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Ready-to-Use Skills

Anthropic publishes a growing library of production-ready skills in the Directory. Install any of them in one click — no SKILL.md to write. Each entry below includes a real example so you know what to expect.

What “ready-to-use” means

Every skill in the Anthropic & Partners section is authored and maintained by Anthropic. They come with a pre-written SKILL.md, tested trigger logic, and versioned updates — so you get a reliable skill without writing instructions yourself.

No setup — install from the Directory in one click.
Auto-updated — Anthropic pushes improvements to installed skills.
Instant trigger — slash commands and/or auto-detection; no special phrasing needed.

The Directory

Open claude.ai/customize/skills, click + to browse the Directory, and filter by "Anthropic & Partners". Each card shows the skill name, install count, and description.

Skill	Installs	Summary
/skill-creator	42.9K	Helps you create, edit, and improve other skills.
/canvas-design	502K	Generates visual documents — infographics, slides, and print-ready layouts — as .
/web-artifacts-builder	313K	Builds fully interactive HTML artifacts inside claude.
/mcp-builder	255K	Guides you through building a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — the standard way to give Claude access to external tools, APIs, and data sources.
/theme-factory	250K	Applies a consistent visual theme across any artifact — colour palette, typography, spacing, and component style.
/brand-guidelines	227K	Encodes Anthropic's official brand colours, fonts, and component patterns and applies them to any artifact you generate.

Download counts indicate how many Claude users have installed a skill. Higher counts usually mean broader real-world testing.

Skills in detail

Each entry covers what the skill does, how to trigger it, and a concrete example of input and output.

/skill-creatorAnthropic · 42.9K installs · Slash command + auto

Helps you create, edit, and improve other skills. Use it when you want to write a new SKILL.md from scratch, refine an existing one, run automated evals, or optimise a skill's description so Claude triggers it more accurately.

Example prompt

“Create a skill that formats all my responses as structured reports with an executive summary.”

What Claude produces

A complete SKILL.md with frontmatter, trigger description, and step-by-step formatting instructions — ready to save to ~/.claude/skills/.

/canvas-designAnthropic · 502K installs · Slash command

Generates visual documents — infographics, slides, and print-ready layouts — as .png or .pdf artifacts. It applies design principles like alignment, contrast, and hierarchy.

Example prompt

“Design a one-page summary of our Q1 product roadmap with icons and a timeline.”

What Claude produces

A .pdf artifact containing a structured, visually designed roadmap with labelled sections, colour blocks, and iconography.

/web-artifacts-builderAnthropic · 313K installs · Slash command + auto

Builds fully interactive HTML artifacts inside claude.ai — landing pages, dashboards, calculators, or any multi-component web page. The result renders in the artifact preview panel immediately.

Example prompt

“Build me a landing page for a productivity app called TaskPilot with a hero, feature list, and CTA button.”

What Claude produces

A self-contained HTML artifact with responsive layout, styled sections, and a working CTA button — previewed live in the panel.

/mcp-builderAnthropic · 255K installs · Slash command

Guides you through building a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — the standard way to give Claude access to external tools, APIs, and data sources.

Example prompt

“Help me create an MCP server that lets Claude read files from my local project directory.”

What Claude produces

Step-by-step server scaffold with the correct MCP schema, tool definitions, and a working TypeScript or Python starter file.

/theme-factoryAnthropic · 250K installs · Slash command

Applies a consistent visual theme across any artifact — colour palette, typography, spacing, and component style.

Example prompt

“Apply a dark, professional theme to all future artifacts — deep navy background, white text, and teal accents.”

What Claude produces

A theme definition artifact you can reference in subsequent requests. Future artifacts adopt the palette and type settings.

/brand-guidelinesAnthropic · 227K installs · Slash command

Encodes Anthropic's official brand colours, fonts, and component patterns and applies them to any artifact you generate.

Example prompt

“Create a product announcement post that follows Anthropic brand guidelines.”

What Claude produces

A styled announcement document using the correct brand font (Söhne), colour tokens, and layout proportions from the official guidelines.

Choosing the right skill

If you want to…	Use this skill
Build or improve a skill	/skill-creator
Create a visual document, infographic, or slide deck	/canvas-design
Build an interactive webpage or dashboard	/web-artifacts-builder
Connect Claude to an external tool or API	/mcp-builder
Apply a consistent style to all your artifacts	/theme-factory
Match Anthropic's official design language	/brand-guidelines

You can install all six skills and let Claude pick the right one. For tasks that clearly match a specific skill, typing the slash command (e.g. /canvas-design) forces that skill even if auto-detection would choose differently.

Before you continue

Ready-to-use skills ship with pre-written SKILL.md and tested triggers.
Install from claude.ai/customize/skills → Directory → Anthropic & Partners.
/skill-creator helps you build custom skills; /web-artifacts-builder is the most popular for HTML artifacts.
Type /skill-name to force a specific skill when auto-detection is ambiguous.
Next: create your own custom skill from scratch.

What's Next

You've seen what's available out of the box. Next: create your own custom skill from scratch.

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