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170170[Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork) sessions and [cloud sessions](/docs/en/cloud-environments#what-carries-over-from-your-setup), including [routines](/docs/en/routines), don't read `~/.claude/skills/` on your machine. Both interactive and scheduled Cowork sessions load the skills enabled for your claude.ai account, synced at session start; manage them from **Customize** in the Desktop app sidebar or from the skills settings on claude.ai. Cloud sessions additionally load project skills committed to the cloned repository's `.claude/skills/`.
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172If a skill exists only in `~/.claude/skills/` on your machine, Claude Code reports that the skill was not found when a [routine](/docs/en/routines) invokes it, because each routine run starts as a fresh remote session. To make a personal skill available in these sessions:
172If a skill exists only in `~/.claude/skills/` on your machine, Claude Code reports that the skill was not found when a [routine](/docs/en/routines) invokes it, because each routine run starts as a fresh cloud session. To make a personal skill available in these sessions:
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174174* For Cowork and cloud sessions, enable the skill for your claude.ai account.
175175* For cloud sessions, you can instead commit the skill to the repository's `.claude/skills/`, or ship it in a plugin declared in the repository's `.claude/settings.json`. Repo-declared plugins [install at session start](/docs/en/cloud-environments#what-carries-over-from-your-setup); plugins enabled only in your user settings don't transfer.