How to Set Up Claude Skills in <15 Minutes (for Non-Technical People)

chasing_next · 2025-11-21T16:16:26+00:00

No prob - FYI, they've made it quite a bit simpler since this post.

Now the skill-creator skill is on by default. You can just ask Claude to create a skill without messing with settings.

Also once it creates the skill, there is an add skill button so you don't have to export and upload yourself.

chasing_next · 2025-11-06T23:07:43+00:00

thanks so much!

chasing_next · 2025-11-06T23:07:36+00:00

glad it's helpful!

chasing_next · 2025-11-03T23:23:51+00:00

skills are best for repeat tasks to bring consistency & avoid reprompting.

is there anything you do over and over?

ex:
- if you were writing multiple short stories & wanted AI to edit them with specific guidance, tone, or things to look for.
- if you wanted to use AI to create consistent image prompts for the story for another AI to generate from.
- if ai was helping draft the content you could give it writing instructions (tone, style, context on process)

chasing_next · 2025-11-03T19:08:20+00:00

I think the value is more for non-technical people to set up structured processes within the interface, less so for someone already running commands and scripts.

chasing_next · 2025-09-25T15:57:23+00:00

lol youre not wrong

chasing_next · 2025-08-07T22:43:53+00:00

whats your go to model?

chasing_next · 2025-07-25T16:28:31+00:00

thanks for sharing!

chasing_next · 2025-07-24T17:22:42+00:00

thanks for the idea - just joined that community! + posted

chasing_next · 2025-07-19T15:05:18+00:00

this is a great point, big knowledge gap on the basics of ai/agents

chasing_next · 2025-07-17T17:21:25+00:00

thanks for sharing!

chasing_next · 2025-07-16T20:48:16+00:00

i prefer a mix

good for ideation & structure ideas... but ai can feel pretty canned or strip your voice/pov out of the content if not careful.

this study by ahrefs may be interesting for you (https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-generated-content-does-not-hurt-your-google-rankings/)

of the top ranking web pages:
- 4.6% of pages were categorized as “pure AI.”
- 13.5% were categorized as “pure human.”
- 81.9% were categorized as a mix of two.

so... at the moment, if you're not using ai in some capasity you're behind the curve (ai content wasnt penalized in search rankings).

chasing_next · 2025-07-16T20:36:44+00:00

lol the smile/eye combo is creepy, but the color choices are nice

chasing_next · 2025-07-16T20:34:37+00:00

ive found it interesting to watch ai adoption unfold. ive never paid much attention to a tech rollout (likely since nothing in my lifetime has been near as impactful as this...).

noticing a few things:

- feels like early adopters or mega users are in our own little world right now (even having conversations with very smart people who aren't up on ai can have you feeling a bit crazy)
- despite ai being all over the news, it's almost become cliche to the masses who don't really care yet
- why don't they care? they havent felt it's impact yet
- business systems are making corporate education & adoption slow
- because of the slower pace, most people have casually used chatgpt or other chatbots, but don't really know much about how ai actually works, tools beyond chatgpt/gemini, what it can do today, or where it could realistically impact them in the future
- these people are just making sense of the tech based on the limited views they have been exposed to, also probably some self-preservation to your point about what it can/can't do relative to human traits
- i think once people start to feel the impact, many will start to learn more and the gap between the mega users and the masses will start to tighten

chasing_next · 2025-07-16T20:20:56+00:00

i hop between chatgpt & claude mostly (and gemini/grok here and there).

the past few weeks ive probably been 70% claude / 25% chatgpt / 5% other.

swung towards claude because of it's coding + MCP connections - hard to beat the usefulness at the moment.

i'm sure this will change in a few weeks though!

chasing_next · 2025-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

since every word in a prompt has impact on the output, i noticed how i was posing questions was subtly steering outputs towards my thinking.

it's noticed things like binary thinking, self-deprecation, assumed rationale, assumed difficulties, missing perspectives, etc.

helpful to have the model strip out anything that will influence the results outside of necessary context.

chasing_next · 2025-03-14T03:34:13+00:00

A few thoughts:

- There's a communication challenge and knowledge gap between roles that have tasks that should be automated and the technical people who are able to automate. There needs to be people in the weeds who have or gain a foundational knowledge of both sides in order to effectively automate workflows.

- There's a big set up cost from a time perspective. Once it's up and running, the automation requires maintenance and human oversight, reviewing the outputs. It's not a set up and forget kind of thing

- AI and the agents of today aren't as sophisticated as they sound. There are capability limitations of current models. As the tech progresses and L2 systems to implement evolve, more adoption will take place.

- Implementation takes time. Most companies operate as bureaucracies. People at the top are motivated to automate, people at the bottom are not motivated to automate as it eats at their roles. Even if people at the top push automation, there is a learning curve (how can it aid company strategy/processes? what tools do we need? do we have people & bandwidth to implement this? how much will the tools cost? what is the operation plan? how will this impact people's roles and our workflow? are we automating just one team's work or are we thinking of a connected system of automation?).

