# Build Your Kafka Skill

> Create your Kafka event schema skill in one prompt, then learn to improve it throughout the chapter

- Skill: `diegosouzapw/build-your-kafka-skill-2` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add diegosouzapw/build-your-kafka-skill-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/diegosouzapw/build-your-kafka-skill-2/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: diegosouzapw (https://skillmd.com/u/diegosouzapw)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/diegosouzapw/build-your-kafka-skill-2

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# Build Your Kafka Skill

Before learning Kafka—building event-driven architectures for AI agents—you'll **own** a Kafka skill.

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## Step 1: Get the Skills Lab

1. Go to [github.com/panaversity/claude-code-skills-lab](https://github.com/panaversity/claude-code-skills-lab)
2. Click the green **Code** button
3. Select **Download ZIP**
4. Extract the ZIP file
5. Open the extracted folder in your terminal

```bash
cd claude-code-skills-lab
claude
```

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## Step 2: Create Your Skill

Copy and paste this prompt:

```
Using your skill creator skill create a new skill for Apache Kafka. I will use
it to build event-driven architectures from hello world to professional production
systems. Use context7 skill to study official documentation and then build it
so no self assumed knowledge.
```

Claude will:
1. Fetch official Kafka documentation via Context7
2. Ask you clarifying questions (topics, consumer groups, schema patterns)
3. Create the complete skill with references and templates

Your skill appears at `.claude/skills/kafka-events/`.

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## Done

You now own a Kafka skill built from official documentation. The rest of this chapter teaches you what it knows—and how to make it better.

**Next: Lesson 1 — From Request-Response to Events**