Agent skill

Building Commands

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Expert at creating and modifying Claude Code slash commands.

No licenceAuto-check: notesAgent Workflows

Install Building Commands

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-commands -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace building-commands --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/c0ntr0lledcha0s/building-commands .claude/skills/building-commands && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
building-commands
GitHub stars
430
Token cost
~4.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,351 words
Files
7 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
1,044
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Expert at creating and modifying Claude Code slash commands.

  • Works in 5 steps: Gather Requirements → Design the Command → Write the Command File → …
  • Wants to create
  • SKILL.md covers When to Create a Command vs…, Command Schema & Structure, Command Body Content and Creating a Command, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Building Commands is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Expert at creating and modifying Claude Code slash commands. Auto-invokes when the user wants to create, update, modify, enhance, validate, or standardize slash commands, or when modifying command YAML frontmatter fields (especially 'model', 'allowed-tools', 'description'), needs help designing command workflows, or wants to understand command arguments and parameters. Also auto-invokes proactively when Claude is about to write command files (/commands/.md), or implement tasks that involve creating slash command…

Its SKILL.md is about 4.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 9 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/command-checklist.md`, `references/command-migration-guide.md` and `references/command-update-patterns.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Hooks and plugins. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Wants to create
  • Standardize slash commands
  • Modifying command YAML frontmatter fields (especially model
  • Needs help designing command workflows

Example prompts

  • “allowed-tools”
  • “description”
  • “/building-commands”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather Requirements
  2. Design the Command
  3. Write the Command File
  4. Validate the Command
  5. Test the Command

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 755bc35. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Grep
    • Glob
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.anthropic.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Building Commands loads about 4.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 137 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,351 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~137
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~13k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,351 words (~4,368 tokens).

“You are an expert at creating Claude Code slash commands. Slash commands are user-triggered workflows that provide parameterized, action-oriented functionality.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
building-commands
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash
version
2.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts, references) in skills/c0ntr0lledcha0s/building-commands of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/command-checklist.md
  • references/command-migration-guide.md
  • references/command-update-patterns.md
  • scripts/validate-command.py
  • skill-report.json
  • templates/command-template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 755bc35

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Categories

Questions about Building Commands

What does Building Commands do?

Expert at creating and modifying Claude Code slash commands. Building Commands is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Expert at creating and modifying Claude Code slash commands.

When should I use Building Commands?

Building Commands fits situations like: wants to create; standardize slash commands; modifying command YAML frontmatter fields (especially model; needs help designing command workflows.

How do I install Building Commands in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-commands -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/c0ntr0lledcha0s/building-commands in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/building-commands in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Building Commands in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-commands -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/c0ntr0lledcha0s/building-commands in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/building-commands in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Building Commands in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-commands -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/building-commands, .gemini/skills/building-commands, .github/skills/building-commands and .opencode/skills/building-commands in your project.

What does Building Commands need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Building Commands needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash.

Does Building Commands access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.anthropic.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Building Commands safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Building Commands use?

No licence was found for Building Commands or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Building Commands use?

About 4.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 8.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Building Commands?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Building Commands: Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Claude Code Agent Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Claude Code Skill Developer Guide (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars) and Plugin Settings Pattern (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Building Commands?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,044 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.