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Introduction to Agent Skills

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A comprehensive, hands-on course on Claude Agent Skills — reusable SKILL.md files that teach Claude a task once so it applies your expertise automatically. Learn what skills are and the agentskills.io open standard, the SKILL.md format and full frontmatter (description, allowed-tools, disable-model-invocation, context: fork, paths), progressive disclosure and multi-file skills, dynamic context injection, how skills are discovered/matched/invoked, scope and precedence (enterprise/personal/project/plugin), skills vs CLAUDE.md vs subagents vs hooks vs MCP, sharing via git/plugins/managed settings, wiring skills into subagents, and troubleshooting. Verified against official Anthropic docs. Free to start.

5 sections|16 lessons|0/16 completed
1What Are Agent Skills?2Progressive Disclosure: How Claude Loads Skills3Skills vs CLAUDE.md, Slash Commands, Subagents, Hooks, and MCP
4Creating Your First Skill5The SKILL.md Frontmatter Reference6Writing Descriptions That Trigger Reliably7allowed-tools and Invocation Control
8Multi-File Skills and Progressive Disclosure9Dynamic Context Injection and Substitutions10Running Skills in a Subagent and the Skill Lifecycle
11Scope and Precedence: Where Skills Live12Sharing Skills: Git, Plugins, and Managed Settings13Wiring Skills into Subagents
14Troubleshooting Skills15Best Practices and Anti-Patterns16Course Review and Exam Tips

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