How Claude Solved AI’s Biggest Problem

Main Ideas:

• Introduction of the Skills feature in Claude to address repetitive AI tasks.
• Skills in Claude consist of instructions and resources, enabling specialized task handling.
• Skills are distinct from MCP, focusing on internal enhancements rather than accessing external tools.
• Limitations of Skills, such as no network access, and their workaround using web search tools.
• Use of Skills for diverse applications, including SEO optimization and visual data analytics.

Quotes:

Skills are just a collection of instructions and resources that we provide to Claude to give it specific capabilities.

MCP is about adding more capabilities to Claude that it doesn’t already have by giving it access to external tools.

With skills, you can unlock another useful capability of Claude, the ability to use visualizations in your local environment.