# Build Claude Code Skills Faster

Creating reusable AI skills requires strict structure and clear activation guidance. This skill provides templates, checklists, and examples for reliable Claude Code skill authoring.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add dnyoussef/skill-builder
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: dnyoussef-skill-builder
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: a1208b0d777fa47a8b671cbe7f7504077b197bf553e0250eb53e5bd5f79e5f84
- Author: DNYoussef
- GitHub username: DNYoussef
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/DNYoussef/ai-chrome-extension/tree/main/.claude/skills/skill-builder
- Ref: 0519034dad657fb1f7706e0550e962beeda73fdf
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands, network, filesystem
- Quality score: 77
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/dnyoussef-skill-builder
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/dnyoussef-skill-builder/manifest

## Capabilities

- Explains required SKILL.md frontmatter with name and description fields.
- Shows personal and project skill directory layouts for Claude Code.
- Provides minimal, intermediate, and advanced skill templates.
- Describes progressive disclosure levels for large skill collections.
- Includes validation checklists for structure, content, testing, and examples.
- Links to official Claude and skills repository resources.

## Use Cases

- Create a Personal Skill: Build a reusable skill for a repeated coding or documentation workflow.
- Standardize Team Skills: Define shared project skills with consistent structure, references, and validation steps.
- Review Marketplace Submissions: Check whether a submitted skill follows frontmatter, directory, and progressive disclosure guidance.

## Prompt Templates

### Draft a Basic Skill

```
Create a minimal Claude Code skill for [workflow]. Include the name, description, overview, quick start, and troubleshooting sections.
```

### Improve Skill Metadata

```
Review this skill description for Claude Code activation. Make it specific, concise, and clear about when the skill should run.
```

### Plan Skill Files

```
Design a Claude Code skill folder for [use case]. Separate core instructions, scripts, resources, examples, and advanced docs.
```

### Audit a Complete Skill

```
Audit this Claude Code skill for structure, frontmatter, progressive disclosure, risky instructions, missing examples, and unclear activation triggers.
```

## Limitations

- Does not include executable helper scripts or automated validators.
- Does not generate files by itself without agent action.
- Examples are generic and need project-specific editing.
- References Claude skill behavior that may change with platform updates.

## Best Practices

- Write descriptions that state what the skill does and when Claude should use it.
- Keep core instructions short and move detailed references into linked files.
- Validate examples, scripts, and resource paths before sharing the skill.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not use vague descriptions that fail to describe activation conditions.
- Do not bury required instructions only in external reference files.
- Do not include scripts without clear purpose, inputs, and safety expectations.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-09T11:56:56.867\+00:00
- Summary: The static findings are false positives caused by Markdown fences, inline code spans, example paths, and documentation links in SKILL.md. I found no executable code, covert network behavior, credential access, or prompt injection attempt.

## Stats

- Views: 207
- Downloads: 7
- Favorites: 0
- Popularity score: 0