1.List three to five regular tasks
Write down three to five things you do on repeat that each take anywhere from 30 minutes to three hours. The recurring ones, not the one-offs. Think drafting a certain email, writing a proposal, prepping for a type of meeting, turning notes into a summary, building a recurring report. Type yours in below.
2.Pick one to start with
Choose a single task for this session. The best first pick is one you do often, that follows roughly the same shape each time, and that you can describe out loud. Frequency beats complexity. We want the one that pays back the most by being made reusable. Hit Pick next to the one you want from your list above.
3.Work through it with Claude
Do the task together, start to finish. Tell Claude what you are doing, give it a real example, and refine until the output is genuinely good, in your voice and to your standard. The goal is not just to finish this one, it is to get the steps right so they can be repeated.
As you go, notice what you tell it: the inputs you give, the format you want, the rules you keep correcting. That is the skill, forming in front of you.
4.Turn it into a skill
Now capture what you just did so you never have to explain it again. The skill creator takes the process you just worked through and turns it into a reusable skill. It will confirm the steps, the inputs, and how you like the output, then write the skill for you.
Run this. Type it, do not paste it. Start with /, pick skill-creator from the list, then add the line below and send.
/skill-creator take the process we've done and turn it into a skill5.Save it and use it next time
Save the skill so it is there whenever you need it. From now on, instead of working through the whole task, you call the skill and it runs the same way every time. Give it a quick test run to confirm it does what you expect.
That is one task off your plate, for good. Pick the next one off your list whenever you are ready, and do at least one more quick win in these early weeks.
Frequency first, then drag.
The best quick win is the task you are quietly tired of doing. High frequency and a predictable shape make the strongest first skill. Save the rare, one-off, judgement-heavy work for later, it is harder to make reusable and pays back less.
What to expect.
- ·We do this live on a call. Expect to leave with one finished output and one saved skill, not a to-do list.
- ·The first skill is the lesson. Once you have made one, you will spot quick wins everywhere.
- ·A skill is reusable and editable. As your work changes, you tweak the skill rather than start over.
- ·Aim for at least one quick win in your first four to six weeks, then keep picking them off your list.