Install a skill
Add a skill to a toolkit and install it into your AI client.
Skills become available to an agent through two pieces working together:
- Toolkits group MCP tools and skills by use case. They are how you scope what an agent or teammate can call, useful for isolating per-project workflows or limiting access for less privileged team members.
- Plugins are the install vector. A plugin packages a toolkit's contents for a specific client (Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Codex) and keeps them in sync as the toolkit changes.
To install a skill, add it to a toolkit, then install the plugin for that toolkit into your client. The install drawer handles both steps.
Open the install drawer
Open the skill
Go to Skills and click the skill you want to install.
Click Install Skill
Click Install Skill in the top-right of the skill detail page. The drawer opens with two tabs: Auto-sync (recommended) and Direct download.
Auto-sync
Auto-sync attaches the skill to a toolkit and gives you the install command for the toolkit's plugin. Once installed, the plugin keeps the toolkit's tools and skills in sync with your client, so anything you add to the toolkit later shows up automatically.
Pick a client
Choose Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or Codex.
Pick a toolkit
Choose an existing toolkit, or click Create toolkit to make a new one if you don't have any yet.
Run the install
Copy the install command and run it in your terminal. For Claude Cowork, a downloadable plugin file is offered instead of a command.
The skill is now part of the toolkit, and the toolkit is registered with your client.
Direct download
The Direct download tab gives you a snapshot of the current skill content as a file. Use it when you want to install manually or share the skill outside the auto-sync flow.
Click the download button to get a SKILL.md file for single-file skills, or a .tar.gz archive for multi-file skills.
Direct download is a one-off snapshot. Future updates to the skill won't reach whatever you installed manually. Use Auto-sync if you want updates to flow.