00 Build Your Claude Agent Skill

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sidebar_position: 0
title: "Build Your Claude Agent SDK Skill"
description: "Create your Claude Agent SDK skill in one prompt, then learn to improve it throughout the chapter"
chapter: 36
lesson: 0
duration_minutes: 15

skills:
  - name: "Skill-First Learning"
    proficiency_level: "B1"
    category: "Applied"
    bloom_level: "Apply"
    digcomp_area: "3. Digital Content Creation"
    measurable_at_this_level: "Student creates a working Claude Agent SDK skill using natural language"

learning_objectives:
  - objective: "Build a Claude Agent SDK skill using natural conversation with Claude"
    proficiency_level: "B1"
    bloom_level: "Apply"
    assessment_method: "Student has a working claude-agent-sdk skill in .claude/skills/"

cognitive_load:
  new_concepts: 1
  assessment: "Single concept: use Claude to build a skill from official docs"

differentiation:
  extension_for_advanced: "Add computer use patterns during creation"
  remedial_for_struggling: "Follow exact prompt provided"
---

# Build Your Claude Agent SDK Skill

Before learning Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK—the architecture behind Claude Code itself—you'll **own** a Claude Agent SDK skill.

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## Step 1: Get the Skills Lab

1. Go to [github.com/panaversity/claude-code-skills-lab](https://github.com/panaversity/claude-code-skills-lab)
2. Click the green **Code** button
3. Select **Download ZIP**
4. Extract the ZIP file
5. Open the extracted folder in your terminal

```bash
cd claude-code-skills-lab
claude
```

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## Step 2: Create Your Skill

Copy and paste this prompt:

```
Using your skill creator skill create a new skill for Claude Agent SDK
(Anthropic's agent framework). I will use it to build AI agents from
hello world to professional production systems. Use context7 skill to
study official documentation and then build it so no self assumed knowledge.
```

Claude will:
1. Fetch official Claude Agent SDK documentation via Context7
2. Ask you clarifying questions (tool patterns, subagent needs, hook requirements)
3. Create the complete skill with references and templates

Your skill appears at `.claude/skills/claude-agent-sdk/`.

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## Done

You now own a Claude Agent SDK skill built from official documentation. The rest of this chapter teaches you what it knows—and how to make it better.

**Next: Lesson 1 — SDK Architecture**