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No source reviewedCurrent record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview recordSpecification feature · runtime
Agent Skills progressive loadingAgent Skills specification
Load skill metadata first and defer full instructions or resources until relevant.
Terminology basis: Agent Skills specification. Agent Skills specification
Agent Skills progressive loading: 3 supported, 1 partial, 0 unsupported, 27 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.
Current evidence by product
Can my agent use Agent Skills progressive loading?
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 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
No source reviewedCurrent record
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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Y3Supported
Docs checked 2026-08-28Current record?Unknown
No source reviewedPreview record?Unknown
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No source reviewedPreview recordDefinition and scope
What this capability means
Load skill metadata first and defer full instructions or resources until relevant.
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
Supported- Target
- current Gemini CLI Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
Evidence
- Gemini CLI — Agent Skill best practicesdocumented · 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 keeps skill descriptions available for discovery, loads the full `SKILL.md` body only on invocation, and reads supporting files on demand.
- 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor documents on-demand loading for skill resources, keeping the main `SKILL.md` focused and loading optional resources only when needed.
- 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI documents three loading levels: metadata always present, `SKILL.md` after activation, and bundled resources only as needed.
- 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code documents three-level loading for skill metadata, the instruction body, and referenced resources.
No sourced issues are attached to this row.
- Agent Skills progressive loading reference spec
- Anthropic — Extend Claude with skills documented · Anthropic · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Cursor — Agent Skills documented · Cursor · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Gemini CLI — Agent Skill best practices 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.