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No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordSpecification feature · runtime
Agent Skills manual invocationAgent Skills specification
Let a user or agent explicitly select and activate a named skill.
Terminology basis: Agent Skills specification. Agent Skills specification
Agent Skills manual invocation: 2 supported, 2 partial, 0 unsupported, 27 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.
Current evidence by product
Can my agent use Agent Skills manual invocation?
Read across for the answer. 4 of 31 current product columns have reviewed evidence; unreviewed does not mean unsupported.
Web
9 products
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No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordDesktop
13 products?Unknown
No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
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Y2Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
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Y4Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record
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No source reviewedPreview recordCLI
9 products
P1Partial
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current · 1 condition?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
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P3Partial
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current · 1 condition?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
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No source reviewedPreview recordDefinition and scope
What this capability means
Let a user or agent explicitly select and activate a named skill.
Support is recorded only when exact, dated evidence covers this behavior.
Traceable compatibility
Assertion ledger
Documentation evidence only. No runtime conformance test is implied.
Claude CLIcli · current
Partial- Target
- current Claude Code skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- preview-enabled
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
- previewthe catalog's Claude Code Agent Skills core row remains qualified as beta
Evidence
- Anthropic — Extend Claude with skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Cursordesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current Cursor Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Cursor — Agent Skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Gemini CLIcli · current
Partial- Target
- current Gemini CLI Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
- runtimenamed enable, disable, reload, and link controls plus per-activation consent are documented; direct `/skill-name` invocation was not established by the reviewed guide
Evidence
- Gemini CLI — Managing Agent Skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
Copilot Chatdesktop · current
Supported- Target
- current VS Code Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Visual Studio Code — Use Agent Skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
- 1. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code exposes discovered skills as `/skill-name` commands and supports `disable-model-invocation: true` for user-only activation.
- 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor lets users invoke a discovered skill by selecting `/skill-name` in Agent chat and can disable automatic model invocation.
- 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI lets users list, enable, disable, reload, and link named skills, and requires user consent whenever a matched skill activates; the reviewed guide does not document a direct `/skill-name` invocation form.
- 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code lists skills in the `/` menu, accepts `/skill-name` with optional context, and supports manual-only skills through `disable-model-invocation`.
No sourced issues are attached to this row.
- Agent Skills manual invocation reference spec
- Anthropic — Extend Claude with skills documented · Anthropic · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Cursor — Agent Skills documented · Cursor · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Gemini CLI — Managing Agent Skills documented · Google · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Visual Studio Code — Use Agent Skills documented · Microsoft · reviewed 2026-08-28
Found a wrong or incomplete result?
Name the exact product, describe what happened, add the date, and link public evidence when available. A community report starts a review. It does not change the support state by itself.