improve-creating-new-skills

Sub-skill of improve: Creating New Skills (+3).

5 stars

Best use case

improve-creating-new-skills is best used when you need a repeatable AI agent workflow instead of a one-off prompt.

Sub-skill of improve: Creating New Skills (+3).

Teams using improve-creating-new-skills should expect a more consistent output, faster repeated execution, less prompt rewriting.

When to use this skill

You want a reusable workflow that can be run more than once with consistent structure.

When not to use this skill

You only need a quick one-off answer and do not need a reusable workflow.
You cannot install or maintain the underlying files, dependencies, or repository context.

Installation

Claude Code / Cursor / Codex

$curl -o ~/.claude/skills/creating-new-skills/SKILL.md --create-dirs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vamseeachanta/workspace-hub/main/.agents/skills/_archive/workspace-hub/improve/creating-new-skills/SKILL.md"

Manual Installation

Download SKILL.md from GitHub
Place it in .claude/skills/creating-new-skills/SKILL.md inside your project
Restart your AI agent — it will auto-discover the skill

How improve-creating-new-skills Compares

Feature / Agent	improve-creating-new-skills	Standard Approach
Platform Support	Not specified	Limited / Varies
Context Awareness	High	Baseline
Installation Complexity	Unknown	N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this skill do?

Sub-skill of improve: Creating New Skills (+3).

Where can I find the source code?

You can find the source code on GitHub using the link provided at the top of the page.

SKILL.md Source

# Creating New Skills (+3)

## Creating New Skills

1. Search `.Codex/skills/**/*.md` for existing coverage
2. If no match, create at `.Codex/skills/<category>/<subcategory>/<name>/SKILL.md`
3. Follow existing SKILL.md template (YAML frontmatter + markdown sections)
4. Mark as `auto_generated: true` in frontmatter
5. Log in changelog with source pattern evidence


## Enhancing Existing Skills

1. Read current SKILL.md
2. Identify section to update (Quick Reference, examples, error handling)
3. Apply surgical edit (append examples, fix instructions)
4. Bump patch version in frontmatter
5. Log enhancement in changelog


## Deprecating Skills

1. Verify: no usage in last 90 days (check session logs, git history)
2. Verify: superseded by another skill (identify replacement)
3. Add to frontmatter: `deprecated: true`, `deprecated_date`, `replacement_skill`
4. Do NOT delete — archive in next pass


## Archiving Skills

1. Move from `.Codex/skills/<category>/` to `.Codex/skills/_archive/<category>/`
2. Add archive metadata: `archive_date`, `reason`, `original_path`
3. Update any cross-references in other skills

Related Skills

improve-codebase-architecture

from vamseeachanta/workspace-hub

Find deepening opportunities in a codebase, informed by the domain language in CONTEXT.md and the decisions in docs/adr/. Use when the user wants to improve architecture, find refactoring opportunities, consolidate tightly-coupled modules, or make a codebase more testable and AI-navigable.