Claude-plugins-official example-command

An example user-invoked skill that demonstrates frontmatter options and the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command" ~/.claude/skills/anthropics-claude-plugins-official-example-command && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command/SKILL.md

source content

Example Command (Skill Format)

This demonstrates the

skills/<name>/SKILL.md

layout for user-invoked slash commands. It is functionally identical to the legacy

commands/example-command.md

format — both are loaded the same way; only the file layout differs.

Arguments

The user invoked this with: $ARGUMENTS

Instructions

When this skill is invoked:

Parse the arguments provided by the user
Perform the requested action using allowed tools
Report results back to the user

Frontmatter Options Reference

Skills in this layout support these frontmatter fields:

name: Skill identifier (matches directory name)
description: Short description shown in /help
argument-hint: Hints for command arguments shown to user
allowed-tools: Pre-approved tools for this skill (reduces permission prompts)
model: Override the model (e.g., "haiku", "sonnet", "opus")

Example Usage

/example-command my-argument
/example-command arg1 arg2