Claude Skills: How to build Custom Agentic Abilities for beginners

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Capabilities? Through the roof?
Usage? Ground floor.
Claude Agent Skills might be one of the most useful features of any front-end LLM.
Yet....it's crickets in terms of chat around it.
For this 'AI at Work on Wednesday' episode, we're breaking it down for beginners and will have you spinning up your own Claude Agent Skills in no time.
Claude Skills: How to build Custom Agentic Abilities for beginners -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson

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Topics Covered in This Episode:

1. Claude Skills Agentic Features Overview
2. Differences: Claude Skills vs. GPTs vs. GEMS
3. Modular Agentic Workflow File Structure
4. Step-by-Step Guide: Building Claude Skills
5. Claude Skills YAML/Markdown Setup Process
6. Testing and Validating Custom Claude Skills
7. Advanced Capabilities: Executable Code & Sub-Agents
8. Common Troubleshooting for Claude Skills Creation

Timestamps:
00:00 "Claude Skill Library Unveiled"

06:27 "Claude Skills Explained"

07:29 Custom GPTs and Gems Explained

11:18 Claude Skills vs Projects

17:31 "Refining Skill Triggers Effectively"

20:17 "Beginner Cloud Skills Best Practices"

23:39 "Preferring GPT and Memory Tools"

25:54 "Saving Skill File Properly"

28:09 Creating Skills on Claude

33:43 "Creating AI News Searcher"

35:36 Claude Skills Now Available

37:39 "Optimizing Claude for Knowledge Tasks"

41:05 "Skill Builder Library Access"

Keywords:
Claude skills, Claude agent skills, custom agentic abilities, large language model, agentic workflows, specialized tasks, coding capabilities, file creation, executable code, skills library, skill builder, skill creator, markdown file, skill.md, folder structure, YAML front matter, composable skills, modular instructions, automation, prompt engineering, skill triggers, skill testing, advanced features, API skill versioning, governance and efficiency,

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