Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP (simonwillison.net)

Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP

Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …

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Introducing Agent Skills | Claude by Anthropic

Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills are folders that include instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude can load when needed. Claude will only access a skill when it's relevant to the task at hand.

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Introducing Agent Skills | Claude

Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills are folders that include instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude can load when needed. Claude will only access a skill when it's relevant to the task at hand.

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Claude Skills vs. MCP: A Technical Comparison for AI Workflows | IntuitionLabs

Learn the key differences between Anthropic's Claude Skills and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This guide explains their architecture and use cases.