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Updated Feb 23, 2026
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Build Your Docker Skill

Before learning Docker—containerizing your applications for production—you'll own a Docker skill.

Step 1: Get the Skills Lab​

  1. Go to 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
cd claude-code-skills-lab
claude

Step 2: Create Your Skill​

Copy and paste this prompt:

Using your skill creator skill create a new skill for Docker. I will use
it to containerize Python/FastAPI applications from hello world to professional
production deployments. Use context7 skill to study official documentation
and then build it so no self assumed knowledge.

Claude will:

  1. Fetch official Docker documentation via Context7
  2. Ask you clarifying questions (base images, multi-stage builds, security patterns)
  3. Create the complete skill with references and templates

Your skill appears at .claude/skills/docker-deployment/.

Done​

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

Next: Lesson 1 — Docker Fundamentals