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feat: skills should be created in .copilot/skills/ and prompt user to reload #353
Description
Problem
Skills that agents create during work are currently written to .squad/skills/. However, for Copilot to discover and use these skills in future sessions, they need to be in .copilot/skills/ — that's where Copilot's skill system looks.
Users don't know this, so skills get created but never actually become available in their Copilot session.
Proposed Changes
1. Write skills to .copilot/skills/ instead of .squad/skills/
When an agent extracts a reusable pattern and writes a SKILL.md, the target path should be:
.copilot/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md
Not:
.squad/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md
2. Prompt user to reload after skill creation
After any agent creates or updates a skill, the Coordinator should prompt the user:
📌 New skill created: {skill-name} Reload your Copilot session or run /skills reload to make it available.
This ensures the user knows the skill exists and takes action to load it.
3. Update the spawn template
The "AFTER work" section in the agent spawn template currently says:
3. SKILL EXTRACTION: If you found a reusable pattern, write/update .squad/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md
Should be updated to:
3. SKILL EXTRACTION: If you found a reusable pattern, write/update .copilot/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md
4. Migration for existing skills
For repos that already have skills in .squad/skills/, the upgrade flow should copy/move them to .copilot/skills/.
Context
- Copilot's skill discovery reads from .copilot/skills/
- Squad agents create skills as part of their "AFTER work" step
- The disconnect means earned knowledge is written but never actually loaded by Copilot
- cc @bradygaster
Impact
- squad.agent.md — spawn template skill extraction path
- emplates/skill.md — skill template reference
- Agent charters that reference skill paths
- Upgrade/migration flow
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github-actions commentedon Mar 13, 2026
squad:verbal. Check.squad/team.md(or.ai-team/team.md) for valid member names.github-actions commentedon Mar 13, 2026
squad:fenster. Check.squad/team.md(or.ai-team/team.md) for valid member names.github-actions commentedon Mar 13, 2026
📋 Assigned to EECOM (Core Dev)
Issue: #353 — feat: skills should be created in .copilot/skills/ and prompt user to reload
EECOM will pick this up in the next Copilot session.
github-actions commentedon Mar 13, 2026
📋 Assigned to Procedures (Prompt Engineer)
Issue: #353 — feat: skills should be created in .copilot/skills/ and prompt user to reload
Procedures will pick this up in the next Copilot session.
bradygaster commentedon Mar 15, 2026
Thanks for raising this, @spboyer! We've consolidated the skills migration work into #354, which is the full PRD covering the
.squad/skills/→.copilot/skills/move. Closing this one as a duplicate so we can track everything in one place. Your input helped shape the direction — appreciate it! 👍bradygaster commentedon Mar 15, 2026
Great suggestion — we're picking this up next session. Skills will be created in .copilot/skills/ going forward. Thanks for raising it! 🙏
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