Example skills toggle in Customize UI doesn't actually enable/install skills

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 7, 2026 by joshgelfman Closed Mar 11, 2026

Description

In the Customize panel, Example skills (e.g., algorithmic-art, canvas-design, etc.) have an enable/disable toggle that switches them between bold and grayed-out states. However, toggling a skill ON does not actually make it available as a slash command or install it to ~/.claude/skills/.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Customize > Skills
  2. Scroll to the "Examples" section
  3. Toggle an example skill ON (e.g., algorithmic-art)
  4. Observe it becomes bold (appears enabled)
  5. Try to invoke it with /algorithmic-art in the chat — it's not available

Expected Behavior

Toggling an example skill ON should either:

  • Install the skill to ~/.claude/skills/ so it becomes available as a slash command, OR
  • The toggle should be replaced with an explicit "Install" button to make the intent clear

Actual Behavior

The toggle changes the visual state (bold vs grayed out) but has no functional effect. The skill files are never placed in ~/.claude/skills/ and the skill cannot be invoked.

Workaround

Manually install skills using the install-skill.sh script or by downloading SKILL.md from the anthropics/skills GitHub repo into ~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md.

Environment

  • macOS
  • Claude Code (latest)

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