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Specification feature · runtime

Agent Skills references and assetsAgent Skills specification

Resolve supporting reference files, templates, and assets from a skill package.

Terminology basis: Agent Skills specification. Agent Skills specification

Agent Skills references and assets: 3 supported, 1 partial, 0 unsupported, 27 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.

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Current evidence by product

Can my agent use Agent Skills references and assets?

Read across for the answer. 4 of 31 current product columns have reviewed evidence; unreviewed does not mean unsupported.

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  • Supported3
  • Partial1
  • Unsupported0
  • Unknown27
  • Not applicable0

Web

9 products

Desktop

13 products

CLI

9 products

Unknown means no public evidence has been reviewed for that product and capability. It does not mean unsupported.

How statuses are assigned

Definition and scope

What this capability means

Resolve supporting reference files, templates, and assets from a skill package.

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
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
Gemini CLIcli · current
Supported
Target
current Gemini CLI Agent Skills documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • policythe user must approve skill activation before it can access bundled resources
Evidence
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
  1. 1. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code skills may include templates, examples, scripts, and detailed references addressed from `SKILL.md`; supporting files load only when needed.
  2. 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor documents optional `references/` and `assets/` directories and loads referenced resources progressively.
  3. 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI documents `references/` for on-demand documentation and `assets/` for templates and other non-executable resources.
  4. 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code resolves relative references to files in a skill directory and loads referenced resources only when needed.