Claude Skills

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Skills are folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude discovers and loads dynamically when relevant to a task. Think of them as specialized training manuals that give Claude expertise in specific domains—from working with Excel spreadsheets to following your organization's brand guidelines.How Skills work: When Claude encounters a task, it scans available Skills to find relevant matches. Skills use progressive disclosure: metadata loads first (~100 tokens), providing just enough information for Claude to know when a Skill is relevant. Full instructions load when needed (<5k tokens), and bundled files or scripts load only as required.When to use Skills: Choose Skills when you need Claude to perform specialized tasks consistently and efficiently. They're ideal for:Organizational workflows: Brand guidelines, compliance procedures, document templates
Domain expertise: Excel formulas, PDF manipulation, data analysis
Personal preferences: Note-taking systems, coding patterns, research methods
Example: Create a brand guidelines Skill that includes your company's color palette, typography rules, and layout specifications. When Claude creates presentations or documents, it automatically applies these standards without you needing to explain them each time.

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