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