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Unit 4 of 9 · 5 lessons · 53 min

Agent Skills

Skills are the most flexible way to extend Claude Code. In this unit you'll learn what skills are and how they load, build your first SKILL.md, add arguments, scripts and supporting files, decide when a skill beats CLAUDE.md, hooks or subagents, and then share and troubleshoot skills across a team.

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What Are Skills?

Understand Agent Skills in Claude Code: folders with a SKILL.md that load on demand, how they're discovered and invoked,…ACADEMY9 min+68 XP18

Create Your First Skill

Build a working Claude Code skill step by step: SKILL.md frontmatter, a description that triggers reliably, $ARGUMENTS, …ACADEMY12 min+74 XP19

Skill Configuration & Multi-File Skills

Level up Claude Code skills: frontmatter options, progressive disclosure with supporting files, bundled scripts, dynamic…ACADEMY12 min+74 XP20

Skills vs. CLAUDE.md, Hooks, Subagents & MCP

Choose the right Claude Code extension: when a skill beats CLAUDE.md, rules, hooks, subagents, MCP or plugins, and how t…ACADEMY10 min+70 XP21

Sharing & Troubleshooting Skills

Share Claude Code skills with your team through the repo, plugins or managed settings, and fix skills that don't trigger…ACADEMY10 min+70 XP

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