Skill

A written recipe that Claude follows for a certain type of task. In practice, it’s a folder with a SKILL.md file in it. You start it with /name, or Claude picks it on its own.

You’ll also find it as: skills

How it appears in the course

A skill is a “recipe” written once, which Claude follows every time it’s needed.
Introduction · Module 05, Skills: reusable recipes
A skill is a folder on your computer. A folder is a “box” in which you keep files. In the folder there’s a text file called SKILL.md. There you write the instructions for a certain type of task.
What is a skill? · Module 05, Skills: reusable recipes
You replace <name> with the name of your skill, for example code-review.
Where do you put a skill? · Module 05, Skills: reusable recipes

Where you learn it

In module 05 · Skills: reusable recipes, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

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