anthropics/skills

Public repository for Agent Skills

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[](https://skills.sh/anthropics/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 tasks 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. For more information, check out: This repository contains skills that demonstrate what's possible with Claude's skills system. These skills 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 folder with a SKILL.md file containing the instructions and metadata that Claude uses. Browse through these skills to get inspiration for your own skills or to understand different patterns and approaches. Many skills in this repo are open source (Apache 2.0). We've also included the document creation & editing skills that…

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  1. Skills
  2. About This Repository
  3. Disclaimer
  4. Skill Sets
  5. Try in Claude Code, Claude.ai, and the API
  6. Claude Code
  7. Claude.ai
  8. Claude API
  9. Creating a Basic Skill
  10. Partner Skills

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Public repository for Agent Skills

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anthropics
Primary language
Python
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Created
2025-09-22T15:53:31.000Z
Last push
2026-10-28T19:20:39.000Z

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