---

name: import-skill-creator-anthropic
description: Use when migrating a skill-creation or skill-authoring workflow originally built for the Anthropic Claude API into the mini-claude-for-legal format. The adapter maps legacy Anthropic skill-generation prompts — SKILL.md templating, frontmatter generation, body structure selection, and quality validation — into the standard skill model for the open-source repository. Triggers when importing a prompt-engineering or skill-factory tool from an Anthropic-native context.
license: MIT
metadata:
id: import.skill-creator-anthropic
category: import
jurisdictions: [multi]
priority: P3
intent: [import, skill-creator, skill-authoring, migration, anthropic, prompt-engineering]
related: [import-skill-creator-openai, import-skill-optimizer-lawvable, import-contract-review-anthropic, import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic]
source: Louis — HAQQ Legal AI (github.com/sboghossian/mini-claude-for-legal)
version: "1.0"

Import: Skill Creator (Anthropic)

What it does

This import adapter migrates a skill-creation/skill-authoring tool originally built for Anthropic's Claude API into the mini-claude-for-legal standard format. A skill creator is a meta-skill: it is a prompt or workflow that generates other skills — taking a description of a legal capability and producing a properly structured SKILL.md file.

In the Louis / HAQQ Legal AI context, the Anthropic-native skill creator was used to bootstrap new skills during development. This adapter brings that capability into the open-source skill format so that contributors to mini-claude-for-legal can generate new skills using the standard SKILL.md format directly.

Import config

Field	Source mapping	Default if absent
creation_mode	Legacy mode	guided (interactive input collection)
category_detection	Legacy detect_category boolean	true
template_selection	Legacy template	auto (body structure selected by category)
frontmatter_generation	Legacy generate_frontmatter boolean	true
quality_validation	Legacy validate boolean	true
jurisdiction_prompt	Legacy prompt_jurisdiction boolean	true
related_skill_suggest	Legacy suggest_related boolean	true
output_format	Legacy format	skill_md

Dry-run preview

IMPORT PREVIEW — skill-creator-anthropic
Source shape      : Anthropic skill-generation prompt
Mode              : guided
Category detection: enabled
Template          : auto-selected by category
Frontmatter       : auto-generated
Quality validation: enabled
Jurisdiction      : prompted
Related skills    : suggested
Output            : SKILL.md

Skill creation pipeline (post-import)

Step 1 — Collect inputs

Skill name         : [user provides]
Category           : [detected or user confirms from list]
Practice area      : [user provides or skip]
Jurisdictions      : [user provides or __multi__]
Priority           : [P0 / P1 / P2 / P3]
Intent keywords    : [user provides 2–6]
Brief description  : [user provides — 1 sentence]
Source content     : [user provides raw content / existing skill / description]

Step 2 — Category → template selection

Category	Template selected
draft	Drafting skill template (When to use / Required inputs / Document structure / Jurisdictional notes)
review / eval	Review skill template (Review methodology / What to flag / Output format)
kb / ref / wiki	Knowledge pack template (Scope / Substantive content / Caveats)
conversation / safety	Behavioral skill template (When this applies / Behavior / Examples / Do not)
router / workflow	Router template (Purpose / Logic / Output schema)
import	Import/connector template (What it does / Import config / Dry-run / Failure modes)
connector / tool	Connector template (What it does / Setup / Capabilities / Failure modes)

Step 3 — Frontmatter generation

Generates valid YAML frontmatter:

• name: lowercase slug with hyphens
• description: 1–4 sentences, routing-focused, starts with "Use when…"
• metadata.id: category + slug
• metadata.category: selected category
• metadata.jurisdictions: from input
• metadata.priority: from input
• metadata.intent: from input keywords
• metadata.related: suggested related skill names in slug form
• metadata.source: standard source line
• metadata.version: "1.0"

Step 4 — Quality validation checklist

Before outputting the skill, validate:

• Description answers "when should Claude reach for this skill?"
• Body is 120–320 lines
• No fabricated statute numbers or case citations
• MENA jurisdictional notes included where relevant
• Related skills section populated with [[wikilinks]]
• No [INSERT X] template artifacts
• YAML frontmatter is valid

Failure modes

Error	Likely cause	Resolution
category_not_detected	Source description ambiguous	Prompt user to select from category list
description_too_generic	Generated description lacks routing specificity	Regenerate with "Use when…" prompt structure
frontmatter_invalid_yaml	Unescaped characters in description	Escape or rephrase the description
body_too_short	Insufficient source content	Request more detail from user; expand from known framework
related_skills_empty	No related skills suggested	Infer 3–5 from category and practice area

Related skills

• [[import-skill-creator-openai]]
• [[import-skill-optimizer-lawvable]]
• [[import-contract-review-anthropic]]
• [[import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic]]
• [[import-tabular-review-lawvable]]