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Free Lesson
Configure Claude Skills for Quality, Speed, and Cost
30 min
Apr 3, 2026 11:00 AM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Set effort levels to control thinking depth per skill
See how effort: high vs. low changes output quality and response time for different skill types
Select the right model for each skill's complexity
Match Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku to your skill based on the reasoning it requires
Test skill quality with evals before deploying
Run structured evaluations to verify your skill performs consistently across scenarios
Why this topic matters
Most Claude skills run on default settings — same model, same effort, same cost regardless of complexity. That's like using the same tool for every job. New frontmatter controls let you configure effort level, model selection, and evaluation per skill — optimizing for quality where it matters and speed where it doesn't. In 30 minutes, see how to configure skills that are smarter, faster, & cheaper
You'll learn from
James Gray
UC Berkeley AI Instructor | Founder | ex CIO & CPO
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