# Create Skill (agent skill)

> Create Skill is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from xstongxue/best-skills. Guides users through creating effective Agent Skills for Cursor. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 2,943 GitHub stars across a repository of 2 listed skills.

Guides users through creating effective Agent Skills for Cursor. Use when the user wants to create, write, or author a new skill, or asks about skill structure, best practices, or SKILL.md format. This skill guides you through creating effective Agent Skills for Cursor. Skills are markdown files that teach the agent how to perform specific tasks: reviewing PRs using team standards, generating commit messages in a preferred format, querying database schemas, or any specialized workflow.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/xstongxue/best-skills |
| Skill path | skills/skill-create/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | create-skill |
| GitHub stars | 2,943 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 2 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode |
| Category | Docs & writing |
| Last commit | Sep 13, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- users through creating effective Agent Skills for Cursor.
- Use when the user wants to create, write, or author a new skill, or asks about skill structure, best practices, or SKILL.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xstongxue/best-skills.git
cp -r best-skills/skills/skill-create ~/.claude/skills/create-skill   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xstongxue/best-skills.git
cp -r best-skills/skills/skill-create .agents/skills/create-skill   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xstongxue/best-skills.git
cp -r best-skills/skills/skill-create .cursor/skills/create-skill   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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