When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Create new Claude skills with proper structure and metadata
• Generate skill packages ready for distribution
• Automatically share created skills on Slack channels for team visibility
• Validate skill structure before sharing
• Package and distribute skills to your team

Also use this skill when:

• User says he wants to create/share his skill

This skill is ideal for:

• Creating skills as part of team workflows
• Building internal tools that need skill creation + team notification
• Automating the skill development pipeline
• Collaborative skill creation with team notifications

Key Features

1. Skill Creation

• Creates properly structured skill directories with SKILL.md
• Generates standardized scripts/, references/, and assets/ directories
• Auto-generates YAML frontmatter with required metadata
• Enforces naming conventions (hyphen-case)

2. Skill Validation

• Validates SKILL.md format and required fields
• Checks naming conventions
• Ensures metadata completeness before packaging

3. Skill Packaging

• Creates distributable zip files
• Includes all skill assets and documentation
• Runs validation automatically before packaging

4. Slack Integration via Rube

• Automatically sends created skill information to designated Slack channels
• Shares skill metadata (name, description, link)
• Posts skill summary for team discovery
• Provides direct links to skill files

How It Works

1. Initialization: Provide skill name and description
2. Creation: Skill directory is created with proper structure
3. Validation: Skill metadata is validated for correctness
4. Packaging: Skill is packaged into a distributable format
5. Slack Notification: Skill details are posted to your team's Slack channel

Example Usage

When you ask Claude to create a skill called "pdf-analyzer":
1. Creates /skill-pdf-analyzer/ with SKILL.md template
2. Generates structured directories (scripts/, references/, assets/)
3. Validates the skill structure
4. Packages the skill as a zip file
5. Posts to Slack: "New Skill Created: pdf-analyzer - Advanced PDF analysis and extraction capabilities"

Integration with Rube

This skill leverages Rube for:

• SLACK_SEND_MESSAGE: Posts skill information to team channels
• SLACK_POST_MESSAGE_WITH_BLOCKS: Shares rich formatted skill metadata
• SLACK_FIND_CHANNELS: Discovers target channels for skill announcements

Requirements

• Slack workspace connection via Rube
• Write access to skill creation directory
• Python 3.7+ for skill creation scripts
• Target Slack channel for skill notifications