Install a skill in Claude Code
A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file inside it. Put that folder somewhere Claude Code already looks, and it shows up as a slash command. Four steps, about a minute.
Claude Code looks for one folder per skill. Put it in your personal skills directory to use it everywhere, or inside a project to share it with the team.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/sponsor-outreachThe folder name becomes the command, not the name field inside the file.
Make a folder for the skill
Claude Code looks for one folder per skill. Put it in your personal skills directory to use it everywhere, or inside a project to share it with the team.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/sponsor-outreachTwo places a skill can live
Same file either way. The only difference is who else gets it.
Just for you
~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.mdAvailable in every project on this machine.
For one project
.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.mdCommit it and everyone on the repo gets it too.
The one that catches people out. The slash command comes from the folder name, not the name field inside the file. A skill at ~/.claude/skills/sponsors/SKILL.md is always /sponsors, whatever the file says.