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Claude skills best practices

Most broken skills are not broken. Claude just never picks them. These rules fix that.

The rules

  • Write the description as what it does plus exactly when to use it, with the words users actually say.
  • Keep SKILL.md short. Move long references into separate files and link them.
  • Use numbered steps and a defined output format.
  • Add rules for what Claude must never do, like inventing numbers.
  • Test with three real prompts before you share it.
  • Version it in git like code.
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