--- title: How to Create Good Agent Skills | Claude Code Guide description: A practical guide to creating effective agent skills in Claude Code. Key principles include keeping skills concise to avoid bloating the context window, using... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-good-agent-skills-claude-code-guide-7tel2waju twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Create Good Agent Skills | Claude Code Guide | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to creating effective agent skills in Claude Code. 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Key principles include keeping skills concise to avoid bloating the context window, using skills only for repetitive tasks (not one-off requests), and leveraging the Anthropic skill creator skill to auto-generate well-structured skills. The guide covers skill structure (skill.md with name and description), controlling agent degrees of freedom, using a references folder for detailed docs, and distributing skills publicly via a marketplace.json config in a GitHub repo. Testing skills across different Claude models (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) is also recommended to balance cost and capability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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