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Claude Code Without Coding · Section 8 · Resources

Give Claude a Method It Can Reuse, Complete Resource Pack

Every link, prompt and file from the lectures in one place. Copy a prompt with one click.

Arun Nagarathanam · 5 Oct 2026 Guide · 55 of 72 in this course

Lecture 8.1 · Skills

What Is a Claude Code Skill, and Why Would You Use One?

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section-08-skills-resources.zip

Lecture 8.3 · Skills, Agents, MCP and Hooks

Which Claude Code Feature Fits This Job?

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knowledge-checks.md

Lecture 8.4 · 6 Real-World Examples

What Can Skills Help You Do?

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call-prep is in the sales plugin. brand-review and campaign-plan are in the marketing plugin. A Small Business only install will not include these three.

Lecture 8.5 · GitHub and Marketplaces

Where Do You Find Skills You Can Trust?

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Lecture 8.6 · User, Project or Local Scope

Where Should a Skill Live?

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section-08-skills-resources.zipinputs/knowledge-checks.md

Lecture 8.7 · 2 Real Files

How Do You Use and Check Downloaded Skills?

Claude Code · Invoice reminder request
Read inputs/invoice-chase-invoices.csv. Use September 21, 2026 as the reporting date. Show the overdue invoices that still have money owing, total the remaining balances, and draft reminders here for me to review. Use only the supplied file and do not send anything.
Paste into: Claude Code, after selecting small-business:invoice-chase
Claude Code · Social content request
Read inputs/willow-desk-social-brief.md, prepare a one-week plan and draft the text in the conversation using only those facts. I am reviewing copy here, so leave sending, publishing and creating images out of this run.
Paste into: Claude Code, in a new chat after selecting social-content-engine

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inputs/invoice-chase-invoices.csvinputs/willow-desk-social-brief.mdfixture-answer-key.md

Lecture 8.8 · Choosing the Right Job

What Should Your First Custom Skill Do?

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inputs/customer-feedback.csvinputs/customer-feedback.md

Lecture 8.9 · 6 Skill Questions

What Must You Decide Before Writing?

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six-question-planning-sheet.mdfeedback-skill-design-answers.mdknowledge-checks.md

Lecture 8.10 · Your First Custom Skill

Can Claude Build the Skill for You?

Claude Code · One report without a Skill (first run)
Read feedback-skill-design-answers.md and inputs/customer-feedback.csv. Follow the six answers for this one feedback analysis. Show the report in this conversation. For this report, do not use or create a Skill, do not save a report file, do not change the feedback or contact anyone, and leave the final business priority decision with me.
Paste into: Claude Code, in the Willow Desk project
Claude Code · Skill Creator request
Use the six answers in feedback-skill-design-answers.md, the two files in inputs/, the checked feedback report, and any corrections we just reviewed in this conversation to create a project Skill named customer-feedback-analyzer at .claude/skills/customer-feedback-analyzer/SKILL.md. Preserve repeatable steps and checks for future feedback batches, not this batch's IDs, counts or conclusions. Do not replace an existing Skill. Explain unfamiliar parts of the new file and stop before testing it.
Paste into: Claude Code, after choosing Skill Creator from the plus menu
Claude Code · Install the supplied example Skill
Read the customer-feedback-analyzer folder. Explain what it contains, then install the complete Skill in this project's .claude/skills folder. Keep any existing Skill of that name unchanged and tell me if there is a conflict. Show me the installed path when finished.
Paste into: Claude Code, only if you want the supplied example

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feedback-skill-design-answers.mdinputs/customer-feedback.csvinputs/customer-feedback.mdfixture-answer-key.mdcustomer-feedback-analyzer/

Lecture 8.11 · Skill Loading and Debugging

How Do You Know Claude Used It?

