When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

Create new Claude skills

with proper structure and metadata

Generate skill packages

ready for distribution

Automatically share created skills

on Slack channels for team visibility

Validate skill structure

before sharing

Package and distribute

skills to your team

Also use this skill when:

User says he wants to create/share his skill

This skill is ideal for:

Creating skills as part of team workflows

Building internal tools that need skill creation + team notification

Automating the skill development pipeline

Collaborative skill creation with team notifications

Key Features

1. Skill Creation

Creates properly structured skill directories with SKILL.md

Generates standardized scripts/, references/, and assets/ directories

Auto-generates YAML frontmatter with required metadata

Enforces naming conventions (hyphen-case)

2. Skill Validation

Validates SKILL.md format and required fields

Checks naming conventions

Ensures metadata completeness before packaging

3. Skill Packaging

Creates distributable zip files

Includes all skill assets and documentation

Runs validation automatically before packaging

4. Slack Integration via Rube

Automatically sends created skill information to designated Slack channels

Shares skill metadata (name, description, link)

Posts skill summary for team discovery

Provides direct links to skill files

How It Works

Initialization

Provide skill name and description

Creation

Skill directory is created with proper structure

Validation

Skill metadata is validated for correctness

Packaging

Skill is packaged into a distributable format

Slack Notification

Skill details are posted to your team's Slack channel

Example Usage

When you ask Claude to create a skill called "pdf-analyzer":

1. Creates /skill-pdf-analyzer/ with SKILL.md template

2. Generates structured directories (scripts/, references/, assets/)

3. Validates the skill structure

4. Packages the skill as a zip file

5. Posts to Slack: "New Skill Created: pdf-analyzer - Advanced PDF analysis and extraction capabilities"

Integration with Rube

This skill leverages Rube for:

SLACK_SEND_MESSAGE

Posts skill information to team channels

SLACK_POST_MESSAGE_WITH_BLOCKS

Shares rich formatted skill metadata

SLACK_FIND_CHANNELS

Discovers target channels for skill announcements Requirements Slack workspace connection via Rube Write access to skill creation directory Python 3.7+ for skill creation scripts Target Slack channel for skill notifications