Agent skill

Skill Designer

by tradermonty in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills

Design new Claude skills from structured idea specifications.

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Install Skill Designer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill skill-designer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tradermonty/claude-trading-skills skill-designer --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/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/skill-designer .claude/skills/skill-designer && 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
skill-designer
GitHub stars
3k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~717 tokens
SKILL.md length
280 words
Files
8 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
74
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design new Claude skills from structured idea specifications.

  • Works in 4 steps: Prepare Idea Specification → Build Design Prompt → Feed Prompt to Claude CLI → …
  • The skill auto-generation pipeline needs to produce a Claude CLI prompt that creates a complete skill directory (SKILL.md
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls claude and python3

What it does

Skill Designer is an agent skill from tradermonty/claude-trading-skills. Design new Claude skills from structured idea specifications. Use when the skill auto-generation pipeline needs to produce a Claude CLI prompt that creates a complete skill directory (SKILL.md, references, scripts, tests) following repository conventions.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/quality-checklist.md`, `references/skill-structure-guide.md` and `references/skill-template.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills for equity investors and traders — market analysis, technical charting, economic calendars, screeners, and trading strategy development. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The skill auto-generation pipeline needs to produce a Claude CLI prompt that creates a complete skill directory (SKILL.md
  • Tests) following repository conventions

Example prompts

  • “/skill-designer”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Prepare Idea Specification
  2. Build Design Prompt
  3. Feed Prompt to Claude CLI
  4. Validate Output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eab8d5c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 3 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • claude
    • python3

    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

Skill Designer loads about 717 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 280 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~68
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~717
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.4k

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

The full file from tradermonty/claude-trading-skills at commit eab8d5c, republished under its MIT licence (© tradermonty). 280 words, ~717 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/skill-designer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
skill-designer
description
Design new Claude skills from structured idea specifications. Use when the skill auto-generation pipeline needs to produce a Claude CLI prompt that creates a complete skill directory (SKILL.md, references, scripts, tests) following repository conventions.

Skill Designer

Overview

Generate a comprehensive Claude CLI prompt from a structured skill idea specification. The prompt instructs Claude to create a complete skill directory following repository conventions: SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter, reference documents, helper scripts, and test scaffolding.

When to Use

  • The skill auto-generation pipeline selects an idea from the backlog and needs a design prompt for claude -p
  • A developer wants to bootstrap a new skill from a JSON idea specification
  • Quality review of generated skills requires awareness of the scoring rubric

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.9+
  • No external API keys required
  • Reference files must exist under references/

Workflow

Step 1: Prepare Idea Specification

Accept a JSON file (--idea-json) containing:

  • title: Human-readable idea name
  • description: What the skill does
  • category: Skill category (e.g., trading-analysis, developer-tooling)

Accept a normalized skill name (--skill-name) that will be used as the directory name and YAML frontmatter name: field.

Step 2: Build Design Prompt

Run the prompt builder:

bash
python3 skills/skill-designer/scripts/build_design_prompt.py \
  --idea-json /tmp/idea.json \
  --skill-name "my-new-skill" \
  --project-root .

The script:

  1. Loads the idea JSON
  2. Reads all three reference files (structure guide, quality checklist, template)
  3. Lists existing skills (up to 20) to prevent duplication
  4. Outputs a complete prompt to stdout
Step 3: Feed Prompt to Claude CLI

The calling pipeline pipes the prompt into claude -p:

bash
python3 skills/skill-designer/scripts/build_design_prompt.py \
  --idea-json /tmp/idea.json \
  --skill-name "my-new-skill" \
  --project-root . \
| claude -p --allowedTools Read,Edit,Write,Glob,Grep
Step 4: Validate Output

After Claude creates the skill, verify:

  • skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md exists with correct frontmatter
  • Directory structure follows conventions
  • Score with dual-axis-skill-reviewer meets threshold

Output Format

The script outputs a plain-text prompt to stdout. Exit code 0 on success, 1 if required reference files are missing.

Resources

  • references/skill-structure-guide.md -- Directory structure, SKILL.md format, naming conventions
  • references/quality-checklist.md -- Dual-axis reviewer 5-category checklist (100 points)
  • references/skill-template.md -- SKILL.md template with YAML frontmatter and standard sections
  • scripts/build_design_prompt.py -- Prompt builder script (CLI interface)

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

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (scripts, references) in skills/skill-designer of tradermonty/claude-trading-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/quality-checklist.md
  • references/skill-structure-guide.md
  • references/skill-template.md
  • requirements.txt
  • scripts/build_design_prompt.py
  • scripts/tests/conftest.py
  • scripts/tests/test_build_design_prompt.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eab8d5c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Skill Designer

What does Skill Designer do?

Design new Claude skills from structured idea specifications. Skill Designer is an agent skill from tradermonty/claude-trading-skills. Design new Claude skills from structured idea specifications.

When should I use Skill Designer?

Skill Designer fits situations like: the skill auto-generation pipeline needs to produce a Claude CLI prompt that creates a complete skill directory (SKILL.md; tests) following repository conventions.

How do I install Skill Designer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill skill-designer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/skill-designer in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills) into .claude/skills/skill-designer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Skill Designer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill skill-designer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/skill-designer in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills) into .agents/skills/skill-designer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Skill Designer 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 tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill skill-designer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/skill-designer, .gemini/skills/skill-designer, .github/skills/skill-designer and .opencode/skills/skill-designer in your project.

What does Skill Designer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Skill Designer needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (claude and python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Skill Designer 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 Skill Designer safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. 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 Skill Designer use?

Skill Designer is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Skill Designer use?

About 717 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 1.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Skill Designer?

tradermonty (a GitHub user) maintains it in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, which has 2,977 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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