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163163Skills in nested `.claude/skills/` directories below your starting directory aren't loaded at startup. They load the first time Claude reads or edits a file inside that subdirectory, and stay available for the rest of the session. For example, after Claude edits a file under `packages/frontend/`, skills in `packages/frontend/.claude/skills/` become available. Until then, those skills don't appear in autocomplete and can't be invoked by name.
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165Each skill is a directory with `SKILL.md` as the entrypoint:
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167```text theme={null}
168my-skill/
169├── SKILL.md # Main instructions (required)
170├── template.md # Template for Claude to fill in
171├── examples/
172│ └── sample.md # Example output showing expected format
173└── scripts/
174 └── validate.sh # Script Claude can execute
175```
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177The `SKILL.md` contains the main instructions and is required. Other files are optional and let you build more powerful skills: templates for Claude to fill in, example outputs showing the expected format, scripts Claude can execute, or detailed reference documentation. Reference these files from your `SKILL.md` so Claude knows what they contain and when to load them. See [Add supporting files](#add-supporting-files) for more details.
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179165<Note>
180 Files in `.claude/commands/` support the same [frontmatter](#frontmatter-reference), except `name` and `paths`, which Claude Code ignores in a command file. You invoke a command file by its file name. Skills are recommended since they support additional features like supporting files.
166 Files in `.claude/commands/` support the same [frontmatter](#frontmatter-reference), except `name` and `paths`, which Claude Code ignores in a command file. You invoke a command file by its file name. Skills are recommended since they support additional features like [supporting files](#add-supporting-files).
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183169#### Skills from additional directories
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