An Introduction to Claude Skills
Portable instruction sets that turn your AI into a toolbox built for your books.
Skills are efficient, reusable instruction sets that extend what your AI can do: the difference between prompting from scratch every time and owning a toolbox built for your books. This getting-started course takes you from "what is a skill?" to building and customizing your own.
By the end you'll have imported skills, built one from scratch, and started first versions of your own custom drafting and editing skills, with a ready-made skill pack to take with you.
Preorder: the course unlocks the moment it goes live at learn.inkandcode.ai. Lifetime access, updates included.
What you'll learn
- The Claude Skills ecosystem: agents vs. skills vs. workflows, and prompts vs. skills
- Importing your first skill, then building one from scratch
- Worldbuilding, outlining, and story-dossier skills tailored to your writing
- First versions of your own custom drafting and editing skills
- Taking your skills with you beyond a single chat
- Bonuses: Claude Projects setup and the Claude Chrome extension
Format: 16 video lessons with full transcripts, notes, keypoints, a skill-file download pack, and study slides.
What preorder means
Unlocks at launch
Enroll now, and the course unlocks the moment it goes live at learn.inkandcode.ai. Your access details arrive by email.
Permanent access
Lifetime access, no drip, no expiration. Every video, transcript, and download is yours for keeps.
Kept current
These tools change fast. The course will be refreshed from time to time as they evolve, and updates are always included.
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