What is a skill in Claude?	A markdown file that teaches Claude how to do something once, and Claude applies that knowledge automatically whenever it's relevant.
Where are personal skills stored?	In the home directory at .Claude/skills, and they follow you across all your projects.
Where are project skills stored?	In .Claude/skills inside the root directory of your repository, so anyone who clones it gets them automatically.
How does Claude decide whether to use a skill?	Claude matches your request against available skill descriptions and activates the ones that match.
What is the key difference between skills and Claude.md files?	Claude.md files load into every conversation, while skills load on demand when they match your request.
What is the key difference between skills and slash commands?	Slash commands require you to type them, while skills apply automatically when Claude recognizes the situation.
What does a skill consist of?	A folder of instructions, scripts, and resources that agents can discover and use.
When you ask Claude to review a PR, how does it know which skill to use?	It reads your request, compares it to all available skill descriptions, and activates the ones that match.
What are three good use cases for skills?	Code review standards, commit message formats, and brand guidelines.
How much of a skill loads into your context window?	Only the name and description, so it doesn't fill up your entire context window.