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Claude
skills
Reusable packages of know-how that Claude can use. They can be uploaded, shared, bundled into plugins and used in the Office add-ins. Enterprise plans can scan third-party skills for malicious content.
Which capability it is
- A saved method it follows (Packaged procedure)
The same thing at other vendors
Microsoft Copilot
skills — inside Copilot Cowork, paid licence
Perplexity
Skills (replaced Workflows, Sept 23, 2026)
Meta AI and Muse
skills (Muse) — built by Meta only
Details
- Status
- not labelled
- Where you find it
- the Customize section in Claude Desktop, which groups skills, plugins and connectors
- Part of
- Claude
- Plans
- Free, Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise. Source: Anthropic's "Use skills in Claude" (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180), search copy only: "Skills are available for users on Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans."
- Admin must turn it on?
- not stated (Enterprise security scanning is optional)
Learn
Where we teach it
Encode a method so someone else runs it: you take a task you personally do, encode it, and watch a colleague run it without you. It's in the longer class, or a private session for your team.
Register interest → Or: a session built around your own team's work →