name: skill-catalog description: Categorize and display available skills. Use when listing or selecting skills. allowed-tools: ["Read"]

Claude Code Global Skill System

Claude Code maintains a global skill registry. All installed skills are automatically available.

System Prompt (자동 포함):
<available_skills>
  <skill><name>skill-name</name><description>...</description></skill>
  ...
</available_skills>

No discovery needed - Claude already knows all skills.

Skill Sources

Source	Location	Registration
Plugin Skills	`~/.claude/plugins/*/skills/`	marketplace.json `skills` array
User Skills	`~/.claude/skills/`	Automatic
Project Skills	`.claude/skills/`	Automatic

All sources merge into a single global registry accessible via Skill tool.

Icon	Category	Keywords
📊	Data & Analysis	data, sql, database, query
🎨	Design & Frontend	ui, frontend, component, design
📝	Documentation	doc, writing, content
🔧	Development Tools	build, deploy, test, ci
🔒	Security	security, auth, validation
🤖	AI & Orchestration	ai, workflow, orchestration, agent
📦	Code Generation	generate, scaffold, template
🔍	Code Analysis	analyze, review, refactor

Usage

Listing Skills

Claude can reference <available_skills> from system prompt directly.

Calling Skills

Skill("skill-name")           # Load skill into context
Skill("plugin:skill-name")    # Fully qualified name

In Agent YAML

skills: skill1, skill2        # Auto-loaded at agent start

Skill Selection Guide

For orchestrator agents, help users select skills:

## Available Skills by Category

### 🔍 Code Analysis
- **serena-refactor:analyze** - SOLID violation detection
- **pr-review-toolkit:code-reviewer** - PR code review

### 🤖 AI & Orchestration
- **forge-editor:orchestration-patterns** - Agent architecture
- **forge-editor:mcp-gateway-patterns** - MCP isolation

Which skills does your agent need?

Best Practices

Use global registry - Don't manually glob for skills
Categorize by domain - Help users find relevant skills
Prefer plugin:skill format - Avoid naming conflicts

References

Skill Categories - Detailed category definitions

Name	skill-catalog
Description	Categorize and display available skills. Use when listing or selecting skills.

skill-catalog

SKILL.md