Skip to content
Get packs

Skill Creation Assistant

Guides the agent to draft new DeepTutor skills as reusable playbooks for user review.

Source Download skill
Repository
HKUDS/DeepTutor
Stars
54,053
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
2 files

What it does

This is a set of instructions that teaches DeepTutor's chat agent how to help a user write a new skill, which is a reusable playbook the agent loads only when relevant. The agent asks at most one short question, then drafts a skill with a clear name and trigger description, step-by-step instructions, and optional reference files. The draft is shown as a card for the user to edit or confirm, and nothing is saved automatically.

Great for

  • Users of DeepTutor who want to turn a repeated workflow into a reusable skill
  • Developers building custom agent behaviours who want a structured drafting process
  • Non-experts who want the agent to propose a skill structure from a plain-language description

Skip it if

  • Setting a tone or personality, such as always answering like a strict tutor; the skill file says this belongs to a Persona, not a Skill, and the agent is told not to force it into a skill
  • Users who need a skill saved automatically, because the drafting step only produces a preview card and the user must confirm it

Try asking

  • “Create a skill that walks me through checking my homework answers step by step”
  • “Make a skill for writing lab reports in the format my course requires”
  • “Draft a skill that summarises research papers using a fixed template”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Skill Creation AssistantInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    zh.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip zh.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip zh.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Describe the workflow you want in concrete terms, including example inputs and expected outputs, so the draft needs fewer revisions.
  • Review the proposed description carefully, since it is the trigger that decides when the skill is used later.
  • Ask the agent to move long reference material into separate reference files to keep the main instructions short.

What's inside

  • persona.md
  • skill.md

Redistributed unmodified from HKUDS/DeepTutor under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-11-02. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.