Anthropic announced the launch of ‘Skills’ for Claude, enabling the AI to load folders containing instructions, scripts and resources to perform specific tasks more effectively. The feature is designed to accelerate automation, reduce costs and improve consistency across business and research applications.
The Skills function shortens the time needed to train AI models by allowing users to provide predefined instructions directly. This makes tasks such as data processing, document summarisation, or customer support more resource-efficient. The feature also improves cost-effectiveness, as preloaded knowledge reduces the expense of repeated queries while maintaining higher accuracy and reliability.
In the long term, the launch represents a significant step towards more customisable AI operations, as organisations can build tailored skill sets to match their unique needs. Anthropic’s development underscores the importance of flexibility and reusable resources as key factors for scalability and sustainable AI performance.
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