Claude Code · Direct run
/customer-feedback-analyzer Analyze inputs/customer-feedback.csv and return the report here in the conversation. Preserve the feedback IDs and exact supporting excerpts. Count each ID once within a theme, distinguish frequently mentioned problems from potentially serious reports, and propose up to 3 actions with reasons. Leave the final choice to me. Do not edit the input file or contact anyone.
Paste into: Claude Code, in a fresh conversation in the Willow Desk project
Claude Code · Ordinary request, no Skill named
Analyze the customer feedback file inside the inputs folder, show recurring themes with IDs and excerpts, separate serious isolated reports and suggest what I should investigate next.
Paste into: Claude Code, in another new conversation

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inputs/customer-feedback.csvfixture-answer-key.md

Lecture 8.12 · Permissions and Context Forks

What Can a Skill Read, Run or Call?

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The tool-grant-probe Skill is shown on screen only and is not in the practice zip.

knowledge-checks.md

Lecture 8.13 · References and Scripts

When Does One File Stop Being Enough?

Claude Code · Instruction to add to SKILL.md
When the user requests a detailed evidence check, read `references/evidence-checks.md` before finalising the report.
Paste into: Add as a line comment on SKILL.md in code view
Claude Code · Ask Claude to apply the comment
Update the skill as per the comment.
Paste into: Claude chat, after saving the comment
Claude Code · Test the new line
test the skill with a detailed evidence check
Paste into: Claude chat (Claude suggests this prompt)

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customer-feedback-analyzer/SKILL.mdcustomer-feedback-analyzer/references/evidence-checks.md

Lecture 8.14 · Triggering vs Output Problems

Why Did Your Skill Fail?

Claude Code · missing-check test request
/customer-feedback-analyzer Analyze inputs/customer-feedback.csv and tell me what we should improve. Return the report here and leave the source file unchanged.
Paste into: Claude Code, fresh chat in the missing-check practice project
Claude Code · weak-description test request
Analyse inputs/customer-feedback.csv and give me a report. Tell me what I should investigate next.
Paste into: Claude Code, fresh chat in the weak-description practice project
Claude Code · clearer-description test request
Analyse inputs/customer-feedback.csv and give me a report. Tell me what I should investigate next.
Paste into: Claude Code, fresh chat in the clearer-description practice project

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teaching-copies/README.mdteaching-copies/missing-check/SKILL.mdteaching-copies/weak-description/SKILL.mdfixture-answer-key.md

Lecture 8.15 · Test, Share or Retire

How Do You Improve a Skill Without Breaking It?

Claude Code · Run the repaired Skill on the Markdown file
/customer-feedback-analyzer Analyze inputs/customer-feedback.md and tell me what we should improve. Return the report here and leave the source file unchanged.
Paste into: Claude Code, fresh chat in the Willow Desk project
Claude Code · Before and after comparison
Compare the customer-feedback-analyzer Skill before and after this repair, using the saved CSV and Markdown requests and reports. What did the repair fix? Did the revised Skill lose anything the earlier Markdown run did well? Check coverage of all 12 IDs, theme evidence and counts, exact supporting quotations, the wording of the sharp-edge report, and whether the final priority decision stays with me. Point to the source comments and report passages behind each conclusion. Do not change the Skill yet.
Paste into: Claude Code, after selecting Skill Creator from the plus button
Claude Code · Tell Skill Creator where the files are
Files: the original Skill is skill-before-repair/SKILL.md. The repaired Skill is .claude/skills/customer-feedback-analyzer/SKILL.md. The inputs are inputs/customer-feedback.csv and inputs/customer-feedback.md. The requests are in saved-requests/. Three reports are in saved-reports/. The fourth report is the Markdown report you produced earlier in this chat.
Paste into: Same message, sent with the comparison request

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The skill-before-repair, saved-requests and saved-reports folders are shown on screen. They are not in the practice zip, so save your own copies as you go.

customer-feedback-analyzer/SKILL.mdcustomer-feedback-analyzer/references/evidence-checks.mdsix-question-planning-sheet.mdfixture-answer-key.mdknowledge-checks.md

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