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How to install a Claude Skill

Live guide · Checked 28 October 2026 · Updated 28 October 2026 · Checked every week against Claude's own help pages

Turn on Skills in Claude, upload a skill zip, switch it on and use it in a chat. Works for any skill, including the Lead Focus and Sales Pack ones.

Time
5 minutes
You will need
  • A Claude Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise plan
  • The skill as a .zip file (download it from your library, don't unzip it)
  • Claude in a browser at claude.ai, or the Claude desktop app
Stuck?
Troubleshooting or ask us a question

Step by step

  1. Open Claude's settings

    Go to https://claude.ai, sign in, click your name or initials in the bottom left and choose Settings.

  2. Go to Capabilities

    Open Capabilities. This is where Skills and the tools they need are switched on.

  3. Turn on code execution

    Make sure Code execution and file creation is on. Skills need it to run, so they will not appear or work without it.

  4. Find the Skills section

    Scroll down to Skills. You will see any example skills Anthropic provides, plus any you have added.

  5. Upload your skill

    Click Upload skill and choose the skill's .zip file. Upload the zip exactly as you downloaded it: Claude wants the zip, not the unzipped folder.

  6. Switch it on

    The skill appears in your Skills list. Make sure its toggle is on. Repeat for each skill you want, one zip at a time.

  7. Start a new chat

    Open a new chat. Claude loads the right skill by itself when your request matches what the skill does.

  8. Ask for it by name if you like

    To be sure, name the skill in your message, for example Use the Funnel Audit skill on this landing page and paste your page or numbers.

Tips from people who set these up every week

  • Add skills one by one and test each in a fresh chat: it is the quickest way to spot one that did not upload.
  • Custom skills are private to your account. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an Owner can add them for everyone.
  • When a skill gets an update, upload the new zip and switch off or remove the old version so Claude does not pick the old one.

Troubleshooting: questions and answers

I can't see the Skills section.

Skills need a paid plan and Code execution and file creation switched on in Settings > Capabilities. On an Enterprise plan, an Owner has to switch both on first in Admin settings > Capabilities.

The upload fails.

Check you chose the .zip itself, not a folder, and that you did not unzip and re-zip it. Re-zipping can change the folder name, and the folder name has to match the skill name inside it.

Claude isn't using my skill.

Check its toggle is on and code execution is on, then name the skill in your message. Starting a new chat also helps, because skills load when a chat begins.

Official help pages

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