skill-authoring Guide
Design and development best practices for Claude Code skills, MCP tools, and AI agent capabilities. Use when creating skills, writing SKILL.md files, designing tool descriptions, or optimizing triggers. Triggers on "create a skill", "skill template", "write skill instructions", SKILL.md, metadata.json, progressive disclosure, trigger optimization, MCP tool design, or skill testing. Does NOT cover specific frameworks or languages (use dedicated skills).
When to use skill-authoring
Design and development best practices for Claude Code skills, MCP tools, and AI agent capabilities. Use when creating skills, writing SKILL.md files, designing tool descriptions, or optimizing triggers. Triggers on "create a skill", "skill template", "write skill instructions", SKILL.md, metadata.json, progressive disclosure, trigger optimization, MCP tool design, or skill testing. Does NOT cover specific frameworks or languages (use dedicated skills).
How to use skill-authoring
skill-authoring is a Claude skill in the SKILL.md format. Add it to your Claude environment from the source repository below, then it activates as a user-invocable skill when your task matches its description.