Claude Skills Explorer

Browse your Claude Code skills — global, per-project, and from installed plugins — in a dedicated sidebar, without leaving VS Code.

Features

• Dedicated activity bar view with a tree grouped into Pinned, Global, Project, and Plugins.
• Global skills — reads ~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md.
• Project skills — reads .claude/skills/*/SKILL.md in each open workspace folder.
• Plugin skills — reads skills from every plugin listed in ~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json (only actually-installed plugins, not the full marketplace catalog).
• Pin any skill to keep it at the top of the tree (persisted across restarts).
• Click a skill to open its SKILL.md.
• Right-click a skill to:
  • Insert /skill-name into the active terminal
  • Copy the skill's slash-command name
  • Reveal the file in your OS file manager
• Auto-refreshes when skill files change or workspace folders are added/removed.
• Friendly empty-state messages when a group has no skills yet.

Requirements

None — no dependencies on the Claude Code CLI or extension being installed. This extension just reads the same ~/.claude directory structure Claude Code uses.

Development

npm install
npm run compile   # or: npm run watch

Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension loaded.

License

MIT