Anthropic Claude Academy Guide Skill

Publisher: Anthropic · Editorial profile by AI Tools Ratings · Review method

What task is this skill designed for?

Help someone who asks how to use a Claude feature find one current, relevant learning resource without inventing course titles or links.

What input and output should you expect?

Input: A user’s learning question, the Claude product or task they want to learn, and access to the current public Claude Academy catalog.

Output: Expected deliverable: a direct answer followed, when the catalog contains a strong match, by one or two verified links with a brief description; otherwise no resource recommendation.

What does it need to run?

A Claude-compatible skill loader and network access to Claude Academy when it fetches current catalog items. The skill is instruction-only; the agent/account and Academy content may have their own access terms.

The pinned repository describes example-skill installation through Claude Code and says the skills are available in Claude.ai paid plans; it also documents API skill upload. This is publisher documentation, not an independent compatibility test.

How should you approach installation?

1. Install the example skill through the Anthropic skills marketplace documented in the pinned README, or use a supported Claude skill upload route.
2. Ask a learning-oriented question such as how to get started with Claude projects and check that the response answers the question before recommending anything.
3. Open each suggested link and confirm its title and topic against the live Academy catalog; expect silence when no strong match exists.

Installation guide: discovery, dependencies and runtime checks

What files, accounts or data can it access?

Reads the user’s question and public Academy pages; the chosen agent may send a web request to retrieve catalog content. No local project files or executable scripts are required by the reviewed folder.

What does the skill cost?

No separate Skill price is listed. Claude access may require a paid plan or API usage; linked Academy course access and any certificates should be checked on the current Academy page.

What are its limits and alternatives?

Useful only for learning intent; it is not a general support workflow and should not interrupt a user who is asking the agent to complete a task. Catalog recommendations can become stale unless fetched live. The skill does not establish course availability, price or certification terms beyond the linked catalog.

Link directly to the relevant official Claude documentation when the user needs a technical reference rather than a course or tutorial.

What could you ask in a small trial?

Try this with a small sample:

How do I get started with Claude projects? Answer the question directly. If you can access Claude Academy, suggest at most one current resource only when its title and URL are present in the catalog you fetched; otherwise do not invent a recommendation.

How would you verify the result?

1. Confirm the answer addresses the original question before any recommendation.
2. Open the exact Academy URL and verify that the catalog title and topic match.
3. Check that a weak or missing catalog match results in no recommendation rather than a guessed course.

Use a baseline and record acceptance evidence before treating a successful task as a reliable workflow.

Which source and license were checked?

Read the reviewed SKILL.md at its pinned commit · Complete reviewed folder

Repository and current publisher guidance

Checked: 2026-11-03

Apache-2.0 — identified in skills/academy-guide/LICENSE.txt at the reviewed commit; follow any separate terms attached to linked Academy content. License evidence

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