create-skill SKILL.md skillA

create-skill from qa-aman/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add qa-aman/claude-skills/create-skill@git:20260303.4fa499f

Pins git:20260303.4fa499f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade

A, 17 of 17 checks passed

Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

qa-aman/claude-skills

Path

.claude/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

2

Latest version

git:20260303.4fa499f, committed Mar 3, 2026

First version recorded

Mar 3, 2026

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Repository stars

21

License

MIT

Create or update Claude Code skills following Anthropic's official skill standard. Use when user says "create a skill", "new skill", "write a skill", "update a skill", "skill standard", or any time a new SKILL.md file needs to be created. Also use when reviewing existing skills for standards compliance.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Skill Creation Guide

Reference for creating skills that follow the Anthropic skill standard (github.com/anthropics/skills).

## Skill Anatomy

```
skill-name/
├── SKILL.md (required)
│   ├── YAML frontmatter (name, description required)
│   └── Markdown instructions (<500 lines)
└── Bundled Resources (optional)
    ├── scripts/    - Executable code for deterministic tasks
    ├── references/ - Docs loaded into context as needed
    └── assets/     - Templates, icons, fonts for outputs
```

## Progressive Disclosure

Skills load in three layers:
1. **Metadata** (name + description) - Always in context (~100 words)
2. **SKILL.md body** - Loaded when skill triggers (<500 lines)
3. **Bundled resources** - Loaded as needed (unlimited size)

Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines. If approaching the limit, move content to `references/` with clear pointers about when to read each file.

## YAML Frontmatter

Two required fields:

```yaml
---
name: skill-name
description: What the skill does AND when to trigger it. All "when to use" context goes here, not in the body.
---
```

### Description is the Trigger
…

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How to install

mdr add qa-aman/claude-skills/create-skill@sha256:1bca5c76e022b49f

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_ysns3wdgcxuez7ba.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ysns3wdgcxuez7ba)

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Mar 3, 2026.

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Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ysns3wdgcxuez7ba
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=qa-aman/claude-skills/create-skill
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1bca5c76e022b49f35ccc0c25a71a55111ce40f01fb4dcdaa9461ff13d28b054

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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