Claude Code Skills: Teaching New Tricks to an Old Dog

The Problem of Repetition Ever had to explain the same thing to someone twenty times? Now imagine that, but with a robot that also loses its memory every few hours. "No, Claude, the commit needs to pass tests first." "Claude, I already told you to use the type: description format." "Stop adding emojis!" This was my daily routine until I discovered Skills . These are instructions you write once and Claude follows forever. Like training a dog, but without the treats. What Are Skills Since version