Descriptions:
Bart Slodyczka breaks down Anthropic’s recently released guide on building Claude skills, translating its five core workflow patterns into practical, reusable templates that developers and power users can apply immediately. The central argument is that most people build Claude skills with generic prompts (‘solve my customer support tickets’) when they should be matching their process to a specific structural pattern first — which then determines how the skill is architected.
The five patterns covered are: sequential workflow orchestration (steps that must execute in fixed order, such as account creation before subscription setup); multi-MCP coordination (routing tasks across tools like Slack, Zendesk, and ClickUp in parallel or sequence); iterative refinement (looping with a quality score threshold, the pattern Claude Code itself uses internally when reviewing code); context-aware tool selection (routing files to Google Drive, Notion, or GitHub based on file type); and a parallel execution pattern for simultaneous independent subtasks. For each, the video shows the identical template skeleton that changes only in its central logic block, making it straightforward to adapt.
The video draws directly from Anthropic’s guide, citing Claude Code’s internal loop-over function as a real-world example of iterative refinement, and frames skill creation as equivalent to onboarding a new team member — you must specify the process goal, when to invoke it, step-by-step instructions, internal policies, and expected output format. For anyone building reusable AI workflows in Claude, this is a concise reference for avoiding the most common structural mistakes.
📺 Source: Bart Slodyczka · Published March 15, 2026
🏷️ Format: Tutorial Demo
