Install without a terminal
Installing here means one thing: putting six folders of plain-text files into a single folder your AI tool already reads. You do it in Finder or File Explorer. No terminal is involved, and this page never asks you to open one.
Before you start
- You have the six zip files.
- You have one of the tools this page installs into: Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.
Claude Code
Easiest path — recommendedThis is the one path that is click-only from start to finish. Anthropic's own quickstart for the desktop app states, "No terminal required."
- Open claude.com/download in your browser and download the Claude desktop app for macOS or Windows.
- Install it the way you install any other app, then open it and sign in. The Code tab needs a paid Claude plan — Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise.
- Click the Code tab. That is Claude Code with a graphical interface; the app already includes it, so there is no separate command-line tool to install first.
- Unzip the six zip files you downloaded. Each one opens into a single folder named after its skill: lesson-workflow, worksheet-workflow, ppt-workflow, word-workflow, audio-workflow and report-workflow.
- Open your home folder in Finder (macOS) or File Explorer (Windows). On macOS the .claude folder is hidden — press Cmd + Shift + . to show hidden items. That is Finder, not a terminal.
- Open the .claude folder, then the skills folder inside it. If there is no skills folder, make one: right-click, choose New Folder, and name it skills.
- Copy the six skill folders into that skills folder — one folder per skill, each still holding its own SKILL.md. The finished shape is ~/.claude/skills/lesson-workflow/SKILL.md, and the same for the other five.
- Nothing else to do. Claude Code watches the folder, and Anthropic's docs say "Editing skills is live." You do not need to restart it.
Two things worth knowing. First, ~/.claude/skills/ is read by the local Code tab; Cowork and cloud sessions take their skills from a claude.ai account instead, so they will not see this folder. Second, never name a skill folder synced — that name is reserved.
Codex
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Codex reads the same SKILL.md folders. One honest caveat: there is no button in Codex that uploads a downloaded skill folder. Copying the folders in is the supported way, and OpenAI's docs describe it as a manual step.
- If you have not already, unzip the six zip files. Each one opens into a single folder named after its skill.
- Open your home folder in Finder (macOS) or File Explorer (Windows). On macOS the .agents folder is hidden — press Cmd + Shift + . to show hidden items.
- Open the .agents folder, then the skills folder inside it. If there is no skills folder, make one and name it skills.
- Copy the six skill folders into it, one folder per skill. The finished shape is ~/.agents/skills/lesson-workflow/SKILL.md, and the same for the other five.
- Codex normally notices new skills on its own. If one does not appear, quit Codex completely and open it again.
To use a skill, type $ in Codex's chat box and pick it from the list. The $ goes in the chat box, not in a terminal.
Google Gemini
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Gemini CLI does support the same skill folders, but every install route Google documents is a typed command. There is no window to drag a folder into.
The Gemini app at gemini.google.com does not read skill folders at all. Its customisation feature is Gems, which is a different thing.
So the honest answer: if you want a click-only install, use Claude Code. If you already work in Gemini CLI and do not mind typing one line, the commands are on the docs page.
Cursor
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Cursor loads skills from Claude's folders as well, so if you use Cursor you get the six skills from the same ~/.claude/skills/ install. Cursor's own docs state this compatibility.
Did it work?
The folder name is the command name. Open the tool and check that the six names are in the list.
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Claude Code
Type / in the prompt box. The six names should appear in the list.
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Codex
Type $ in the chat box and pick from the list.
If it did not work
- The folder is hidden. On macOS, press Cmd + Shift + . in Finder to show hidden items. You can also use Finder's Go menu, then Go to Folder, and type ~/.claude/skills — that box belongs to Finder, not a terminal.
- The zip unzipped into a nested folder, so SKILL.md sits one level too deep. Open the skill folder and check that SKILL.md is directly inside it. If it is inside another folder, move it up one level.
- The folder was renamed. The folder name is the command name, so renaming it changes what you type. Also, never name a folder synced — that name is reserved.