# How to Create Your First Claude Skill — Agent Skill

Step-by-step tutorial with examples

## At a glance

How to Create Your First Claude Skill is an Agent Skill by travisvn in the Other category. Install it by copying its folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or use its SKILL.md instructions as rules in other assistants. Its source repository has 15,621 GitHub stars (as of Oct 28, 2026).

## Install

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in Claude Code

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Install it

   Copy the folder containing SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (this project).

3. Use it

   Claude auto-invokes the skill when your request matches its description.

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Add the SKILL.md to your Skills folder

   Settings → Capabilities → Skills → add the folder containing SKILL.md. Claude picks it up automatically.

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in Cursor

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Convert to a Cursor rule

   Create .cursor/rules/how-to-create-your-first-claude-skill.mdc and paste the SKILL.md body. Set `alwaysApply` or a glob so the Agent loads it in context.

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in Codex CLI

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Reference in AGENTS.md

   Add the skill's instructions (or a link) to AGENTS.md at your repo root — Codex reads it on every run.

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in Windsurf

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in Cline

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install How to Create Your First Claude Skill in VS Code

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/travisvn/awesome-claude-skills.git
```

2. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

Source: https://skywork.ai/blog/ai-agent/how-to-create-claude-skill-step-by-step-guide/

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Source: https://mcp-skills-hub.vercel.app/skills/how-to-create-your-first-claude-skill · MCP Skills Hub · data as of 2026-10-28T12:31:05Z