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A Claude Code Skill is a reusable prompt plus instruction bundle declaring a name, a description, triggering heuristics, and the instructions that enter the active prompt when the skill fires.

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Last verified: April 2026

What is Claude Code Skill?

A Claude Code Skill is a reusable prompt plus instruction bundle declaring a name, a description, triggering heuristics, and the instructions that enter the active prompt when the skill fires.

Claude Code routes into a skill when its description matches the user's intent. The instructions then become part of the active prompt for the duration of the task. AGNT consumes Claude Code skills through a thin adapter that turns them into Soul Loader Modules, so the same markdown works in both surfaces.

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Claude Code Skill FAQ.

Common questions about Claude Code Skill in the AGNT platform.

A Claude Code Skill is a reusable prompt plus instruction bundle declaring a name, a description, triggering heuristics, and the instructions that enter the active prompt when the skill fires.

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Related terms

Soul Loader Module

A Soul Loader Module is a declarative capability unit registered with AGNT's soul loader — the format Claude Code skills are adapted into when they enter AGNT.

Plugin

A plugin is an installable bundle of skills, subagents, commands, hooks, and MCP servers — portable across sessions, teams, and model swaps.

Tool Description

A tool description is the text an MCP tool declares to explain what it does — the single biggest lever for routing accuracy because LLMs decide whether to call a tool largely from its description.

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AGNT with Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-native coding agent with first-class MCP support; AGNT exposes user memory, venue knowledge, and the AGNT Open Network as an MCP server Claude Code can register in one command.

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