TL;DR
These five prompts turn a task you repeat every week into a skill you run with one slash command: Claude interviews you about the task, builds it, tests it on a real example, and tunes it. About 15 minutes; the interview in prompt 1 is the longest part.
Copy each prompt, fill in the [brackets], and paste them into Claude Code in order. Pick the task you're most tired of explaining over and over — that's your first skill.
Tell Claude the task you keep repeating
I keep asking you to do the same thing: [the task you repeat, e.g. 'turn my rough notes into a client email']. I want that as a skill I can run with one command. First, interview me: ask me whatever you need to know to do this task perfectly every time, one question at a time, my format, my rules, my examples.Build the skill
Now build the skill. Create it so when I type /[skillname], you do the whole thing exactly the way we just defined. Save everything where it needs to live and tell me what you created.Run a real test
Test run: /[skillname] with this input: [paste a real example]. Show me the output.Tune it so it's right every time
Here's what I'd tweak: [what you'd change]. Update the skill itself so it comes out like this every time, not just this once.Get 5 more skill ideas, ranked
Now that I've seen one: give me a list of 5 more skills you think I should build, based on what you know about how I work. Rank them by time saved per week.Common questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. Claude builds the skill files itself and saves them where they need to live. You describe the task and answer the interview questions.
Where do I paste these?
Into Claude Code. Skills are a Claude Code feature — a saved set of instructions you trigger with a slash command, which the web chat doesn't have.
What makes a good first skill?
A task you've asked Claude to do the same way at least three times — notes into an email, a weekly report, a post format. If you're re-explaining it, it should be a skill. Prompt 5 ranks five more candidates by time saved per week.
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