How to create a skill in Claude Cowork in less than 5 minutes

Description

Learn how to build skills in Claude Cowork in less than 5 minutes using the built-in skill creator. No coding required. In this quick tutorial, I show you how to take any task description (like a tweet or workflow) and turn it into a reusable skill that Claude Code will automatically detect and run when needed. You'll see the entire process from finding a workflow idea to having a working skill installed. What you'll learn: How to enable the skill creator in Claude Code The interview process for refining your skill How skills get auto-detected vs explicit slash commands Installing and managing skills in your library Timestamps: 0:00 Create skills in under 5 minutes 0:05 Finding an interviewing workflow tweet 0:20 Enabling the skill creator in Claude Code 0:42 Starting the skill creation process 1:01 How the skill creator asks questions 1:16 Scoping down the skill (product specs example) 1:44 Skipping questions to keep it broad 2:15 Skill file generation begins 2:52 Skills can include Python scripts too 3:05 Skills vs slash commands explained 3:26 Reviewing the generated skill file 3:44 Adding the skill to your library 3:52 Managing skills on/off (context window) 4:19 Testing how skills get auto-detected 5:17 Wrap-up and summary 🛣️ Sharing my learnings 👇 https://stefan.computer/bird https://stefan.computer/watch 🔗 What I'm cooking 👨‍🍳👇 https://gutsy.so/ https://www.unyte.de/