Anthropic skills: Example folders that teach Claude repeatable tasks

What it does

Each skill is a self-contained folder with a SKILL.md file holding instructions and a short description. Claude loads skills as needed for specialized tasks, so it handles them in a repeatable way. The collection covers creative work like art and music, technical jobs like testing web apps, and business tasks like branding and communications.

How to use it

On paid Claude.ai plans these example skills are already available. In Claude Code, add this repository as a plugin marketplace (a list of add-ons), choose Browse and install plugins, and pick document-skills or example-skills. After installing, just mention a skill in your request. The Claude API also lets you use and upload skills.

Common use cases

• Install the document skills in Claude Code and ask the PDF skill to pull the form fields from a PDF form; Claude reports the fields it finds.
• Ask Claude to create a document using your company's brand guidelines and get a file that follows those guidelines.
• Copy the template skill, write a name, description and instructions in its SKILL.md file, and Claude follows your steps for that task.