feat(skills): keep meta's skills in .meta/skills, linked for Claude and Codex by gold-silver-copper · Pull Request #105 · gitkb/meta

gold-silver-copper · 2026-10-24T01:18:35Z

Follows gitkb/meta_cli's new meta init claude layout: skills in .meta/skills/<name>/SKILL.md, linked from .claude/skills/ and .agents/skills/ (Codex), as atc and git-kb do.

This repo's own copies move from .claude/skills/meta-*/ to .meta/skills/meta-*/, with committed relative links .claude/skills/meta-* -> ../../.meta/skills/meta-* and the same under .agents/skills/. They were generated by running the new meta init claude --update here; rules and settings didn't change.
make skills refreshes .meta/skills/ and claude-plugin/skills/ from meta_cli. The links are static.
tests/init.bats covers:
- the new layout, with links checked by readlink
- other agent folders, linked only when they exist
- refusing a legacy .meta config file
- --update turning the chore: updating git-kb .claude files #36 real folders into links while a user's own skill stays
- another tool's link left alone
- this repo's copies and links matching meta_cli
docs/claude_code_skills.md documents the layout, the Windows copy fallback with its .meta-skill-copy marker, upgrades, ownership rules and the legacy .meta refusal.

Plugin skill content is unchanged, so plugin.json keeps its version.

Tested: bats tests/init.bats (34 passed) against the meta_cli branch.

Merge order

Part of [tasks/harmony-2714]: meta keeps its agent skills in a local .meta/ folder. Four PRs, same branch name harmony-2714-meta-skills-dir, so each repo's CI builds against the others:

test(config): a .meta directory is never read as config meta_core#9, fix(mcp): meta_get_config ignores a .meta directory meta_mcp#8, feat(init): install skills into .meta/skills and link them into agent folders meta_cli#38: independent of each other, any order.
feat(skills): keep meta's skills in .meta/skills, linked for Claude and Codex #105 last, after meta_cli#38: its tests/init.bats checks the new layout against meta_cli main. Then sync meta_cli into gitkb/meta as usual.

After a meta release, re-run meta init claude --update in harmony to move its committed .claude/skills/meta-*.md files to .meta/skills/ with links.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Skills are now shared across Claude Code, Codex, and other supported agent folders, so they can be accessed from existing agent setups.
- Custom skills can be added through either supported skills folder.
Improvements
- On Windows, setup can use copies when links are unavailable and replace them with links later.
- Updates better protect existing files and links, and stop when a legacy configuration conflicts with the new setup.

…nd Codex Match the layout meta init claude now installs: the skill copies move from .claude/skills/ to .meta/skills/, with relative links from .claude/skills/ and .agents/skills/. make skills refreshes .meta/skills/ and the plugin copy. init.bats covers the new layout, --update over the real-folder layout, other tools' links, other agent folders and the legacy .meta file refusal. docs/claude_code_skills.md documents the layout, Windows copies and upgrades. Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

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Managed skills now reside in .meta/skills/, with .claude/skills/ and .agents/skills/ entries linked to that shared directory. The Makefile, installation documentation, and initialization tests reflect this layout and its update handling.

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Shared skill storage and installation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared skill storage and links `Makefile`, `.claude/skills/`, `.agents/skills/`	The `skills` target copies generated skills to `.meta/skills/`. The Claude and agent skill entries link to that shared location.
Installation and update behavior `docs/claude_code_skills.md`, `tests/init.bats`	The documentation and tests cover the shared layout, agent links, update handling, custom skills, and refusal when a legacy `.meta` config conflicts with the `.meta/` directory.

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gitkb/meta#102: Establishes the per-skill SKILL.md layout and synchronizes managed skills from meta_cli, which this change stores in .meta/skills/ and links into agent folders.

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Clarify which same-name skill folders an update may replace before users rely on the ownership guidance. The unresolved behavior warrants owner attention but does not establish data loss.

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+**Windows.** Symlinks need Developer Mode or admin rights there. Where a link can't be made, `meta init claude` copies the skill folder instead and puts a `.meta-skill-copy` marker in it; `meta init claude --update` replaces marked copies with links once links work.
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+**Upgrading.** Older releases wrote flat `.claude/skills/meta-*.md` files (which Claude Code never loaded) and later real `.claude/skills/meta-*/` folders. `meta init claude --update` removes both and links the new layout. It only replaces what meta wrote: a skill folder holding just `SKILL.md` (or a marked copy) and regular flat files. Other files, folders and links, including another tool's link with a meta skill's name, are left alone and reported as skipped; a link is never followed or removed.


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State the ownership limit before users update.

The claim that --update replaces only what meta wrote is too strong. The test at tests/init.bats Lines 252-265 expects an unmarked meta-* directory containing only SKILL.md to be replaced, regardless of that file’s content. A user-created skill with the same name and structure could therefore be lost. Explain that the update treats this structure as a legacy managed skill, and tell users to back up conflicting custom skills first.

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Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

A local build rewrote it and it slipped into the previous commit. Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

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test(config): a .meta directory is never read as config gitkb/meta_core#9

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fix(mcp): meta_get_config ignores a .meta directory gitkb/meta_mcp#8

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feat(init): install skills into .meta/skills and link them into agent folders gitkb/meta_cli#38

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gold-silver-copper added 5 commits October 23, 2026 18:26

docs(skills): Windows link placeholders and the narrower ownership rules

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Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

test(init): old folders are migrated only with the shipped text

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Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

docs(skills): settings.json is not written through links either

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Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

chore: restore Cargo.lock

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A local build rewrote it and it slipped into the previous commit. Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

test(init): flat files meta never shipped are kept

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Implements [[tasks/harmony-2714]]

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		Windows. Symlinks need Developer Mode or admin rights there. Where a link can't be made, `meta init claude` copies the skill folder instead and puts a `.meta-skill-copy` marker in it; `meta init claude --update` replaces marked copies with links once links work.

		Upgrading. Older releases wrote flat `.claude/skills/meta-.md` files (which Claude Code never loaded) and later real `.claude/skills/meta-/` folders. `meta init claude --update` removes both and links the new layout. It only replaces what meta wrote: a skill folder holding just `SKILL.md` (or a marked copy) and regular flat files. Other files, folders and links, including another tool's link with a meta skill's name, are left alone and reported as skipped; a link is never followed or removed.

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