Agent Skills vs MCP vs Plugins: Which One Do You Need?
Skills teach an agent judgement, MCP servers give it new capabilities, plugins package both for distribution. Here is how to tell which one your problem needs.
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Practical guides to Agent Skills — what they are, how to install them, and how they fit alongside MCP servers and plugins. Written to be useful whether or not you use our catalog.
What Are Claude Agent Skills? A Practical Guide
Agent Skills are folders of instructions an AI coding agent loads on demand. What is inside one, how the agent picks it, and when to write your own.
How to Install Claude Code Skills: A Step-by-Step Guide
Three ways to install an Agent Skill: plugin marketplace, manual copy, and project-scoped. Plus how to verify it loaded and why skills fail to fire.