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.

pinecone

New

Official PluginDatabaseby Anthropic

Pinecone vector database integration. Streamline your Pinecone development with powerful tools for managing vector indexes, querying data, and rapid prototyping. Use slash commands like /quickstart to generate AGENTS.md files and initialize Python projects and /query to quickly explore indexes. Access the Pinecone MCP server for creating, describing, upserting and querying indexes with Claude. Perfect for developers building semantic search, RAG applications, recommendation systems, and other vector-based applications with Pinecone.

Install & Usage

Create the skills directory

mkdir -p .claude/skills

Download the skill file

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -o .claude/skills/pinecone.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-claude-code-plugin/main/SKILL.md

Invoke in Claude Code

/pinecone

View source on GitHub

apimcpagentpython

Frequently Asked Questions

What is pinecone?

How to install pinecone?

To install pinecone, 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 /pinecone.

What is pinecone best for?

pinecone is a plugin categorized under Database. It is designed for: api, mcp, agent, python. Created by Anthropic.