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Skills

Markdown capability files loaded into the prompt stack.

Skills live under skills/<name>/SKILL.md. They describe reusable capabilities that the runtime indexes into the prompt stack, then filters through the selected agent spec when needed.

Commands

claw skills create review --description "Review code" --body "Find bugs."
claw skills list
claw skills show review
claw skills update review --body-file skills/review/SKILL.md --overwrite
claw skills archive review

When To Use A Skill

• Encode repeated workflow knowledge.
• Teach an agent how to use a local CLI or extension.
• Make a project-specific practice visible to the runtime without rewriting the base prompt.