CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_SKILLS
A Claude Code environment variable, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.149, including the newest one read.
What it is
Synced-skill state files are schema-checked, so one bad record no longer discards the lot.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.228.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.210 – 2.1.243 33 releases | in the build | bool | — |
| 2.1.149 – 2.1.209 51 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.228Skills-sync state file is validated before use
Synced-skill state files are schema-checked, so one bad record no longer discards the lot.
named in this entry
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v2.1.228Skills synced from claude.ai
Skills from your claude.ai account can load as a source, but only if you set the sync env var.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code settings reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Extend Claude with skills mentions it Claude Code CLI
A reference table page is one whose own table defines this name, and it is where the description above came from. A page that mentions it carries the name somewhere in its text and may say nothing about it at all. Every page carrying it.
Names beside it
Every environment variable in the inventory starting claude_code_sync, up to twelve of them.
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGIN_INSTALLHeadless plugin installs refresh the cache in the background; set CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGIN_INSTALL to skip it. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGIN_INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MSNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGINSThe name synced is now reserved for marketplaces, with new messages for claude.ai plugin conflicts. 2.1.157
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGINS_BUFFERED_DOWNLOADNo description from anybody. 2.1.179
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGINS_DOWNLOAD_STALL_MSNo description from anybody. 2.1.179
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGINS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MSNo description from anybody. 2.1.157
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_PLUGINS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MSNo description from anybody. 2.1.157
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_SESSION_REFSSkills from your claude.ai account can load as a source, but only if you set the sync env var. 2.1.210
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_SKILLS_INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MSNo description from anybody. 2.1.163
CLAUDE_CODE_SYNC_SKILLS_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MSNo description from anybody. 2.1.149
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the environment variable does. All environment variables.