Claude Skills: Teach Claude Your Team's Repeatable Workflows

⚡ TL;DR Claude Skills are packaged instructions, scripts and resources that Claude loads only when a task needs them, so it can repeat specialized work the same way every time.

Every team has tasks it does the same way again and again: the monthly report, the proposal format, the spreadsheet cleanup. Explaining that process in every chat is slow and inconsistent. Claude Skills let you write the process down once and have Claude follow it whenever it applies.

At Lord Of The Wix we turn our recurring client deliverables into skills so quality stays consistent across the whole team. ⚙️

🧠 What Are Claude Skills?

A skill is a folder of instructions, scripts and supporting files that teaches Claude a specific procedure. Claude scans the available skills, picks the ones that fit your request, and loads only the details it needs, which keeps the conversation from filling up with unused instructions.

Skills turn one-off prompts into a reusable toolkit.

Claude Skills work on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans, and in Claude Code.

📦 Built-in vs Custom Claude Skills

There are two main kinds of skills:

• 🏗️ Built-in: maintained by Anthropic for Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF files

• 🧰 Custom: written by you or your organization for your own workflows

• 🌐 Directory: skills offered by partners that you can browse and add

On Team and Enterprise plans, owners can provision skills for everyone in the organization.

🔧 How to Turn On Skills

Skills rely on Claude being able to run code, so the setup is short:

• 1️⃣ Enable code execution in your settings

• 2️⃣ Open Customize, then Skills

• 3️⃣ Browse the list and switch on the skills you want

💡 Pro tip Write a custom skill for the one deliverable your team produces most often. That single skill usually saves more time than ten generic prompts.

🚀 How Agencies Use Claude Skills

Good candidates for a skill are tasks with a clear, repeatable shape:

• 📝 Client report templates with fixed sections and tone

• 📊 Spreadsheet cleanup and formatting rules

• 🔎 SEO audit checklists applied the same way to every site

• 🎯 Brand-specific copywriting rules per client

Claude Skills make your best process the default process. Need custom skills built for your team? Lord Of The Wix designs and deploys them. ✨

❓ Claude Skills FAQ

Are Claude Skills available on the free plan?

Yes. Skills work on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans, and in Claude Code.

What built-in skills does Claude have?

Anthropic maintains built-in skills for Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF files.

Can I create my own Claude Skills?

Yes. Custom skills are written by you or your organization for specific workflows.

How do I enable Claude Skills?

Turn on code execution first, then go to Customize and Skills to switch skills on.

Do skills slow Claude down?

No. Claude loads only the details a task needs, which keeps the context window efficient.

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🙏 Credit: This article is based on public information from the Claude Help Center. Claude is a product of Anthropic. Source: support.claude.com.

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