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This skill guides the creation or update of a SKILL.md for Claude Code, detecting create or update mode and applying structure and content rules.
Strengths
- Streamlines the process of creating and updating skills.
- Enforces best practices for frontmatter and content.
- Clearly handles both create and update modes.
Limitations
- Specific to Claude Code and its directory structure.
- Requires the user to already know the skill name and desired changes.
- Does not cover external validation of generated content.
When you need to create a new skill for Claude Code or update an existing one based on a conversation.
To execute an existing skill or to generate content outside the Claude Code ecosystem.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill only instructs reading and writing files within the .claude/skills directory, with no network access, destructive commands, or data exfiltration. It is a legitimate configuration management utility.
No concerns found
Examples
Create a skill called meeting-summarizer that extracts action items from meeting transcriptsUpdate skill code-review to add a rule about checking for missing error handlingCreate or update a skill based on the current conversation.
The first word of $ARGUMENTS is the skill name (kebab-case). The rest is an optional note about what to add or change.
Step 1 — Detect mode
Check whether .claude/skills/$0/SKILL.md already exists.
- Exists → update mode: read the current file, then go to Step 3.
- Does not exist → create mode: go to Step 2.
Step 2 — Determine frontmatter (create only)
Decide the correct frontmatter based on what the skill does:
description — one sentence: what the skill does + when Claude should auto-load it. Put the key trigger phrase first (budget is 1,536 chars).
paths — set only if the skill is scoped to specific files. Use glob patterns:
- Design system / theme work →
@soroush.tech/design-system/** - All TypeScript →
**/*.ts,**/*.tsx - Omit for project-wide knowledge
argument-hint — short label shown in autocomplete, e.g. [filename] or [component-name].
disable-model-invocation: true — add only if this is a manual workflow with side effects (deploy, commit, send). Reference knowledge should NOT have this.
user-invocable: false — add only if users should never call it directly (pure background context).
Step 3 — Write content
Rules for skill content:
- Reference skills (conventions, patterns, style guides): state the rule + one ✗/✓ code pair. No prose explaining why — the example shows it.
- Task skills (step-by-step actions): numbered steps, imperative verbs, no explanation.
- Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines.
- Every line is a recurring token cost — cut anything that doesn't change Claude's behavior.
- End with:
If $ARGUMENTS names a file, read it and apply the rules. Otherwise apply to the code being discussed.(for reference skills only).
Update mode: add the new rule or change to the appropriate section. Do not touch unrelated rules. Remove any rule made obsolete by the change.
Step 4 — Write the file
For create: run mkdir -p .claude/skills/$0 then write .claude/skills/$0/SKILL.md.
For update: write the updated .claude/skills/$0/SKILL.md.
Confirm what was created or changed. If a new paths scope was set, mention which files will trigger it.
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