Build Your Own Claude Skill
Teach Claude a repetitive workflow once, trigger it by name forever
A short, hands-on course that shows you how to package a workflow you repeat every week into a reusable Claude Skill — a folder with a SKILL.md and optional helper files Claude loads on demand. You do the task with Claude once, then walk away with a named Skill you can trigger forever, no coding required. In under an hour you turn re-prompting into a single Skill call.
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Course Overview
If you find yourself re-typing the same long prompt or walking Claude through the same multi-step workflow over and over, you're doing work you only need to do once. A Claude Skill packages that workflow into a named, reusable building block — and authoring one takes no programming, just a clear set of instructions in a Markdown file.
This short, hands-on course follows one real build end to end. You'll learn what a Skill actually is (a folder with a SKILL.md plus optional helper files), pick a repetitive workflow of your own, write a working SKILL.md with a reliable trigger and clear instructions, and structure helper files so Claude loads detail only when it's needed.
By the end you have one named, reusable Skill that runs your real workflow on demand. You stop re-prompting and start triggering by name — the same building block serious AI teams rely on in 2026, and the exact system GenAI Academy runs on itself.
What you'll learn
Identify a repetitive workflow worth packaging as a Skill — and recognise what's a bad fit
Author a valid SKILL.md with a clear name, a reliable trigger description, and step-by-step instructions Claude follows
Understand the anatomy of a Skill: metadata vs. instructions vs. helper files
Structure a Skill folder with helper files for progressive disclosure, loading detail only when needed
Trigger your Skill by name in Claude and run it against a real input
Debug and refine a Skill when the trigger misfires or instructions are followed loosely
Meet the instructors
GenAI Academy
GenAI Academy
GenAI Academy builds practical, hands-on AI courses designed so you apply what you learn the same day. This course is produced by the Academy's in-house team to the same standard as our instructor-led courses.
Who this course is for
No-Code Power Users Operators, analysts, marketers, and founders already comfortable using Claude daily who repeat the same multi-step prompt over and over
Ops & EA Roles People drowning in recurring, multi-step tasks who want to package one real workflow into a Skill they can trigger forever
Confident Claude Users Anyone comfortable editing a Markdown file who wants to stop re-prompting and start building reusable Skills — no programming required
What's included
4 self-paced video lessons (why Skills, anatomy, build, trigger and refine)
A complete worked example Skill — a working reference folder you can copy
A copy-ready SKILL.md starter template (fill-in-the-blank)
An "Is this a good Skill candidate?" 1-page checklist
A troubleshooting cheat-sheet for common trigger and instruction failures
Inline "do it now" checkpoints so you build alongside the videos
Course syllabus
4 lessons
Why Skills? Teach Claude Once, Trigger Forever
Anatomy of a Skill: SKILL.md + Helpers
Build Your Skill: Package Your Real Workflow
Trigger, Test & Refine
Schedule
Format
Self-paced video course
Lessons
4 lessons
Price
$12
Level
Beginner
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