skill-creator

skill-creator is a Claude skill by anthropics that guide for creating skills that extend Claude's capabilities.

Updated 2026-10-09

What is skill-creator?

skill-creator is a Claude skill by anthropics that guide for creating skills that extend Claude's capabilities. It is listed under Agents & automation and has 400,900 installs.

TypeClaude skill
Authoranthropics
Repositoryanthropics/skills
Popularity400,900 installs
CategoryAgents & automation
SecurityLow risk (96/100)
Rank#68 of 1,262 Claude skills; #5 in Agents & automation
SKILL.md length485 lines
Last commit2026-10-09
Stars this week+1,326
Installs in the last 24h1,000

Is skill-creator safe to install?

skill-creator scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 of 9 checks.

Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.

CheckResult
No instruction-override phrasesPass
No hidden actionsPass
No pipe-to-shell installersPass
No obfuscated codePass
No destructive commandsPass
Doesn't ask for keys or credentialsPass
No network requestsPass
Runs shell commandsNote
Installs no packagesPass

What the scan matched

  • shell: ```bash

How do I install skill-creator?

  1. Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
    npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill skill-creator
  2. Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
    git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills
    cp -r skills/skills/skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/skill-creator
  3. Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
    Use the skill-creator skill to …

Or ask Claude to set it up

Paste this into Claude Code and it installs skill-creator for you:

Install the "skill-creator" skill from https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.

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