What are skills?

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 27, 2026

Duration

2m

Channel

Claude

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

A skill teaches Claude how to do something once. Then, Claude then applies that knowledge automatically whenever it's relevant. Browse all courses and learn more: claude.com/resources/courses

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Claude, What are skills? explores skills teach Claude once, automating repeated preferences and standards tasks Skills are reusable markdown-based instructions that prevent you from repeatedly re-explaining standards like PR review structure or commit message formats.

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