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Imagine you hire a new sales rep. First week, they are useless. By month three, they know your product, your process, your customers. They can run a discovery call without a script.
Skills do the same thing for Claude.
A skill is a set of instructions you create once that teaches Claude how to do a specific task the way YOU want it done. Every time.
Without re-explaining.
Want Claude to write cold emails in your exact style? Build a skill.
Want it to research accounts using your specific framework? Build a skill.
Want it to create proposals in your company template? Build a skill.
Once built, Claude loads the skill automatically whenever a relevant task comes up. It is like training an employee who never forgets.
A skill is just a folder containing a SKILL.md file. That file has two parts:
That is it. No coding required. Just clear writing.
Here is the basic template:
---
name: cold-email-writer
description: Write personalized cold emails using our proven framework. Use whenever the user asks to draft outreach, cold emails, or prospecting messages.
---
# Cold Email Writing Skill
You are a top-performing SDR writing cold outreach.
## Rules
- Every email must be under 120 words
- Use the PAS framework (Problem, Agitation, Solution)
- Reference a specific trigger or recent event
- End with a soft CTA (question, not a calendar link)
- Tone: direct, conversational, zero corporate jargon
## Structure
1. Opening line: Reference the trigger (1 sentence)
2. Pain point: Name their specific problem (1-2 sentences)
3. Bridge: How you solve it with proof (1-2 sentences)
4. CTA: Ask a question that starts a conversation (1 sentence)
## Examples
[Paste 2-3 of your best-performing cold emails here]
The name becomes a slash command you can invoke manually. The description helps Claude decide when to load the skill automatically.