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161161Project skills load from `.claude/skills/` in the directory where you start Claude Code and in every parent directory up to the repository root. Starting Claude in a subdirectory still picks up skills defined at the root. To load skills from a directory outside that path at startup, pass it with [`--add-dir`](/docs/en/cli-reference). Claude Code reads `.claude/skills/` inside each added directory alongside the project skills. When you [move the session with `/cd`](/docs/en/permissions#move-the-session-to-another-directory) on v2.1.246 or later, Claude Code adds the new directory's project skills.
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163Skills 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.
163Skills in nested `.claude/skills/` directories below your starting directory don't load at startup. They load the first time Claude reads or edits a file in the subdirectory that contains them, 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 you can't invoke them by name.
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165To load a subdirectory's skills before Claude reads or edits a file there, run `/add-dir` with that subdirectory's path. This requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later.
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166168 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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