Skills / Install your first skill

Install your first skill

The fastest way in doesn't involve a terminal.

  • Find a skill on Claudinhobrowse by what you do (operations, finance, sales…), not by technology.
  • Click Download on its page — a single `.skill` file lands in your Downloads folder.
  • Drag that file into Cowork — drop it into the Claude desktop app window and the skill is added. That's the install. (You'll find it afterwards under Customize → Skills.)
  • Ask in plain language — you don't need to mention the skill by name. Claude knows what each installed skill is for and uses it automatically when the job matches.

Prefer a command? Every skill page also shows an install command you can copy and paste instead — same result, your choice.

And nothing is locked: once installed, a skill is yours. Ask Claude to adjust it to your format anytime — or make your own version.

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