Guides

What Are Claude Skills? Agent Skills and SKILL.md Explained

Claude skills are SKILL.md folders that Claude loads when a task needs them, and this guide covers the spec and SKILL.md vs CLAUDE.md.

How to Add and Use Claude Skills

Copy a skill folder into ~/.claude/skills for Claude Code, upload a ZIP on claude.ai, or use the folder for Codex or Cursor.

Which Agents Support Agent Skills? Folder Paths by Tool

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenClaw read SKILL.md skills. See where each tool looks for the skill folder.

MCP Servers: What They Are and Where to Find Them

An MCP server connects an AI agent to tools, files and APIs. Learn how servers differ from skills, where the official registry lives, and how to add one.

Claude Code Hooks: What They Are and How to Set One Up

Claude Code hooks run your shell commands at set points, like after every file edit. See the main events, a working example and where hooks live.

Claude Code Subagents: How to Create One, and When to Use It

A Claude Code subagent is a helper with its own context, prompt and tools. Learn how to write one, where the file goes, and when a skill fits better.

Claude Code Commands vs Skills: Which One to Write

Claude Code merged custom slash commands into skills. Both make a /command, and old files still work. Here is when the skill format is worth it.

How to Create a Claude Skill: SKILL.md Step by Step

Write a SKILL.md that Claude finds and uses. Folder and name rules, how to word the description, size limits and how to test it, from the official docs.

Claude Skill Collections on GitHub: Where to Find Skills

Five GitHub repos collect Claude and agent skills. See what each one says it holds and the license it uses before you copy a skill.

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