Is the Creating Claude.md skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from sruthik27/creating-claude-md. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Creating Claude.md SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Creating Claude.md?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Creating Claude.md with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Creating Claude.md

Scans your repo, interviews you, writes a lean CLAUDE.md under 80 lines.

by sruthik27 · sruthik27/creating-claude-md

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 14, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Jul 19, 2026 · a4449d2

Ran it on a stub Express repo end to end: the skill-following draft came out at 20 lines with a real gotcha and an approval gate captured from the interview, while an unguided baseline bloated to 40 lines of 'act as a senior engineer' filler and a fabricated 'likely uses Jest or Vitest' guess.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Creating Claude.md does

Generates a new CLAUDE.md from scratch by combining an autonomous repo scan (manifests, structure, lint config, git log) with a focused 6-question interview for judgment content like gotchas and approval gates. Triggers when a repo has no CLAUDE.md yet or an existing one is unsalvageable; explicitly defers to a separate improver skill for incremental edits.

How to install Creating Claude.md

git clone https://github.com/sruthik27/creating-claude-md
cd creating-claude-md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r . ~/.claude/skills/creating-claude-md

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Creating Claude.md

/creating-claude-md Scans your repo, interviews you, writes a lean CLAUDE.md under 80 lines.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

This repo has no CLAUDE.md yet, can you scan it and write one for me
Generate a lean CLAUDE.md by looking at our repo structure and lint config
I need a project instructions file under 80 lines, interview me if needed

Frequently asked questions

Is the Creating Claude.md skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from sruthik27/creating-claude-md. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Creating Claude.md work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran it on a stub Express repo end to end: the skill-following draft came out at 20 lines with a real gotcha and an approval gate captured from the interview, while an unguided baseline bloated to 40 lines of 'act as a senior engineer' filler and a fabricated 'likely uses Jest or Vitest' guess.
What is the Creating Claude.md SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Creating Claude.md?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Creating Claude.md with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.