Agent skill · writing content · delphine-l
claude-skill-management
Expert guide for managing Claude Code global skills and commands. Use when creating new skills, symlinking to projects, updating existing skills, or organizing the centralized skill repository.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands and procedures for managing Claude Code skills that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-05-14. 17 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Claude Code Skill Management Expert Expert knowledge for managing Claude Code skills and commands using the centralized repository pattern with $CLAUDEMETADATA. Supporting Documentation This skill is split across multiple files for maintainability. Read these as needed: symlinking-guide.md - Linking skills/commands to projects, recommended global skills, setup methods updating-and-syncing.md - Updating existing skills, syncing projects with global changes repository-organization.md - Directory layout, naming conventions, documentation requirements version-control.md - Git workflows, team collaboration, Claude's git restrictions troubleshooting.md - Broken symlinks, activation issues, common fixes best-practices.md - Focused skills, maintenance cadence, templates quick-reference.md - Cheat-sheet commands, common workflows, repository maintenance, summary When to Use This Skill Creating new global skills or commands Setting up skills for a new project Synchronizing projects with updated global skills Organizing the centralized skill repository Troubleshooting skill discovery or activation issues Understanding the skill lifecycle Environment Setup Required Environment Variable $CLAUDEMETADATA must be set to your centralized skills directory. Check if set: If not set, add to ~/.zshrc (or ~/.bashrc): Apply immediately: Verify Directory Structure Complete Setup from Scratch If setting up a centralized skill repository for the first time: 1. Create directory structure: 2. Set environment variable (add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc): 3. Verify setup: 4. Create initial documentation: 5. Initialize git (recommended): 6. Create your first skill: 7. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills delphine-l/skill-management