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Claude, the powerful AI assistant, just got a significant upgrade with the introduction of “Skills.” This feature allows users to extend Claude’s capabilities by providing access to specialized knowledge and workflows. This guide delves into everything you need to know about using Skills in Claude, from enabling them to creating custom ones.

What are Claude Skills?

Skills are essentially extensions that give Claude access to specialized knowledge and workflows. Think of them as plugins or add-ons that enhance Claude’s core functionality. This allows Claude to perform more complex and industry-specific tasks. The Skills feature is currently in feature preview for users on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, requiring code execution to be enabled. It is also in beta for Claude Code users and available for all API users through the code execution tool.

Prerequisites and Enabling Skills

Before you can start using Skills, you need to ensure that you meet the prerequisites and enable the feature. The process varies slightly depending on your plan:

• Enterprise Plans: Owners must enable both “Code execution and file creation” and “Skills” in Admin settings under Capabilities. Individual members can then toggle example skills on or upload their own in Settings > Capabilities.
• Team Plans: This feature is enabled by default at the organization level. Individual members can toggle on example skills and upload their own in Settings > Capabilities.
• Max and Pro Plans: You can enable example skills and upload your own in Settings > Capabilities.

How to Enable Skills:

1. Navigate to Settings > Capabilities.
2. Ensure that Code execution and file creation is enabled.
3. Scroll to the Skills section.
4. Toggle individual skills on or off as needed.
5. To add custom skills, click “Upload skill” and upload a ZIP file containing your skill folder.

Anthropic’s Built-in Skills

Anthropic provides several built-in skills designed to enhance common tasks:

• Enhanced Excel spreadsheet creation and manipulation: Claude can create and modify spreadsheets with greater precision and functionality.
• Professional Word document creation: Generate well-formatted and professional-looking Word documents.
• PowerPoint presentation generation: Create engaging and informative PowerPoint presentations.
• PDF creation and processing: Generate PDFs and process existing ones, extracting information or making edits.

With Code execution and file creation enabled, Claude automatically uses these tools when relevant. You don’t need to explicitly tell Claude to use them; it intelligently determines when a skill is needed based on your request. For instance, if you ask Claude to “Create a PowerPoint presentation about Q3 results,” it will automatically utilize the PowerPoint skill.

Creating and Using Custom Skills

One of the most powerful aspects of Skills is the ability to create and upload your own, teaching Claude your specific workflows.

1. Create a Skill: Follow the specified skill structure. This involves defining the skill’s purpose, instructions, and dependencies.
2. Package Your Skill: Package your skill folder as a ZIP file.
3. Upload Your Skill: Navigate to Settings > Capabilities, find the Skills section, and click “Upload skill.”
4. Enable Your Skill: Your skill will appear in your Skills list and can be toggled on or off.

Custom skills you upload are private to your individual account. To share skills with your organization, you’ll need to upload them separately for each user or leverage the API.

Managing and Troubleshooting Skills

All your skills are listed in Settings > Capabilities under the Skills section. You can view:

• Anthropic skills.
• Custom skills you’ve uploaded.
• When each skill was enabled or uploaded.
• A brief description of what each skill does.

To remove a custom skill: Navigate to Settings > Capabilities, find the skill, click the delete/remove option, and confirm deletion.

Troubleshooting Common Issues:

• Skills section not visible: Ensure code execution is enabled.
• Claude isn’t using a Skill: Verify the Skill is toggled on, the description is clear, and the instructions are well-structured. Try being more explicit in your requests.
• Upload errors: Check the ZIP file size, skill folder name, ensure you have a Skill.md file, and use valid characters in the skill name/description.
• Skills greyed out: Code execution or Skills may be disabled at the organization level or individually.

Privacy and Security Considerations

Custom skills are private to individual accounts. Skills operate in Claude’s secure sandboxed environment with no data persistence between sessions. Skills may include third-party packages, so install skills only from trusted sources and thoroughly audit skills from less trusted sources.

The primary risks are prompt injection and data exfiltration. Anthropic has implemented several mitigations, but vigilance is necessary.

Best Practices

• Start Simple: Begin with Anthropic’s pre-built Skills.
• Be Specific: Write clear descriptions for custom skills.
• Test Your Skills: Test thoroughly with different prompts.
• Organize by Purpose: Create separate skills for different purposes.

Claude Skills is a revolutionary feature that empowers users to tailor Claude to their specific needs and workflows. By understanding how to enable, create, and manage skills, you can significantly enhance Claude’s capabilities and unlock its full potential.

Source: Anthropic