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ClawSkills/claw-skills/workflows/create-skills.md
zhi 795a710376 refactor: enforce layer responsibilities across all skills
Rewrote docs/standard.md as the single source of truth for skill
structure (menu/tools/recipes/manual analogy). Trimmed all SKILL.md
files to pure routers, moved recruitment workflow out of SKILL.md
into workflows/recruitment.md, removed duplicated standards from
workflow files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-17 20:40:16 +00:00

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Create Skills

When you notice a reusable pattern with no existing skill covering it.

See {baseDir}/docs/standard.md for skill structure and layer responsibilities.

Principle

Not every repetitive task needs a skill. Ask first: is this pattern general enough to warrant abstraction?

Process

1. Identify the Pattern

  • Record the repeating sequence of operations
  • Analyze: what are you doing repeatedly across tasks?
  • Evaluate: is this general-purpose or a one-off?

2. Decide the Approach

Should this be a new skill, or a script/workflow added to an existing skill?

Add a script when:

  • The steps are fixed and results are predictable
  • The operation recurs across different agents/workspaces
  • Involves external system calls (git, keycloak, file ops, etc.)

Add a workflow when:

  • Steps vary depending on context or require judgment
  • The scenario is too nuanced for rigid logic

Not worth abstracting:

  • One-off tasks

3. Design

  • Name: kebab-case (e.g., git-clone-repo)
  • SKILL.md: Router only — list scripts with invocation syntax, workflows with trigger conditions
  • Scripts: Single responsibility each, placed under scripts/

4. Implement

  • Write the scripts, verify they work
  • Write the SKILL.md
  • Test locally

5. Submit

Call {baseDir}/scripts/promote-improvements to push to your branch.

Commit message includes: skill name, what it does, usage example.