Claude Skills Examples - Official & Practical Skills Library

This directory combines preserved ClaudeSkills editorial guides with current pinned references from Anthropic. Full English references are shown only where the package explicitly permits redistribution. Document implementations and packages without a clear license are linked upstream. Individual guides are not complete installation bundles or verified execution results.

This library combines official Claude Skills examples with practical ClaudeSkills tutorials. The upstream anthropics/skills snapshot contains 20 skill references, including the template, and this library also includes our Artifact Design tutorial.

Licenses are recorded per skill: 14 entries have explicit Apache-2.0 terms; document skills (Docx, PDF, Pptx and Xlsx) use proprietary terms, while Doc Co-Authoring and the template do not declare a package license in this snapshot. Public availability does not provide a blanket MIT license or a guarantee that every workflow has been tested. See each entry's source and license before copying its files.

The latest additions are Academy Guide, which recommends Claude learning resources, and Discernment Nudge, which helps check reasoning and missing context. The English source references were synchronized on October 4, 2026; translations retain their own revision history.

If you are new to Claude Skills, start with the concepts primer below, then open any example - or grab the skill template to build your own.

All Skills at a Glance

Skill	What it does
Academy Guide	Recommends relevant Claude courses and learning resources
Discernment Nudge	Adds brief checks for facts, reasoning and missing context
Algorithmic Art	Generative art with p5.js: seeded randomness, flow fields, particle systems
Artifact-Design	Anthropic's design guidance Claude applies when building Artifacts
Canvas Design	Posters and visual art as .png/.pdf, guided by design philosophy
Frontend Design	Distinctive, production-grade UI design for frontend code
Slack GIF Creator	Animated reaction GIFs sized and validated for Slack
Web Artifacts Builder	Complex claude.ai artifacts with React, Tailwind, and shadcn/ui
Claude API	Claude API reference guidance: model IDs, pricing, SDK patterns
MCP Builder	Build high-quality MCP servers in Python or TypeScript
Webapp Testing	Drive a browser with Playwright: click flows, screenshots, debugging
Doc Co-Authoring	Structured drafting workflow: outlines, revisions, collaborative editing
Docx	Create, edit, and format Word documents, tracked changes included
PDF	Extract, merge, generate, and fill PDF forms; OCR scanned files
Pptx	Build and edit PowerPoint decks: layouts, speaker notes, slides
Xlsx	Create and analyze Excel spreadsheets with formulas and formatting
Brand Guidelines	Lock output to brand colors, typography, and voice
Internal Comms	Status reports, incident updates, and memos in company formats
Theme Factory	Preset visual themes (or custom ones) for styling artifacts
Skill Creator	The meta-skill that scaffolds and packages new skills
Skill Template	Minimal SKILL.md boilerplate to start your own skill

Skills

Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to improve performance on specialized tasks. Skills teach Claude how to complete specific jobs in a repeatable way, whether that's creating documents with your company's brand guidelines, analyzing data using your organization's specific workflows, or automating personal tasks.

Further Reading

• What are skills?
• Using skills in Claude
• How to create custom skills
• Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills

About This Repository

The repository contains example skills that demonstrate what's possible with Claude's skills ecosystem. These examples range from creative applications (art, music, design) to technical tasks (testing web apps, MCP server generation) to enterprise workflows (communications, branding, etc.).

Each skill is self-contained in its own directory with a SKILL.md file containing the instructions and metadata that Claude uses. Browse through these examples to get inspiration for your own skills or to understand different patterns and approaches.

This directory combines preserved ClaudeSkills editorial guides with current pinned references from Anthropic. Full English references are shown only where the package explicitly permits redistribution. Document implementations and packages without a clear license are linked upstream. Individual guides are not complete installation bundles or verified execution results.

Disclaimer: These skills are provided for demonstration and educational purposes only. While some of these capabilities may be available in Claude, the implementations and behaviors you receive from Claude may differ from what is shown in these examples. Always test skills thoroughly in your own environment before relying on them for critical tasks.

Example Skills

This repository includes a diverse collection of example skills demonstrating different capabilities:

Creative & Design

• algorithmic-art: Create generative art using p5.js with seeded randomness, flow fields, and particle systems
• canvas-design: Design visual art in .png and .pdf formats using design philosophies
• frontend-design: Transform UI requirements into production-ready frontend code with bold, accessible layouts
• slack-gif-creator: Create animated GIFs optimized for Slack's size constraints

Development & Technical

• artifacts-builder: Build complex claude.ai HTML artifacts using React, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui components
• mcp-builder: Guide for creating high-quality MCP servers to integrate external APIs and services
• webapp-testing: Test local web applications using Playwright for UI verification and debugging

Enterprise & Communication

• brand-guidelines: Apply Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to artifacts
• internal-comms: Write internal communications like status reports, newsletters, and FAQs
• theme-factory: Style artifacts with 10 pre-set professional themes or generate custom themes on the fly

Meta Skills

• skill-creator: Guide for creating effective skills that extend Claude's capabilities
• template-skill: A basic template to use as a starting point for new skills

Document Skills

The skills/ subdirectory contains skills that Anthropic developed to help Claude create various document file formats. These skills demonstrate advanced patterns for working with complex file formats and binary data:

• docx: Create, edit, and analyze Word documents with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction
• pdf: Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms
• pptx: Create, edit, and analyze PowerPoint presentations with support for layouts, templates, charts, and automated slide generation
• xlsx: Create, edit, and analyze Excel spreadsheets with support for formulas, formatting, data analysis, and visualization
• doc-coauthoring: Collaborate on document revisions with review-ready notes, edits, and structured feedback

Note: These document skills are point-in-time snapshots and are not actively maintained or updated. Versions of these skills ship pre-included with Claude. They are primarily intended as reference examples to illustrate how Anthropic approaches developing more complex skills that work with binary file formats and document structures.

Try in Claude Code, Claude.ai, and the API

Claude Code

You can register this repository as a Claude Code Plugin marketplace by running the following command in Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills

After installing the plugin, you can use the skill by just mentioning it. For instance, if you install the document-skills plugin from the marketplace, you can ask Claude Code to do something like: "use the pdf skill to extract the form fields from path/to/some-file.pdf".

Claude.ai

These example skills are already available to paid plans in Claude.ai. To use any skill from this repository or upload custom skills, follow the instructions in Using skills in Claude.

Claude API

You can use Anthropic's pre-built skills, and upload custom skills, via the Claude API. See the Skills API Quickstart for more.

Creating a Basic Skill

Skills are simple to create: just a folder with a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter and instructions. You can use the template-skill in this repository as a starting point:

---
name: my-skill-name
description: A clear description of what this skill does and when to use it
---

# My Skill Name

[Add your instructions here that Claude will follow when this skill is active]

## Examples
- Example usage 1
- Example usage 2

## Guidelines
- Guideline 1
- Guideline 2

The frontmatter requires only two fields:

• name: A unique identifier for your skill (lowercase, hyphens for spaces)
• description: A complete description of what the skill does and when to use it

The markdown content below contains the instructions, examples, and guidelines that Claude will follow. For more details, see How to create custom skills.

Partner Skills

Skills are an effective way to teach Claude how to get better at using specific software. As Anthropic sees notable examples from partners, they may highlight them here:

• Notion: Notion Skills for Claude