Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Gemini CLI's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.
Install
npx skills add google-gemini/gemini-cli --skill skill-creatornpx skills add google-gemini/gemini-cli --skill skill-creator -a claude-code -gnpx skills add google-gemini/gemini-cli --skill skill-creator -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli.git --path packages/core/src/skills/builtin/skill-creatorgh skill install google-gemini/gemini-cli skill-creatorgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli /tmp/google-gemini__gemini-cli
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/google-gemini__gemini-cli/packages/core/src/skills/builtin/skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/skill-creator # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/google-gemini__gemini-cli/packages/core/src/skills/builtin/skill-creator ~/.agents/skills/skill-creator # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode