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Codex CLI Can Now Import Your Cursor Skills
OpenAI's Codex CLI 0.147.0 extended its /import command to pull in Cursor-managed skills, not just Claude Code's. Here's what actually moves, and what to check before you trust it.
August 15, 2026
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How to Install Agent Skills in Zed
How to install Agent Skills in the Zed code editor: the skills CLI, manual setup in .agents/skills, global versus project scope, worktree trust, and troubleshooting.
August 13, 2026
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Agent Plugins Explained: The New Skills + MCP Standard
A new open standard from OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, Cursor and Vercel packages Agent Skills and MCP servers into one distributable plugin. Here's what it actually changes.
August 12, 2026
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The Best Skills for Building Your Own Agent Skills
A curated selection of the strongest skills for authoring, structuring and testing your own agent skills, plus how Record a Skill fits alongside hand-writing SKILL.md.
August 6, 2026
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Recorded Skills vs Hand-Written SKILL.md
A genuine comparison of Claude Cowork's Record a Skill against hand-written SKILL.md files, where each wins, concrete examples, and why the right answer is usually both.
July 29, 2026
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How to Add Skills to Claude Cowork
How Agent Skills work in Claude Cowork, adding skill folders, the Team skill directory, Record a Skill, and how this GUI approach differs from Claude Code's filesystem model.
July 25, 2026
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Claude Code vs Codex CLI for Agent Skills
Both read the same SKILL.md standard, but activation, timing, and install paths differ. Here's how Claude Code and Codex CLI compare for running skills.
April 28, 2026
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How to Install Agent Skills in GitHub Copilot
How to install Agent Skills in GitHub Copilot's agent mode using the .github/skills folder, the CLI command, manual setup, verification, scope, and fixes for common failures.
April 21, 2026
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How AI Agents Discover and Activate Skills
Discovery, activation, execution: the three-phase pipeline behind every agent skill, and why the description field is the entire discovery surface.
February 24, 2026
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How to Write Your Own Agent Skill
A step-by-step guide to writing your own agent skill, from folder structure to the description field, with a full worked example.
February 10, 2026
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How to Install Skills in Claude Desktop
How to install Agent Skills in the Claude desktop and web apps through Settings, without a terminal, upload steps, verification, scope limits, and troubleshooting.
February 3, 2026
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The SKILL.md Format Explained
A field-by-field breakdown of the SKILL.md format: frontmatter, body structure, and the scripts, references and assets folders a skill can bundle.
January 27, 2026
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What Are Agent Skills? The Complete Guide
Agent Skills are portable folders of instructions that let AI agents like Claude Code and Cursor load expertise on demand. Here is how the format works, end to end.
January 14, 2026
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