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Use Skill

Category: General  ·  Sub-category: general-misc  ·  Last updated:
Fetch and execute a remote skill on-the-fly without installing it permanently. Use when the user wants to try a skill once, run a skill from GitHub, use a remote skill without installing, or mentions "use-skill", "run remote skill", "try this skill", "fetch skill", "one-time skill", or provides a GitHub URL/shorthand pointing to a skill they want to execute. This is the go-to skill whenever someone wants to use a skill they haven't installed locally. Also use when the user mentions skills.sh or wants to search for available skills.

From the source SKILL.md

Fetch a remote skill and execute it in the current session without installing it permanently. The skill is loaded, run, and discarded.

What this skill does

Use Skill is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/use-skill/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants to try a skill once, run a skill from GitHub, use a remote skill without installing, or mentions "use-skill", "run remote skill", "try this skill", "fetch skill", "one-time skill", or provides a GitHub URL/shorthand pointing to a skill they want to execute. This is the go-to skill whenever someone wants to use a skill they haven't installed locally.

Who uses this skill

The Use Skill Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/use-skill
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/use-skill/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/use-skill/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/use-skill/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/use-skill/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\use-skill\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Attribution & license

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