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Introducing Agent Skills | Claude by Anthropic
Anthropic introduced Agent Skills, which are portable folders containing instructions and scripts that enable Claude to perform specialized tasks across its apps, API, and Claude Code.
Why it matters
Users can customize Claude with specific expertise, allowing them to automate complex workflows like financial reporting or create documents following organizational brand guidelines.
The details
- Skills are available for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise users.
- The feature includes the ability to run executable code via a beta tool.
- Agent Skills were published as an open standard on December 18, 2025.
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Anthropic owns Agent Skills
Anthropic published and owns Agent Skills.
Anthropic owns Claude Agent SDK
Anthropic provides the Claude Agent SDK.
Anthropic owns Code Execution Tool
Anthropic provides the Code Execution Tool beta.
Yashodha Bhavnani works at Box
Yashodha Bhavnani is Head of AI at Box.
Anwar Haneef works at Canva
Anwar Haneef is GM & Head of Ecosystem at Canva.
MJ Felix works at Notion Labs
MJ Felix is Product Manager at Notion Labs.
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Yusuke Kaji works at Rakuten
Yusuke Kaji is General Manager AI at Rakuten.
Box partners with Anthropic to integrate Skills.
Canva is a partner of Anthropic
Canva leverages Skills in partnership with Anthropic.
Notion Labs is a partner of Anthropic
Notion Labs integrates Skills with Anthropic.
Rakuten is a partner of Anthropic
Rakuten uses Skills for finance workflows in partnership with Anthropic.
Claude uses Agent Skills
Claude uses Agent Skills to perform specialized tasks.
Claude works seamlessly with Notion via Skills.
Claude Code uses Agent Skills
Claude Code integrates Agent Skills via plugins.
Claude Developer Platform uses Code Execution Tool
Claude Developer Platform uses Code Execution Tool for running Skills.
Claude Agent SDK is built with Agent Skills
Claude Agent SDK provides Agent Skills support.
Claude is related to Artificial Intelligence
Claude is an AI assistant.
Agent Skills is related to Agentic Workflows
Agent Skills enable agentic workflows.
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