Skill Creator

Skill Creator

When to Use

• [ ] The user asks for something no installed skill covers
• [ ] An existing skill is too limited and needs a better replacement
• [ ] A recurring task would benefit from a dedicated, reusable skill

When NOT to Use

• [ ] One-off tasks that existing tools can handle (e.g., run_command for shell)
• [ ] Skills too specific to be reused — generalize first
• [ ] Don't hardcode user-specific values (names, URLs, topics) — use parameters

Setup

Uses the create_skill tool. No API keys or external setup required.

Usage/Commands

1. Analyze the gap: identify what capability is missing
2. Plan the skill: name, category, scripts, pip dependencies
3. Call create_skill with:

• name — short, snake_case (e.g., pdf_summarizer)
• description — one-line summary
• instructions — full Markdown body
• category — e.g., data, dev, web, automation
• resources — dict mapping filenames to source code
• dependencies — list of pip packages

1. Activate: use_skill(skill_name="")
2. Run it: follow the loaded instructions

Design Principles

• Generic over specific — parameterize everything; avoid hardcoded topics/recipients
• Single responsibility — one skill, one purpose
• Parameterized — use CLI args, not hardcoded values
• Config-driven credentials — read from pythonclaw.json under skills.
• Minimal dependencies — only add pip packages when truly needed
• Reusable — ask: "Would this help someone with a different task?"

SKILL.md Body Template

## Instructions

### Prerequisites

### Usage
1. 
2. Call: `python context/skills///.py `
3. 

### Examples
**Example:** 

## Resources
| File | Description |
|------|-------------|
| script.py |  |

Notes

• Design for reuse: generalize queries, recipients, URLs
• Write production-quality Python with error handling and docstrings
• After creation, call use_skill to load the new instructions before running

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: ericwang915
• Source: ericwang915/PythonClaw
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/ericwang915/PythonClaw

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.