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Official agent skill

Example Command

by anthropics in anthropics/claude-plugins-official

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

— description from SKILL.md by anthropics
OfficialApache-2.0Auto-check: notesAgent Workflows

Install Example Command

skills CLI
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill example-command -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-plugins-official example-command --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/anthropics/claude-plugins-official.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command .claude/skills/example-command && 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
example-command
GitHub stars
38k
Token cost
~306 tokens
SKILL.md length
119 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
29
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

  • Works in 3 steps: Parse the arguments provided by the user → Perform the requested action using… → Report results back to the user
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments, Instructions, Frontmatter Options Reference and Example Usage
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

About this skill

Example Command is an official skill in anthropics/claude-plugins-official (38k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 306 tokens. Licence: Apache-2.0.

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, Bash

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

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

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 315c4e4. 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
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Example Command loads about 306 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 119 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~306

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, Glob, Grep, 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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from anthropics/claude-plugins-official at commit 315c4e4, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© anthropics). 119 words, ~306 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/example-command/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
example-command
description
An example user-invoked skill that demonstrates frontmatter options and the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout
allowed-tools
Read, Glob, Grep, Bash
argument-hint
<required-arg> [optional-arg]

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:

  1. Parse the arguments provided by the user
  2. Perform the requested action using allowed tools
  3. 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

© anthropics, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command of anthropics/claude-plugins-official.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 315c4e4

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Categories

Questions about Example Command

How do I install Example Command in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill example-command -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command in anthropics/claude-plugins-official) into .claude/skills/example-command in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Example Command in Codex?

Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill example-command -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command in anthropics/claude-plugins-official) into .agents/skills/example-command in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Example Command 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 anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill example-command -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/example-command, .gemini/skills/example-command, .github/skills/example-command and .opencode/skills/example-command in your project.

What does Example Command need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Example Command is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Bash.

Does Example Command access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Example Command 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Example Command use?

Example Command is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Example Command use?

About 306 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Example Command?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Example Command: Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 795 stars), Claude Code Skill Developer Guide (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars), Nuwa Thinking-Style Skill Builder (alchaincyf/nuwa-skill, 34k stars) and Darwin Skill Optimizer (alchaincyf/darwin-skill, 6.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Example Command?

anthropics (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in anthropics/claude-plugins-official, which has 37,566 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: anthropics/claude-plugins-official on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.