How to Access Skills

In Claude Code: Use the Skill tool. When you invoke a skill, its content is loaded and presented to you -- follow it directly. Never use the Read tool on skill files.

In other environments: Check your platform's documentation for how skills are loaded.

Using Skills

The Rule

Invoke relevant or requested skills BEFORE any response or action. Even a 1% chance a skill might apply means you should invoke the skill to check. If an invoked skill turns out to be wrong for the situation, you don't need to use it.

When multiple skills could apply: process skills first (brainstorming, debugging), then implementation skills (executing-plans, tdd).

If you're thinking "this doesn't need a skill" — it probably does. Check BEFORE any action.