learn
Distill a reusable skill from anything — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or what you just did together — or refine an existing skill with new learnings. Use when the user says '/learn', 'learn this', 'turn this into a skill', 'capture this workflow', 'make a skill from <source>', or 'improve/update the <name> skill'. Produces or updates a .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md authored to NanoClaw's skill guidelines. (This CREATES or REFINES a skill from a source; it does not install existing skills from a registry.)
Profile →npx skills add nanocoai/nanoclaw --skill learn --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Learn — Distill a Skill from Anything Turn a source — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or the work just done in this conversation — into a clean, reusable NanoClaw skill. The output is a new `.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` (plus optional `scripts/`, `references/`, `templates/`) authored to the project's skill guidelines. This skill is **instruction-only**: it uses the tools you already have (`Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, `WebFetch`, `Write`) — there is no separate distillation engine and no reach-ins into core code. ## When to use Invoke when the user wants to *capture* a workflow as a reusable skill: - `/learn <path>` — read a project/dir and build a skill for working with it - `/learn <url>` — read docs / an API page and build a usage skill - `/learn what we just did` — distill the current conversation's workflow - `/learn` + pasted notes — turn notes into a structured skill If the user instead wants to *find and install* an existing community skill, that is a different task — this skill **creates** new skills, it does not import them. ## Workflow ### 1. Identify the source — and whether this is a new skill or a refine - A **path** → read the code/files. - A **URL** → fetch and rea
- When to use
- Workflow
- 1. Identify the source — and whether this is a new skill or a refine
- 2. Gather the material
- 3. Distill — find the reusable procedure
- 4. Author the SKILL.md
- 5. Place and verify
- Example
- Notes
What does the learn skill do?
Distill a reusable skill from anything — a directory, a URL, pasted notes, or what you just did together — or refine an existing skill with new learnings. Use when the user says '/learn', 'learn this', 'turn this into a skill', 'capture this workflow', 'make a skill from <source>', or 'improve/update the <name> skill'. Produces or updates a .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md authored to NanoClaw's skill guidelines. (This CREATES or REFINES a skill from a source; it does not install existing skills from a registry.)
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add nanocoai/nanoclaw --skill learn --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository with 30,426 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.