Universal guide for creating production-ready Claude Code skills for any project. Includes 6-step workflow (understand, plan, initialize, edit, package, iterate), progressive disclosure design, YAML frontmatter templates, validation scripts, reference organization patterns, and 10 community-proven innovations. Use when creating new Claude Code skills, converting documentation to skills, improving existing skills, or learning skill development best practices for any domain.
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tessl review fix ./skill-builder-package/skill-builders/skill-builder-generic/SKILL.mdComplete guide for creating production-ready Claude Code skills following Anthropic best practices and community innovations. Provides templates, validation tools, step-by-step workflows, and comprehensive references for building effective, discoverable skills.
my-skill-name # hyphen-case onlymkdir -p .claude/skills/my-skill-name---
name: my-skill-name
description: [What it does]. Use when [triggers].
---
# My Skill
## Overview
[Purpose in 1-2 sentences]
## Quick Start
[Basic usage]python scripts/validate-skill.py my-skill-name/bash scripts/package-skill.sh my-skill-name/Done!
Detailed documentation in references. See references/yaml-frontmatter-complete-guide.md for comprehensive guidance.
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