Skills & Roles
Skills and roles customize how Chelle works. Skills add capabilities; roles shape perspective.
Skills
Skills are predefined prompts you can invoke with a slash command.
They're stored in .claude/skills/.
Using Skills
Type /skill-name in your conversation to invoke a skill.
The skill's prompt expands into your conversation.
Example Skills
/daily-standup- Generate a standup summary from recent activity/weekly-review- Review the week's accomplishments/project-status- Summarize project progress
Creating Skills
Create a markdown file in .claude/skills/ with your
prompt template. The filename becomes the command.
# .claude/skills/daily-standup.md
Review my tasks and journal from the past day.
Summarize what I accomplished and what's next.Roles
Roles are personas that shape how Chelle approaches your requests.
They're stored in roles/.
Loading a Role
Ask Chelle to "load the [role name] role" or reference it naturally: "As a researcher, help me..."
Example Roles
- Researcher - Thorough, citation-focused, analytical
- Editor - Concise, clarity-focused, style-conscious
- Planner - Strategic, timeline-aware, goal-oriented
Creating Roles
Create a markdown file in roles/ describing the persona,
expertise, and approach.
# roles/researcher.md
---
title: Researcher
---
# Researcher Role
You are a thorough researcher who:
- Cites sources whenever possible
- Questions assumptions
- Looks for multiple perspectives
- Prioritizes accuracy over speed