Skills

Skills are reusable prompt templates and tool collections that extend Claude's capabilities for specific scenarios. Think of skills as "skill packs" — load different skills into Claude and it can better handle specific types of tasks.

Skill Categories

Skills in CodePilot fall into three categories:

Global

Global skills that apply to all conversations. These are typically foundational capability enhancements, such as code style checking or document generation templates.

Installed

Skills downloaded from the skill marketplace or imported locally. Can be enabled or disabled as needed.

Plugins

Skills from MCP servers. When you connect an MCP server, the skills it provides automatically appear here.

Managing Skills

Click Skills in the sidebar to open the management page.

Browsing the Skill Marketplace

The skill marketplace offers community and officially published skills. You can:

• Browse by category
• Search for skills with specific functionality
• View skill details and usage instructions
• Install with one click

Local Skills

You can also manage local skill files:

• View existing local skills
• Enable or disable specific skills
• View skill content and configuration

Using Skills in Conversations

Installed and enabled skills automatically take effect in conversations. You can also manually trigger specific skills using the slash command /.

Claude will automatically select appropriate skills based on context to enhance response quality when processing tasks.