The power user's guide to Claude skills

Skills are so much more than reusable prompts

Skills are just a collection of reusable prompts.

Or are they?

I used to think of skills in this simplistic manner.

But as is the case with AI, this is (yet another) example of me thinking too small.

Here are a few examples of how skills — which are just plain old text files — are pushing the envelope:

1. They enable LLMs to interface with your favorite tools (like Readwise, Notion and a CRM)

2. They create self-improving loops on your saved knowledge

3. They are the engine behind powerful AI harnesses like OpenClaw

This is an advanced tutorial to help you improve your skills so that you can scale yourself and automate your work. (Here’s a link to our beginner’s guide.)