---
id: "action-build-skill-with-claude"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["00:04:54", "00:06:05"]
tags: ["execution", "claude"]
related: ["framework-skill-creation"]
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
action: "Prompt Claude to generate a skill file by answering its clarifying questions, then upload the result."
outcome: "A functional, reusable skill stored in your Claude account."
sources: ["s40-super-prompts"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s40-super-prompts"
originDay: 40
---
# Build a Skill Using Claude

## Action

Initiate a chat with [[entity-claude-d40]] and explicitly ask it to *"build a skill"* for one of the workflows surfaced in [[action-identify-skill-use-cases]].

1. Answer Claude's clarifying questions with specific context, examples, and constraints.
2. When Claude generates the `.zip` or `.md` file, download it.
3. Upload it to your **Capabilities** settings.

For the full step-by-step procedure, see [[framework-skill-creation]].

## Outcome

A functional, reusable skill stored in your Claude account, callable in any future chat.

## Prerequisites

- [[prerequisite-prompt-engineering]] — you must be able to articulate clear, unambiguous instructions; see [[claim-skills-require-good-initial-prompting]].
- [[prerequisite-file-handling]] — you must know how to handle `.zip` and `.md` files.