Get Claude Skills

Introduction

Get Claude Skills is a powerful feature that enhances Claude's ability to perform specialized tasks. Skills are folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude can load when needed. This makes Claude better at specific tasks like working with Excel, following brand guidelines, or creating documents. Skills are already used in Claude apps to create files like spreadsheets and presentations, and now users can build their own skills for use across various platforms.

Benefits

• Composable: Skills can be stacked together, allowing Claude to automatically identify and coordinate the use of multiple skills.
• Portable: Skills use the same format everywhere, so you can build once and use them across Claude apps, Claude Code, and the API.
• Efficient: Claude loads only the necessary information and files, keeping it fast while accessing specialized expertise.
• Powerful: Skills can include executable code for tasks where traditional programming is more reliable than token generation.

Use Cases

• Claude Apps: Skills are available to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users. Claude automatically invokes relevant skills based on your task, making it easier to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Claude Developer Platform (API): Developers can add Skills to Messages API requests and manage custom skill versions through the Claude Console.
• Claude Code: Skills extend Claude Code with your team's expertise and workflows. Install skills via plugins from the anthropics/skills marketplace or manually add them to~/.claude/skills.

Vibes

• Box: Skills teach Claude how to work with Box content, transforming stored files into PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents that follow organizational standards, saving hours of effort.
• Notion: Skills enable Claude to work seamlessly with Notion, taking users from questions to action faster with less prompt wrangling on complex tasks.
• Canva: Canva plans to leverage Skills to customize agents and expand what they can do, unlocking new ways to bring Canva deeper into agentic workflows.
• Management Accounting and Finance: Skills streamline workflows, allowing Claude to process multiple spreadsheets, catch critical anomalies, and generate reports using specific procedures, reducing task completion time from a day to an hour.

Additional Information

Get Claude Skills is continuously evolving. The team is working toward simplified skill creation workflows and enterprise-wide deployment capabilities, making it easier for organizations to distribute skills across teams. Users are advised to stick to trusted sources when using skills to ensure data safety.