Build Skill
Create comprehensive Claude Code Skills through elicitation-driven development
Claude CodeGeneric
# Build Claude Code Skill
Create comprehensive Claude Code Skills through elicitation-driven development
## Instructions
This command orchestrates four specialized agents to build production-ready Claude Code Skills from user requirements. Follow this structured workflow:
### Phase 1: Requirements Elicitation
**Agent**: `skill-elicitation-agent`
1. **Activate Elicitation Agent**
- Launch the skill-elicitation-agent using the Task tool
- Provide context: "The user wants to create a new Claude Code Skill"
- Include any initial requirements or ideas the user has shared
2. **Elicitation Questions**
- The agent will ask 3-5 targeted questions to understand:
- Purpose and scope of the skill
- Complexity and structure requirements
- Tool permissions needed
- Context and references
- Success criteria
3. **Specification Creation**
- Agent will create a comprehensive skill specification document
- Includes: metadata, structure, instructions outline, code needs, examples, dependencies
- Uses progressive disclosure strategy
- Validates completeness before proceeding
4. **User Approval**
- Present the specification to the user
- Confirm understanding and agreement
- Make adjustments if needed
- Get explicit approval to proceed to generation
### Phase 2: Skill Generation
**Agent**: `skill-generator-agent`
1. **Activate Generator Agent**
- Launch the skill-generator-agent using the Task tool
- Pass the approved specification document
- Specify target location (personal, project, or plugin skill)
2. **Directory Structure Creation**
- Agent creates appropriate directory structure:
```
skill-name/
├── SKILL.md (required)
├── reference.md (if needed)
├── examples.md (if needed)
├── scripts/ (if needed)
└── templates/ (if needed)
```
3. **SKILL.md Generation**
- Creates main skill file with proper frontmatter
- Includes clear instructions and examples
- Follows progressive disclosure principles
- Links to supporting files
4. **Supporting Files Generation**
- Creates reference documentation
- Generates example files
- Writes scripts with proper error handling
- Creates reusable templates
5. **Dependency Documentation**
- Documents all required packages
- Provides installation instructions
- Notes version requirements
6. **Quality Checks**
- Validates YAML frontmatter
- Checks file structure
- Verifies code syntax
- Tests progressive disclosure
### Phase 3: Validation and Testing
**Agent**: `skill-validator-agent`
1. **Activate Validator Agent**
- Launch the skill-validator-agent using the Task tool
- Provide path to generated skill
- Request comprehensive validation
2. **YAML Validation**
- Check frontmatter syntax
- Verify required fields
- Validate optional fields
- Test YAML parsing
3. **Description Analysis**
- Assess discoverability
- Check trigger keywords
- Verify clarity and completeness
- Compare to best practices
4. **Structure Validation**
- Verify file organization
- Check all references
- Test script execution
- Validate permissions
5. **Code Testing**
- Syntax validation
- Security checks
- Dependency verification
- Error handling tests
6. **Integration Testing**
- Test skill loading
- Verify triggering
- Check execution flow
- Validate outputs
7. **Validation Report**
- Generate comprehensive report
- Score each category
- List issues by severity
- Provide actionable fixes
8. **Issue Resolution**
- If issues found, work with generator agent to fix
- Re-validate after fixes
- Iterate until validation passes
### Phase 4: Documentation Enhancement
**Agent**: `skill-documenter-agent`
1. **Activate Documenter Agent**
- Launch the skill-documenter-agent using the Task tool
- Provide skill path and specification
- Request comprehensive documentation
2. **SKILL.md Enhancement**
- Refine instructions for clarity
- Add comprehensive examples
- Include best practices
- Create troubleshooting section
3. **Reference Documentation**
- Create detailed technical reference (if needed)
- Document API and configuration
- Provide advanced patterns
- Include performance tuning tips
4. **Example Collection**
- Generate beginner to advanced examples
- Include troubleshooting examples
- Show integration patterns
- Provide case studies
5. **README Creation**
- Create skill directory README (if distributing)
- Document installation
- Provide quick start
- Link to full documentation
6. **Documentation Quality Check**
- Verify clarity and completeness
- Test all code examples
- Check organization
- Validate accuracy
### Phase 5: Final Delivery
1. **Generate Summary**
- List all files created
- Document location (personal/project/plugin)
- Provide usage instructions
- Include test scenarios
2. **Installation Verification**
- Confirm skill is in correct location
- Verify file permissions
- Check dependencies documented
- Test skill loading
3. **Usage Guide**
- Explain how to trigger the skill
- Provide example prompts
- Show expected behavior
- Link to documentation
4. **Next Steps**
- Suggest testing approach
- Recommend improvements
- Explain maintenance
- Note future enhancements
## Agent Coordination
### Sequential Flow
User Request ↓ skill-elicitation-agent (Requirements) ↓ User Approval ↓ skill-generator-agent (Creation) ↓ skill-validator-agent (Testing) ↓ Fixes if needed (loop back to generator) ↓ skill-documenter-agent (Enhancement) ↓ Final Delivery
### Agent Communication
**Between Agents**:
- Elicitation → Generator: Pass specification document
- Generator → Validator: Pass skill location and files
- Validator → Generator: Pass validation issues (if any)
- Generator → Document
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