Specification feature · runtime

User-scoped Agent SkillsAgent Skills specification

Discover personal or global skills outside the current project.

Terminology basis: Agent Skills specification. Agent Skills specification

User-scoped Agent Skills: 3 supported, 1 partial, 0 unsupported, 27 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.

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Current evidence by product

Can my agent use User-scoped Agent Skills?

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

  • 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

Discover personal or global skills outside the current project.

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
  • runtimelocal user-scope folders are read from the machine where Cursor Agent runs and are not copied to Cloud Agents, remote SSH sessions, or managed workers
Evidence
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
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 discovers personal skills from `~/.claude/skills/` and makes them available across projects.
  2. 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor discovers user-level skills from `~/.agents/skills/`, `~/.cursor/skills/`, and compatible Claude or Codex directories on the machine where the agent runs.
  3. 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI discovers user skills from `~/.gemini/skills/` and `~/.agents/skills/`, available across projects.
  4. 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code discovers personal skills from `~/.copilot/skills/`, `~/.claude/skills/`, and `~/.agents/skills/`.