Skillzwave

Supported Agents

Skilz supports 14 AI coding assistants out of the box. Each agent has its own skills directory where skills are installed. This guide covers each agent's paths and support levels.

Remember: Install Skilz first with pip install skilz before installing skills to any agent.

Diagram showing 14 supported AI coding assistants including Claude, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, and more

Agent Overview

Key: Agents with ✓ Home Support can install skills at the user level (~/.agent/skills). Project Only agents only support project-level installation.

Agent User Path Project Path Support
Claude Code ~/.claude/skills .claude/skills ✓ Home + Project
OpenCode ~/.config/opencode/skills .skilz/skills ✓ Home + Project
Codex ~/.codex/skills .codex/skills ✓ Home + Project
Universal ~/.skilz/skills .skilz/skills ✓ Home + Project
Gemini — .skilz/skills Project Only
GitHub Copilot — .github/copilot/skills Project Only
Cursor — .skills/skills Project Only
Windsurf — .skills/skills Project Only
Aider — .skills/skills Project Only
Zed AI — .skills/skills Project Only
Qwen CLI — .skills/skills Project Only
Kimi CLI — .skills/skills Project Only
Crush — .skills/skills Project Only
Plandex — .skills/skills Project Only

Agents with Home Support

These agents support user-level (global) skill installation. Skills installed at the user level are available across all your projects.

Claude Code

Anthropic's official CLI for Claude. The default agent for Skilz installations.

Paths

User:    ~/.claude/skills
Project: .claude/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent claude

Claude Code automatically loads skills from both directories. User-level skills are available globally.

OpenCode CLI

Open-source AI coding assistant with extensive customization options.

Paths

User:    ~/.config/opencode/skills
Project: .skilz/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent opencode

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's Codex-powered coding assistant with native skill support.

Paths

User:    ~/.codex/skills
Project: .codex/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent codex

Codex supports skill invocation via $skill-name or /skills.

Universal (Skilz)

A generic agent profile for tools that don't have specific configurations. Uses the standard Skilz directory structure.

Paths

User:    ~/.skilz/skills
Project: .skilz/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent universal

Project-Only Agents

These agents only support project-level installation. Skills must be installed within each project where you want to use them. Use the --project flag to install.

Gemini CLI

Google's Gemini AI coding assistant. Project-only support.

Path

Project: .skilz/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent gemini --project

GitHub Copilot

GitHub's AI pair programmer. Uses the .github/copilot directory structure.

Path

Project: .github/copilot/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent copilot --project

Cursor

AI-first code editor built for pair programming with AI. Uses folder-based rules.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent cursor --project

Cursor uses folder-based rules via .cursor/rules/ for additional configuration.

Windsurf

Codeium's agentic IDE with deep codebase understanding.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent windsurf --project

Aider

AI pair programming in your terminal with Git integration.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent aider --project

Aider uses CONVENTIONS.md for project-level configuration.

Zed AI

High-performance, multiplayer code editor with AI integration.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent zed --project

Qwen CLI

Alibaba's Qwen-powered coding assistant.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent qwen --project

Qwen uses QWEN.md and CONTEXT.md for configuration.

Kimi CLI

Moonshot AI's Kimi coding assistant.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent kimi --project

Crush

AI coding assistant with minimal configuration.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent crush --project

Plandex

AI coding agent for complex, multi-file tasks.

Path

Project: .skills/skills

Installing Skills

pip install skilz
skilz install anthropics_skills/theme-factory --agent plandex --project

Adding Custom Agents

If your AI coding assistant isn't in the list above, you can add it as a custom agent in your configuration file at ~/.config/skilz/config.json: 

{
  "agents": {
    "my_agent": {
      "display_name": "My Custom Agent",
      "home_dir": "~/.my-agent/skills",
      "project_dir": ".my-agent/skills",
      "config_files": ["AGENT.md"],
      "supports_home": true,
      "default_mode": "copy",
      "native_skill_support": "none"
    }
  }
}

See Configuration Reference for all available options.

See Also