Cline — Skills

File format

Markdown

Discovery paths

.cline/skills, .clinerules/skills, .claude/skills, ~/.cline/skills

Global install path

~/.cline/skills

Syllago install method

Symlink, Direct copy

Symlink support

Yes

Native frontmatter fields

name, description

Features

How each feature converts to syllago's canonical format. See format conversion for what these statuses mean.

Fields

Native frontmatter or config fields this provider exposes. The first column is the provider's own field name; the canonical key column links to syllago's cross-provider equivalent.

Provider field	Conversion	Canonical key	Summary
name	Translated Conversion type: Translated Actively mapped to the target provider’s equivalent field during conversion. Learn more →	display_name	yaml frontmatter key: name (required) — must exactly match the directory name
description	Not portable Conversion type: Not portable Unique to this provider — can’t be carried across providers. Learn more →	description	Cline auto-invokes skills by matching user message against the description field; no explicit @-mention syntax exists.

Other features

Behaviors, conventions, and capabilities that aren't tied to a single named field — things like path-based activation, discovery rules, and lifecycle behavior.

Feature	Conversion	Summary
canonical_filename	Translated Conversion type: Translated Actively mapped to the target provider’s equivalent field during conversion. Learn more →	Fixed filename SKILL.md required inside a named skill directory
global_scope	Translated Conversion type: Translated Actively mapped to the target provider’s equivalent field during conversion. Learn more →	Skills stored in ~/.cline/skills/<name>/SKILL.md (macOS/Linux)
project_scope	Translated Conversion type: Translated Actively mapped to the target provider’s equivalent field during conversion. Learn more →	Skills stored in .cline/skills/<name>/SKILL.md (recommended path)
Global Skill Takes Precedence Over Project Skill	Not portable Conversion type: Not portable Unique to this provider — can’t be carried across providers. Learn more →	On name collision, the global skill wins over the project skill — the inverse of typical scope-override behavior.
Per-Skill Enable/Disable Toggle	Not portable Conversion type: Not portable Unique to this provider — can’t be carried across providers. Learn more →	UI toggle to enable or disable each skill without deleting its directory.
Supporting Files in Skill Directory	Not portable Conversion type: Not portable Unique to this provider — can’t be carried across providers. Learn more →	Optional docs/, templates/, scripts/ subdirectories under SKILL.md, loaded on demand so source bytes never enter context.

Sources

Source
https://docs.cline.bot/customization/skills.md
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/assets/skills/create-pull-request/SKILL.md