skill-factory
Create new skills with proper structure and YAML frontmatter. Use when building new slash command skills, ensuring consistent formatting, directory structure, and validation. Guides through the complete skill creation workflow.
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About skill-factory
The 'skill-factory' AI skill is designed to streamline the creation of new Claude Code skills by providing a structured workflow and ensuring proper formatting, directory setup, and validation. It addresses the common challenges developers face when building slash command skills, such as inconsistent YAML frontmatter, missing sections, or incorrect directory structures. By guiding users through a standardized process, it reduces errors and maintains uniformity across all skills within a project.
The skill offers features that cover the entire skill creation lifecycle. It gathers essential information from the user, including the skill name, description, purpose, and required subdirectories. It validates the skill name for format and uniqueness, creates the appropriate directory structure, generates a SKILL.md file using a predefined template, and performs comprehensive validation of the skill file. Additionally, it provides escalation rules for situations requiring human intervention, ensuring security and conflict resolution standards are met.
'Skill-factory' is particularly useful for developers building skills for agents or workflows who need consistent, discoverable, and maintainable skill definitions. It benefits teams maintaining multiple skills by enforcing quality standards and preventing duplication or conflicts. The skill is suitable for both new skill creation and validation of existing skills, making it a valuable tool for organizations aiming to scale their skill development processes efficiently.
FAQ
How do I start creating a new skill with skill-factory?
Invoke the '/skill-factory' command and follow the prompts to provide the skill name, description, purpose, and any required subdirectories.
Does skill-factory validate the skill directory and file structure?
Yes, it ensures the skill directory follows the correct layout and that the SKILL.md file contains valid YAML frontmatter and required sections.
Can skill-factory automatically resolve conflicts with existing skills?
No, conflicts such as duplicate names or functionality overlaps are escalated to humans for resolution.
What are the requirements for using skill-factory?
The user must have access to a project repository with git context enabled, as the skill requires checking for existing skills and directory structure validation.
Who should use skill-factory?
Developers creating new slash command skills, teams maintaining multiple skills, or anyone needing consistent skill formatting and validation.
Install skill-factory
Quick Setup:
- Copy the skill folder to
.claude/skills/ - Claude will automatically detect and use the skill