🧩 Anthropic Launches “Skills” for Claude: Folder-Based Intelligence for Real Workflows
- NewBits Media

- Oct 19
- 2 min read

Anthropic has unveiled Claude Skills, a powerful folder-based system that lets organizations bundle their internal workflows, procedures, and executable scripts into structured packages the AI can autonomously access and use when performing tasks.
⚙️ What’s New in Claude Skills
📁 Folder-structured Skills: Each skill acts as a directory package containing instruction files, code, and reference docs that Claude loads dynamically based on task relevance.
🧠 Progressive disclosure: Claude first reviews skill names and descriptions, then selectively activates the components needed to complete a workflow.
🧰 No-code Skill Creator: Teams can build or edit skills through an interactive assistant—no manual file editing or programming required.
🔗 Coordinated skills: Multiple skills can collaborate, enabling hybrid workflows—like merging brand guidelines with financial-reporting templates in a single execution.
💡 Why It’s Important
Anthropic’s new system represents a major step toward modular, agentic AI—where assistants can “load in” knowledge and capabilities much like human experts retrieving specialized training. By packaging know-how into simple folders instead of raw code, Claude Skills democratize enterprise automation, empowering teams to infuse AI with real organizational context, compliance logic, and expertise.
As Anthropic’s Alex Albert put it, “It’s like teaching Claude new skills—The Matrix-style—without touching the source code.”
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