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Open Agent Skills format · Claude Code

Agent Skills for Claude Code

Agent Skills are an open SKILL.md-based format for reusable instructions, scripts, and resources. Choose a skill from the shared catalog, then install its complete folder at the scope that fits your workflow.

“Claude Skills” describes how these open packages are used in Claude Code; it does not assign ownership or exclusivity to a platform. agentskills.io

Claude Code · SKILL.md
Personal
~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
Project
.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
Plugin
<plugin>/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Choose where the skill applies

Copy the complete skill folder, not only SKILL.md, so bundled scripts, references, templates, and assets remain available.

Personal

~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Available across all your projects. Best for your own repeatable workflows.

Project

.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Available in this repository. Best for codebase rules and team workflows.

Plugin

<plugin>/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Available wherever the plugin is enabled. Best for versioned distribution.

Let Claude choose, or invoke it yourself

1

Automatic

By default, Claude matches the task against each skill’s name and description, then loads the full SKILL.md when relevant.

2

Manual

Type /skill-name. Plugin skills use /plugin-name:skill-name. Keep actions with side effects under manual control.