Scope, and Installing the Bundled Skills
Goal — Understand user versus project scope, and install the eight skills that come with this course.
By the end — The eight bundled skills installed at user level, available in every project.
1Understand the two scopes
User level lives in your home folder's .claude/skills/ and is available in every project. Project level lives in the project's own .claude/skills/ and travels with the repo when someone clones it. The rule: general tools go user level; project-specific tools go project level.
2Decide where your new skill belongs
Your page-adding skill from yesterday is tied to this site, so it belongs at project level, committed with the repo. Let Claude confirm the reasoning.
My new page-adding skill is tied to this site. Which scope should it use, and why?3Meet the eight bundled skills
This course provides eight skills worth having everywhere — from deciding a stack to driving a browser. Install them at user level so every project can reach them. The eight are laid out in the panel beside this step.
4Install them, on either OS
How you install differs by platform. On macOS a symlink keeps one source live everywhere; on Windows a copy avoids the permissions symlinks need. Either way the skill ends up in your user .claude/skills/.
Link the skill folder into your user .claude/skills/ so one source stays live everywhere:
ln -s ~/skills/atelier ~/.claude/skills/atelierOr just let Claude do all eight for you — tell it which OS you are on.
Install these eight skills at user level. I am on macOS (or Windows) — use the right method for me.Symlink versus copy. A symlink points to one source folder, so editing the source updates the skill everywhere — good when you author it. A copy is a fixed snapshot — perfectly fine when you are just using a skill someone gave you. On Windows, copying avoids the admin rights symlinks require. Either way, the skill ends up in your user .claude/skills/.
5Confirm they are available
Check that all eight registered and see where they landed.
Which skills are now available to me, and where are they installed?Recap — You learned user versus project scope — general tools go everywhere, project tools travel with the repo — and installed the eight bundled skills at user level.