Summary
The current install method (npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills) does not work for Claude Desktop (claude.ai, including Cowork mode). It would be great to add support / documentation for installing these skills on Claude Desktop.
Evidence
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README usage table only lists CLI-style tools. The repo's own README states:
| Tool |
Usage |
| Agentforce Vibes |
Skills are auto-installed and auto-updated |
| OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, more |
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills |
Claude Desktop / claude.ai is not listed as a supported target.
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npx skills add assumes a local skills folder. This install pattern works for tools that read skills as loose files from disk (e.g. Claude Code's ~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md, or equivalent folders for OpenCode/Cursor/Codex). Claude Desktop has no such user-facing folder to drop files into.
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Anthropic's own docs confirm Claude Desktop uses a different install mechanism. Per the Claude Help Center article "Use skills in Claude" (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-use-skills-in-claude), custom skills on Claude Desktop must be packaged as a .skill/ZIP file and uploaded manually through Customize > Skills > "+" > Create skill > Upload a skill. There is no folder-drop or CLI install path.
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agentskills.io lists "Claude" (claude.ai) as a separate integration from "Claude Code", each with its own instructions link — Claude Code points to https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (folder-based), while Claude (claude.ai) points to https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/overview (upload-based). This reinforces that the two are not interchangeable and a single npx skills add step can't cover both.
Request
Please consider:
- Documenting how to package an individual skill folder from this repo as a
.skill ZIP for manual upload to Claude Desktop, and/or
- Extending the
npx skills add CLI (or providing a separate script) to output a ready-to-upload .skill ZIP per skill, so Claude Desktop users don't have to build one by hand.
Summary
The current install method (
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills) does not work for Claude Desktop (claude.ai, including Cowork mode). It would be great to add support / documentation for installing these skills on Claude Desktop.Evidence
README usage table only lists CLI-style tools. The repo's own README states:
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skillsClaude Desktop / claude.ai is not listed as a supported target.
npx skills addassumes a local skills folder. This install pattern works for tools that read skills as loose files from disk (e.g. Claude Code's~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md, or equivalent folders for OpenCode/Cursor/Codex). Claude Desktop has no such user-facing folder to drop files into.Anthropic's own docs confirm Claude Desktop uses a different install mechanism. Per the Claude Help Center article "Use skills in Claude" (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-use-skills-in-claude), custom skills on Claude Desktop must be packaged as a
.skill/ZIP file and uploaded manually through Customize > Skills > "+" > Create skill > Upload a skill. There is no folder-drop or CLI install path.agentskills.io lists "Claude" (claude.ai) as a separate integration from "Claude Code", each with its own instructions link — Claude Code points to https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (folder-based), while Claude (claude.ai) points to https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/overview (upload-based). This reinforces that the two are not interchangeable and a single
npx skills addstep can't cover both.Request
Please consider:
.skillZIP for manual upload to Claude Desktop, and/ornpx skills addCLI (or providing a separate script) to output a ready-to-upload.skillZIP per skill, so Claude Desktop users don't have to build one by hand.