Specification feature · runtime
Project-scoped Agent SkillsAgent Skills specification
Discover skills installed for a repository or workspace.
Terminology basis: Agent Skills specification. Agent Skills specification
Project-scoped Agent Skills: 3 supported, 1 partial, 0 unsupported, 27 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.
Current evidence by product
Can my agent use Project-scoped Agent Skills?
Read across for the answer. 4 of 31 current product columns have reviewed evidence; unreviewed does not mean unsupported.
Web
9 productsDesktop
13 productsCLI
9 productsDefinition and scope
What this capability means
Discover skills installed for a repository or workspace.
Support is recorded only when exact, dated evidence covers this behavior.
Traceable compatibility
Assertion ledger
Documentation evidence only. No runtime conformance test is implied.
- 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
- Anthropic — Extend Claude with skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Target
- current Cursor Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
- Cursor — Agent Skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Target
- current Gemini CLI Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
- Gemini CLI — Managing Agent Skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
- Target
- current VS Code Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
- Environment
- local-default
- Observed
- 2026-08-28
No additional condition is recorded for this statement.
- Visual Studio Code — Use Agent Skillsdocumented · reviewed 2026-08-28
- 1. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code discovers project skills from `.claude/skills/` in the working directory, parent directories through the repository root, and nested directories on demand.
- 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor discovers project skills from `.agents/skills/`, `.cursor/skills/`, and compatible Claude or Codex project directories.
- 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI discovers workspace skills from `.gemini/skills/` and the portable `.agents/skills/` alias, with workspace entries taking precedence over user entries of the same name.
- 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code discovers project skills from `.github/skills/`, `.claude/skills/`, and `.agents/skills/`, with optional additional project locations.
No sourced issues are attached to this row.
- Project-scoped Agent Skills 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.