Agent Skills with Anthropic
by DeepLearning.AI
A hands-on short course building real Skills across Claude's surfaces.
Overview
'Agent Skills with Anthropic' is a DeepLearning.AI short course taught by Elie Schoppik, Head of Technical Education at Anthropic, spanning about 2 hours 19 minutes across 10 video lessons plus a graded assignment. Learners understand how Skills function as specialized knowledge folders using the open-standard SKILL.md format and how progressive disclosure manages context. The course is project-based: participants build custom Skills for multiple use cases, including generating practice questions from lecture notes, analyzing time-series data, and creating code-generation and code-review workflows, and develop projects such as a marketing-campaign analysis workflow and research agents that generate learning guides. It demonstrates applying Skills across claude.ai, Claude Code, the Claude API, and the Claude Agent SDK, and combining them with MCP and subagents. Enrollment is free; graded assignments and a certificate require DeepLearning.AI Pro membership.
At a Glance
- Topic
- Skills
- Level
- Beginner
- Format
- Course
- Cost
- Freemium
- Duration
- 2h 19m across 10 lessons
- Provider
- DeepLearning.AI
- Hands-on
- Yes — code/exercises
- Certificate
- Available
What You’ll Learn
- ✓How Skills and the SKILL.md format manage context via progressive disclosure
- ✓Building custom Skills for practice-question generation, time-series analysis, and code review
- ✓Applying Skills across claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, and the Agent SDK
- ✓Combining Skills with MCP and subagents in real workflows
- ✓Designing a marketing-analysis and research-agent project end to end
Highlights
- •Built in partnership with Anthropic
- •Taught by Anthropic's Head of Technical Education
- •Project-based with runnable, real-world use cases
Who It’s For
Best For
- ✓Engineers wanting a guided, hands-on intro to Skills
- ✓Practitioners integrating Skills across multiple Claude surfaces
Prerequisites
- •Basic Python
- •Familiarity with Claude or LLM agents
FAQ
What is Agent Skills with Anthropic?
A free-to-enroll DeepLearning.AI short course, built with Anthropic and taught by Elie Schoppik, that teaches skill architecture and has you build custom Skills across claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, and the Agent SDK. Best for engineers who want a guided, project-based intro.
Is Agent Skills with Anthropic free?
Agent Skills with Anthropic offers free content, with paid options for certificates or premium features.
What level is Agent Skills with Anthropic for?
Agent Skills with Anthropic is aimed at a beginner audience. Recommended background: Basic Python, Familiarity with Claude or LLM agents.
How long does Agent Skills with Anthropic take?
Expect roughly 2h 19m across 10 lessons. Most learners work through it at their own pace.
What will I learn from Agent Skills with Anthropic?
You'll learn: How Skills and the SKILL.md format manage context via progressive disclosure; Building custom Skills for practice-question generation, time-series analysis, and code review; Applying Skills across claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, and the Agent SDK; Combining Skills with MCP and subagents in real workflows; Designing a marketing-analysis and research-agent project end to end.