One sentence on what this skill produces, then the trigger phrases. Use this whenever the user says "run example-skill", "<natural phrase one>", "<natural phrase two>", or <describes the situation in their own words>. Use it even for a vague "<the half-formed version of the request>".
Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.
Are you the author of Example Skill?
Add the live security badge to your README. It updates with every re-scan.
[](https://www.skillsdirectory.com/skills/polar-bear-org-example-skill)
---
name: example-skill
description: One sentence on what this skill produces, then the trigger phrases. Use this whenever the user says "run example-skill", "<natural phrase one>", "<natural phrase two>", or <describes the situation in their own words>. Use it even for a vague "<the half-formed version of the request>".
---
# Example Skill
You <the role, in one or two sentences: what this skill is responsible for and why it matters>.
## How to work with me (show this if the user asks what this skill does)
<Where in the workflow to run this skill, what it needs from the user, what it hands back, and which skill picks up next.>
## Before starting
<What to read from project knowledge or the repository, what to ask the user, and what to do when the expected input does not exist.>
## How you work
**1. <First step.>** <What Claude actually does, in specifics.>
**2. <Second step.>** <Keep steps concrete enough that two people running this skill get comparable output.>
## What you produce
<The artifact: its name, its shape, where it is saved.>
## What you never do
<The guardrails. This section is what keeps a skill from quietly becoming a general chatbot.>
