Module 5 · Project and quiz

Three Tested Skills for Your Business

Build three skills from your real processes, for example a sales proposal, a complaint reply and a weekly report. Test each one with three different inputs and fix them until they all pass. Start from the Starter Skills Pack if you want a head start.

1Choose your three most repeated tasks from the Time Map you built in Module 0.
2Write each process in plain notes, or adapt one of the three starter skills.
3Ask Claude to create each skill in .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md with a clear description.
4Add at least one real, anonymised example to each skill.
5Create three test inputs per skill: normal, difficult and edge case.
6Run every test in a fresh session and score it with the skill testing checklist.
7Fix and retest until all nine tests pass.
8Check that each skill also triggers from a plain-English request.

Deliverable

Three working skills in your Company folder's .claude/skills directory, each with examples, a tests folder and a completed testing checklist.

Done when

  • All three skills appear in /skills.
  • Each skill has a description with both what it does and when to use it.
  • All nine tests pass the checklist.
  • Each skill triggers from a normal request without the slash.
  • No real client data appears in any example or test file.

What decides whether Claude uses a skill automatically?

Claude sees each skill's name and description and loads the full skill when a request matches the description.

Where does a project skill called weekly-report go?

Project skills live in .claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md. Personal skills use ~/.claude/skills/ instead.

Your team must never be able to edit files in the originals folder. What is the right tool?

Skills and CLAUDE.md guide behaviour. Hooks and permissions enforce it.

What is the best way to make a proposal skill match your style?

Examples show tone, length and structure far better than a description of them.

A skill fails on one test. After fixing it, what should you do?

A fix for one case can break another. Rerunning every test keeps the skill dependable.
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