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This guide walks you through creating, evaluating, and installing your first skill using the SkillCreator desktop app.

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Prerequisites

  • macOS (Apple Silicon or Intel)
  • One of: Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, or VS Code

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Create your first skill

1

Open the Studio

Launch SkillCreator and click Studio in the sidebar. You will see a prompt input with options to add context from URLs, files, or images.
2

Describe what you want

Type a natural-language description of the task your agent should learn. For example:
Write a skill that teaches Claude Code how to create
well-structured React components with TypeScript,
proper prop types, and test files.
You can also paste a URL to existing documentation, drag in files, or upload a screenshot.
3

Generate

Click Generate Skill. The Studio will analyze your input, extract key patterns, and produce a structured SKILL.md file with:
  • Metadata (name, description, allowed-tools)
  • Overview section
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Example prompts
4

Review and edit

The generated skill appears as an inline card in the Studio. You can edit it there, or save it to the Library and open it in the full Editor. You can also:
  • Edit the Markdown directly in the Monaco editor
  • Adjust metadata in the frontmatter panel
  • Add or remove files in the file tree
  • View token budget and file relationship insights
5

Run evals

Switch to the Evals tab and click Run evaluation. The system scores your skill on 6 dimensions:
  • Structure
  • Content
  • Evidence
  • Usage
  • Toolchain
  • Freshness
Fix any flagged issues and re-run until you are satisfied.
6

Install to your agent

Open the skill in the Library, then go to the Deploy tab and select your target agent runtime. SkillCreator shows a file-level diff preview of what will be added or changed. Confirm the install.Your agent now knows the skill.

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What’s next?

Understand the skill format

Learn the anatomy of a SKILL.md file.

Convert existing docs

Turn runbooks, READMEs, and docs into skills.
Last modified on March 19, 2026