How to install a skill

Every skill on this site is a single SKILL.md file. To use one, drop it into your own Claude Code installation. There’s no package manager — just copy the file.

Install asb-skill-name

From your terminal:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/asb-skill-name
curl -fsSL https://github.com/asmartbear/asb-skills/raw/main/.claude/skills/asb-skill-name/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/asb-skill-name/SKILL.md

Or clone the whole repository and copy the skill folder you want into ~/.claude/skills/:

git clone https://github.com/asmartbear/asb-skills.git
cp -r asb-skills/.claude/skills/asb-skill-name ~/.claude/skills/

Restart Claude Code (or run /context) to pick up the new skill.

What is a Claude Code skill?

A skill is a markdown file with YAML frontmatter that tells Claude when and how to apply a particular piece of knowledge or workflow. Claude auto-loads skills whose descriptions match what you’re asking about. Read more in the official Claude Code skills docs.

Why “asb-”?

Every skill on this site starts with asb- (for A Smart Bear). The prefix namespaces the skills so they don’t collide with your own local skills, and makes it obvious in any Claude session which knowledge came from here.