How to install a Claude skill

Every skill on this site is a Claude skill — a small folder of instructions that teaches Claude how to do one job properly. You download a .zip, add it to Claude once, and from then on Claude just knows how to do that thing.

You do not need to code. You do not need to install anything on your computer. If you can download a file, you can do this.

The quick version

1. Download the skill .zip from its page here.
2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities → Skills and click Upload skill.
3. Pick the .zip you just downloaded. Done — start a new chat and ask for the thing.

Option 1 — Upload it in Claude (easiest)

This works in the Claude web app and the Claude desktop app, on Mac and Windows. It is the way to do it unless you have a specific reason not to.

1. Download the skill. On any skill page, press the green Download skill button. Your browser saves a .zip file — usually to your Downloads folder. Do not unzip it. Claude wants the zip exactly as it came.
2. Open Claude at claude.ai or in the desktop app.
3. Go to Settings. Click your name or profile picture in the bottom-left corner, then Settings.
4. Find Skills. Open the Capabilities section and choose Skills. If you have never added one, the list will be empty apart from Claude built-in skills.
5. Click Upload skill and choose the .zip file you downloaded.
6. Turn it on. The skill appears in your list with a toggle. Make sure the toggle is on.

That is it. The skill is now attached to your account, so it follows you across web, desktop and mobile.

Option 2 — Drop the folder into a skills directory

If you use Claude Code in a terminal, or you want a skill available only inside one project, you can put the unzipped folder straight into a skills directory instead.

1. Unzip the file. Double-click the .zip. You get a folder containing a SKILL.md file, and sometimes a few supporting files.
2. Put it in a skills folder. Move that whole folder into one of these:
   • ~/.claude/skills/ — available in every project on your machine
   • your-project/.claude/skills/ — available only inside that project, and shareable with a team through git
3. Check the shape. The folder must contain SKILL.md directly inside it — not nested inside a second folder. It should look like ~/.claude/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md.
4. Restart Claude Code, then run /skills to confirm it is listed.

How to actually use a skill

You do not need to summon it by name. Skills load themselves when what you are asking for matches what the skill does — so start a new chat and describe the job in your own words.

If you want to be certain it fires, just say the name: "Use the shot list skill to plan tomorrow shoot."

If something is not working

• The upload was rejected. Make sure you are uploading the original .zip and have not unzipped and re-zipped it — re-zipping on a Mac can add an extra wrapper folder that hides SKILL.md.
• You do not see a Skills section. Skills need a paid Claude plan. On a Team or Enterprise account, an admin may also need to enable skills for the workspace.
• Claude ignores the skill. Check the toggle is on, start a new chat, and name the skill directly in your first message.
• Still stuck? Reply to the Instagram post for that skill and I will help.