What are Claude Code Skills?

Claude Code Skills are reusable prompt templates stored as markdown files in your project's .claude/skills/ directory. They let you codify best practices and common workflows into slash commands that Claude follows consistently.

How do I create a Claude Code Skill?

Create a markdown file in .claude/skills/ with instructions for Claude. The filename becomes the command name — for example, .claude/skills/code-review.md can be invoked with /code-review during a Claude Code session.

Can I share skills with my team?

Yes. Skills stored in .claude/skills/ can be committed to version control so every team member has access to the same standardized workflows. You can also organize skills into subdirectories by category.

What is the difference between project and global skills?

Project skills (.claude/skills/) are specific to the current project and are committed to git. Global skills (~/.claude/skills/) are personal skills available across all your projects.

context7

New

Official PluginDevelopmentby Anthropic

Upstash Context7 MCP server for up-to-date documentation lookup. Pull version-specific documentation and code examples directly from source repositories into your LLM context.

Install & Usage

Create the skills directory

mkdir -p .claude/skills

Download the skill file

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -o .claude/skills/context7.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-public/main/external_plugins/context7/SKILL.md

Invoke in Claude Code

/context7

View source on GitHub

documentationmcpcommunity-managed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is context7?

Upstash Context7 MCP server for up-to-date documentation lookup. Pull version-specific documentation and code examples directly from source repositories into your LLM context.

How to install context7?

To install context7, create the .claude/skills directory in your project, then run the curl command to download the skill file. Once installed, invoke it in Claude Code with /context7.

What is context7 best for?

context7 is a plugin categorized under Development. It is designed for: documentation, mcp, community-managed. Created by Anthropic.