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createSkill

Create Skill

Create a Skill: a durable instruction pack that teaches an AI how the user likes something done (a workflow, a format, a checklist, a house style).

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "save this as a skill", and it calls createSkill.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "title": "<title>",
    "body": "<body>"
  },
  "name": "createSkill"
}

Arguments

• titlestringrequiredWhat the skill teaches, in one line: becomes the title.
• bodystringrequiredMarkdown instruction pack: the steps, rules, and examples an AI follows when applying this skill.
• spaceIdstringoptionalPage space ID. Omit to use the caller's personal space (the default).
• sourceobjectoptionalUpstream provenance when this Skill references GitHub or skills.sh. Omit for a native Skill.
• tagsstring[]optionalDomain taxonomy: trade, discipline, tool, life stage. Hyphenated, e.g. "software-engineering", "design".
• personaTagsstring[]optionalWho this serves: "lawyer", "coach", "creator", "builder". Drives persona matching.
• triggerPhrasesstring[]optionalRequests that should resolve to it: "memo", "retainer", "clean code". Drives request matching.

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• save this as a skill
• teach my AI to do X this way
• make this repeatable

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listSkills
• updateSkill

Questions

• What does createSkill do?

  Create a Skill: a durable instruction pack that teaches an AI how the user likes something done (a workflow, a format, a checklist, a house style). It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use createSkill from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "save this as a skill", and it calls createSkill.

• Is createSkill safe to let an AI call?

  createSkill changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.