How is a continuous skewed distribution made?

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I have a skewed dataset, from which I can calculate median, mean, and standard deviation. I need to fit the data to a continuous probability distribution, however a Gaussian distribution does not capture the skewness of the data.

How could I develop a continuous (skewed) probability distribution given the available information that captures the skewness of the dataset? Is there a formula I could plug into?