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What is Skills Directory?

The file system location where Claude Code looks for installed skills (.claude/skills/).

Detailed Explanation

The skills directory is where Claude Code discovers and loads installed skills. Skills can be installed at the project level (.claude/skills/ in your repo) or globally (~/.claude/skills/ in your home directory). Project-level skills take precedence and are shared with team members through version control. Global skills are available across all projects. Each skill is typically a folder containing a SKILL.md file and optional supporting files.

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