How to install your skill in Claude
You've downloaded your ZIP from SkillCreator. There are two ways to install it: upload it as-is in the Claude app, or copy the folder by hand if you use Claude Code. Here are both.
Route 1 · Upload the ZIP in the Claude app
This is the fastest way and it never touches a folder on your computer. In Claude on the web or desktop:
- Open Settings › Features.
- Under Skills, upload the ZIP file you downloaded. No need to unzip it.
- That's it: Claude will use it on its own whenever it matches the description you wrote.
Available on the Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans with file creation enabled. Skills you upload here are yours alone: they are not shared with the rest of your team.
Route 2 · Copy the folder (Claude Code)
If you work in Claude Code, skills are read from disk and nothing gets uploaded. Three steps.
Step 1 · Unzip the ZIP
Double-click (or right-click → «Extract all») the file you downloaded. You'll get a folder named after your skill, for example email-writer, containing the SKILL.md file and a LEEME-instalar.txt guide.
Step 2 · Copy the folder to the skills location
Claude looks for skills in a specific folder. You have two options:
Option A · For all your projects (recommended)
Windows: C:\Users\YOUR_USER\.claude\skills\ Mac/Linux: ~/.claude/skills/
The result should look like: ~/.claude/skills/email-writer/SKILL.md.
Option B · For one project only
your-project-folder/.claude/skills/email-writer/
Step 3 · Restart Claude
Close and reopen Claude (or start a new conversation). It will detect the skill automatically.
Step 4 · Check it works
- Automatic: ask for something that matches your skill's description.
- Manual: you can call it by name if your version of Claude supports it.
Heads-up: skills do not sync between the Claude app and Claude Code. If you want it in both, install it in each one.
Not triggering? Check this
- The folder must contain the file named exactly
SKILL.md(uppercase). - The path must be
skills/your-skill-name/SKILL.md, with no extra folders. - If it doesn't trigger on its own, it's almost always an unclear description.