Create Developer Profile

This skill interviews the user and writes ~/.claude/PROFILE.md. Other skills read this file to tailor their output without re-asking these questions.

If ~/.claude/PROFILE.md already exists, read it first so you can show current values and let the user update rather than start fresh.

Interview

Ask these questions one at a time using AskUserQuestion, waiting for each answer before continuing. Tailor follow-up questions based on what you learn — the goal is a profile that feels like it was written by the person, not a form they filled out.

1. Role

Header: "What's your role?"

Options (allow free-form "Other"):

• Full-stack — works across frontend and backend
• Designer — UX, component design, design systems
• Non Technical — PM, product, ops, etc

2. Primary Stack

Header: "What frameworks and languages are you most familiar with? And how long have you been using them?"

DO NOT USE AskUserQuestion options for this — let them answer in their own words.

3. Domain Experience

Header: "Which of these domains are you most familiar with?"

DO NOT USE AskUserQuestion options for this — let them answer in their own words.

4. Tools

Header: "What tools and editors do you use day-to-day?"

DO NOT USE AskUserQuestion options for this — let them answer in their own words. (e.g. VS Code, Neovim, GitHub, Linear, Figma, etc.)

5. Learning Style

Header: "How do you learn best?"

Options (allow free-form, allow multi-select):

• Concrete examples first — show me the code, then explain why
• Theory first — explain the concept before showing code
• Diagrams and visual representations help me most
• Step-by-step walkthroughs with reasoning at each step
• I learn by doing — keep explanations minimal, let me experiment
• Be thorough — I'd rather have too much than miss something
• Be concise — skip the preamble, get to the point
• Use analogies and plain language — avoid jargon when possible
• Other (please specify)

6. Working Style

Header: "How do you prefer to work?"

Options (allow free-form, allow multi-select):

• Plan thoroughly before starting — I like to know the full approach upfront
• Start fast and iterate — I'd rather learn by doing and adjust as I go
• Work independently and check in at key milestones
• Collaborate frequently — I like to talk through decisions as they come up
• Prefer async written context over real-time discussion
• Ask me one question at a time — don't front-load decisions
• Other (please specify)

7. Open-ended preferences (plain text, not AskUserQuestion)

Ask as plain text: "Anything else you'd like me to know? For example: areas you're focused on, things you find confusing, topics you want me to go deeper on, or anything I should avoid."

Wait for the response. If the user says "no" or "nothing", that's fine — skip it in the profile.

Writing the Profile

After collecting answers, write ~/.claude/PROFILE.md with this structure (adapt the content to what the user actually said — do not copy options verbatim if their free-form answer is more expressive):

# Developer Profile

## Role
<their role, in their words or the selected option>

## Primary Stack
<their experience level and any context they gave>

## Domain Experience
<domains they selected or described, as a short prose sentence or bullet list>

## Tools
<their day-to-day tools, as they described them>

## Learning Style
<how they absorb and process information — rewrite as natural prose>

## Working Style
<how they prefer to approach and structure their work — rewrite as natural prose>

## Additional Preferences
<their open-ended answer, or omit this section entirely if they had nothing to add>

After writing the file, confirm to the user: "Your profile has been saved. Skills like /explain will now use it to tailor output to you. You can run /create-profile again any time to update it."