illustration