skill-creator
Guide for creating or updating skills that extend Codex with specialised knowledge, workflows or tool integrations.
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Codex, Claude Code
- Source
- openai/skills @ 49f948faa925
- Path
- skills/.system/skill-creator/SKILL.md
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Jobs
- Documentation
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# Skill Creator This skill provides guidance for creating effective skills. ## About Skills Skills are modular, self-contained folders that extend Codex's capabilities by providing specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools. Think of them as "onboarding guides" for specific domains or tasks—they transform Codex from a general-purpose agent into a specialized agent equipped with procedural knowledge that no model can fully possess. ### What Skills Provide 1. Specialized workflows - Multi-step procedures for specific domains 2. Tool integrations - Instructions for working with specific file formats or APIs 3. Domain expertise - Company-specific knowledge, schemas, business logic 4. Bundled resources - Scripts, references, and assets for complex and repetitive tasks ## Core Principles ### Concise is Key The context window is a public good. Skills share the context window with everything else Codex needs: system prompt, conversation history, other Skills' metadata, and the actual user request. …