[FEATURE] Sync Skills between Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI
### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing requests](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Aenhancement) and this feature hasn't been requested yet - [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features) ### Problem Statement **Problem** Skills added in the Claude Desktop app (under Settings → Features → Skills) are stored in a different location than skills for Claude Code CLI (~/.claude/skills/). **This means:** Skills created in Desktop are not available in CLI Skills created in CLI are not available in Desktop Users have to add the same skill twice Expected Behavior Skills should be stored in a shared location (~/.claude/skills/) so they work in both: Claude Desktop (with integrated Claude Code) Claude Code CLI Current Workaround Manually copy skills to both locations. Why This Matters Claude Desktop now includes Claude Code functionality. Having a unified skill storage would provide a seamless experience across both interfaces. ### Proposed Solution Proposed Solution Ideal User Experience: Single storage location for all skills: ~/.claude/skills/ Both Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI read from this location Skills created in either interface are immediately available in both Desktop UI syncs to filesystem When adding a skill in Desktop Settings → Features → Skills, it creates/updates the corresponding file in ~/.claude/skills/ When editing a skill file manually, Desktop picks up the changes Seamless workf
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[FEATURE] Sync Skills between Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI
### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing requests](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Aenhancement) and this feature hasn't been requested yet - [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features) ### Problem Statement **Problem** Skills added in the Claude Desktop app (under Settings → Features → Skills) are stored in a different location than skills for Claude Code CLI (~/.claude/skills/). **This means:** Skills created in Desktop are not available in CLI Skills created in CLI are not available in Desktop Users have to add the same skill twice Expected Behavior Skills should be stored in a shared location (~/.claude/skills/) so they work in both: Claude Desktop (with integrated Claude Code) Claude Code CLI Current Workaround Manually copy skills to both locations. Why This Matters Claude Desktop now includes Claude Code functionality. Having a unified skill storage would provide a seamless experience across both interfaces. ### Proposed Solution Proposed Solution Ideal User Experience: Single storage location for all skills: ~/.claude/skills/ Both Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI read from this location Skills created in either interface are immediately available in both Desktop UI syncs to filesystem When adding a skill in Desktop Settings → Features → Skills, it creates/updates the corresponding file in ~/.claude/skills/ When editing a skill file manually, Desktop picks up the changes Seamless workf
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