MacStories Weekly: Issue 486 - October 17, 2025

Claude Skills

John

Yesterday, Anthropic released a new tool for its Claude chatbot called Skills. The feature is similar to Projects but has greater potential because it’s far more flexible. The advantage of Projects is that they allow you to provide detailed instructions and reference materials to Claude that it uses as context for your queries; however, those...

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John Voorhees
John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John also co-hosts four MacStories podcasts: AppStories, which covers the world of apps, MacStories Unwind, which explores the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommends media to listeners, Ruminate, a show about the weird web and unusual snacks, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about the games we take with us.
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