Frequently Asked Questions

Claude Skills is a free, community-driven marketplace where anyone can discover, download, and share skills for Claude Code — Anthropic's AI coding assistant.

Think of it as an app store for Claude Code workflows. Instead of writing the same instructions over and over, you install a skill once and use it with a simple slash command.

A skill is a small markdown instruction file (.md) that teaches Claude Code how to perform a specific task. For example:

• • /commit — create well-formatted git commits
• • /seo — run a full SEO audit on your site
• • /deploy — deploy your project to production
• • /pr — create a pull request with a proper description

You trigger them by typing the slash command inside Claude Code. The skill handles the rest.

Yes, 100% free. No hidden costs. No premium tiers. No paywalls.

• Browsing and downloading skills — free
• Creating an account — free
• Uploading your own skills — free

We believe developer tools should be accessible to everyone.

Claude Skills is built and maintained by Champlin Enterprises.

There are amazing skills scattered across dozens of repos, built by talented people all over the globe. We built Claude Skills to bring them all into one searchable, sortable place — where you can filter by category, sort by views and downloads so the best rise to the top, and leave comments to help others. It's a community hub, not a walled garden.

There are two ways to get Claude Code. The easiest is through VS Code — no command line needed:

/init is the first command you should run in any project. It creates a CLAUDE.md file in your project root.

Think of it as onboarding instructions for your AI assistant. Claude reads this file automatically at the start of every conversation, so it already knows:

• • Your tech stack and framework
• • Your build/test commands (e.g. npm run dev, pnpm build)
• • Your coding conventions and project rules
• • Your deployment process

The .claude directory is where Claude Code stores its configuration. There are two locations you should know about:

When you download a skill from this site, you drop the .md file into one of these commands/ folders. That's it — the skill is installed.

CLAUDE.md is a markdown file that gives Claude Code persistent context about your project. Without it, you'd have to re-explain your project every conversation.

A good CLAUDE.md typically includes:

• • Project overview — what it is, what stack it uses
• • Key commands — how to build, test, lint, deploy
• • Architecture notes — folder structure, data flow, key patterns
• • Conventions — naming, styling, things to avoid

If you're just getting started, these are the skills most people install first:

Browse the Popular skills to see what the community uses most.

You don't need an account to browse or download skills. But creating one unlocks some great benefits:

• Upload your own skills — share your workflows with the community
• Get your own public profile — a page at /u/your-username showcasing all your skills
• Track your download stats — see how many people are using your skills
• Get credited for your work — your name and avatar appear on every skill you publish

Your public profile page displays:

• • Your name and avatar
• • Your bio — tell people who you are
• • Links to your website and GitHub
• • A grid of all your published skills with download counts

It's like a portfolio for your Claude Code contributions.

1. 1 Create a free account (or log in if you already have one)
2. 2 Click Upload in the navigation bar
3. 3 Paste your skill content or upload a .md file
4. 4 Add a title, description, category, and optional thumbnail
5. 5 Hit Publish — your skill is now live and credited to you

Absolutely, always. Every skill you upload is permanently linked to your account. Here's how your credit appears:

• Your name and avatar are displayed on the skill detail page
• Your bio and profile link appear in the author sidebar
• The skill shows up on your public profile page
• You can see download counts for every skill in your dashboard

Your work, your credit. Always.

Yes. You have full control over your skills:

• • Edit the title, description, file, thumbnail, category, or tags at any time
• • Delete a skill permanently if you no longer want it listed
• • Set a skill to draft or unlisted to hide it from browse

Only you (the owner) can edit or delete your skills.

We want to be completely upfront about this. Some skills on Claude Skills were originally shared on GitHub by their creators. When we make those available here, we follow strict attribution rules:

No. Never. Here's how we think about it:

Claude Skills is like a package registry (think npm or PyPI) — a centralized place to discover tools that are scattered across the internet. We don't claim ownership of community-contributed or open-source skills. We simply make them easier to find, download, and install.

Every skill clearly shows:

• • Who made it — the original creator
• • Where it came from — linked source if applicable
• • What license it uses — fully respected

If you're an original author and want your skill removed or want to claim your profile, just reach out. We respond quickly.

Yes! If you created a skill that's been listed on Claude Skills and you want to manage it yourself:

1. 1 Create an account on Claude Skills
2. 2 Email us at kevin@champlinenterprises.com
3. 3 We'll transfer ownership to your account so you can manage updates

We want original authors to take ownership. It makes the whole ecosystem better.

We have a full step-by-step guide for this! Check out our Install Guide for detailed instructions.

The short version:

1. 1 Download and unzip the skill
2. 2 Move the .md file to ~/.claude/commands/
3. 3 Type /skill-name in Claude Code

Use project skills when a workflow is specific to one repo. Use global for everything else.

Yes. Skills are designed specifically for Claude Code — Anthropic's official CLI and VS Code extension for Claude.

Claude Code is available as:

• • A terminal/CLI tool — npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
• • A VS Code extension — search "Claude Code" in the extension marketplace