Claude Skills explained: How to create reusable AI workflows

In this inaugural mini-episode of "How I AI," Claire Vo introduces Claude Skills, a new feature from Anthropic that allows users to create and load specific skills and tools for Claude's API or Claude.ai. She explains what Claude Skills are—markdown files with instructions, metadata, and linked files—and how they differ from Claude Projects or OpenAI custom GPTs by offering dynamic, task-specific instructions. Claire details the structure of Claude Skills, emphasizing their use for defining reusable workflows and bundling additional content. She shares her experiences creating Claude Skills, contrasting the less efficient method of using Claude.ai with the easier approach of using Cursor, and demonstrates how to invoke and use these skills in Claude Code and the Claude web app, providing a practical guide for product engineers and designers.