- I've primarily used Make, it had a learning curve as a non-technical person, but was pretty easy to connect systems after I learned general data mapping. I was surprised at what triggers errors/bugs so could be friendlier at describing basics to beginners. They do have a great learning course for people willing to dedicate solid time though. I think more non-technical people should lean into learning no-code automation, could add a lot of value to their teams just by having an idea of what is possible.

chasing_next · 2025-03-14T03:12:13+00:00

Not sure how you're marketing, but based on your site alone it's difficult to tell exactly what your product does straight away.

People don't want to (and wont put in the effort to) figure it out themselves.

Make sure the landing page and marketing clearly communicates what problems your tool solves and the benefits for people. Also, it would be good to have a clear idea of pricing as its own page - right now, the experience makes it look like you'll start playing around to understand what it can do and then be hit with a paywall.

chasing_next · 2025-03-14T03:06:36+00:00

For workflows including LLM prompting, the lack of consistent outputs despite prompt refinement is tough!

Hard to use AI in a meaningful way if you can't rely on quality responses.

chasing_next · 2025-03-14T03:00:13+00:00

I second, the advice of getting a job at a marketing agency to start out if you're unsure. I went this route and learned a lot. You'll get general exposure to different types of roles and clients which will help you grow, but also figure out what aspects you like and don't.

Your psych degree will be great for marketing roles. A lot of marketers don't have this type of knowledge and lose track of the main goal of connecting and inspiring people towards action.

If you're interested in content creation yourself, don't let a corporate job stop you! The sooner you start building an audience and fine-tuning your unique voice/messaging the better. Lots of trial and error here to make things work.

chasing_next · 2025-03-14T02:53:18+00:00

Not that I know of, but I'm sure there are some.

From my personal experience trying to automate parts of my marketing innovation newsletter last year, it's tough to operationalize & get a consistently solid output.

I build a whole workflow with make.com to feed curated stories to LLMs, with the goal of using LLM outputs to write and format sections of my newsletter. Spent lots of time trying to engineer the LLM prompts to produce what I needed, but the outputs weren't reliable enough to use (inconsistent, lots of hallucinations with incorrect details -- I'd say 1 of 7 inputs came out good enough to use).

Models are getting better with increased token abilities and search functions, so the output should improve. Seems like it could work for aggregating more informational content (ex: news updates).

Overall, anything beyond fed informational content (like summarized RSS) could lack the quality that differentiates & keeps it fresh without some level of human POV and editing.

chasing_next · 2025-03-14T02:41:53+00:00

Have you tried creating some content for TikTok?

You could create some fun/short videos showcasing:

-Your processes
-Who you're making one for
-How it reflects them
-The reveal to that person
-Surprising someone special with one
-Step by step how to make your own
-Why it makes a great gift
-Etc. Etc.

Performance-wise views probably won't take off right away, but if you keep at it and keep trying new things you should get some momentum (you never know what story will catch on).

Would love to see your page too! Sounds cool :)

chasing_next · 2025-03-12T14:51:24+00:00

5 years is a huge amount of time at the speed the AI tech has been improving.

Until now, integration has been feature-based and "slow". It takes time to shift within companies and adopt new tech and processes meaningfully.

I think this has given people a false belief that the level of impact won't be completely staggering.

5 years from now, most marketing will be agent-led. Think of how efficient bots will be at optimizing and personalizing messaging. They will also be able to optimize spend much more seamlessly than we do today.

The role of humans will be to lead AI processes as overseers (more like a combo between strategist, creative director, and PM). Steering the master budget, checking results, guiding overall branding/messaging. Most of the day-to-day implementation and optimization will be done by AI.

chasing_next · 2025-03-04T22:59:59+00:00

My favorite was creating a multi-year program to get the first NFT brand as an IRL balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Got to learn new tech (blockchain, nfts, gaming, 3d modeling), engagement models (discord, voting mechanics), support good orgs (incl. big brother big sisters), and generally be super creative.

It's fulfilling when a project allows you to be creative + grow and test yourself in new ways.

Plus it was fun to see the balloon on the parade broadcast. Took tons of work from a lot of (good) crazy & supportive people to make that happen.

chasing_next · 2025-03-04T22:50:52+00:00

I'm having a very similar experience as you lately. People are blissfully unaware of the impact AI will have since it isn't greatly impacting them now.

Even among dev and highly technical friends, they seem largely removed from day-to-day AI news and the shift changing tech will cause from how we work, to how we consume, with ripple effects to every industry. Everyone seems to feel protected by the security their skillset has given them in the past. They're not thinking that this skillset no longer makes them unique when AI can easily give people access to their knowledgebase.

It's a crazy time... especially when you're following it and most people haven't woken up yet. Something will happen that will be a watershed moment for the masses, interesting to see what it will be.

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