Skills
Reusable workflows, knowledge, and prompt templates invoked on demand or auto-loaded when relevant
Extension Name Skills
Vendor Terms agent skills, SKILL.md
Scopes
Project / Repo RootUser / Home
Interfaces IDE, CLI
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable text-only instruction packages loaded on demand; cannot execute code on their own
Notes Progressive disclosure (name+description at startup, full content on demand); IDE supports slash command invocation and importing from GitHub repos; workspace takes priority over global
Extension Name Skills
Vendor Terms skills, SKILL.md, commands, slash commands, Agent Skills standard
Scopes
Project / Repo RootUser / HomeOrganization / Enterprise
Interfaces terminal CLI, VS Code, Desktop, web, JetBrains
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable knowledge and workflows loaded on demand or invoked via /name; enterprise deployment via managed settings
Notes Reference skills provide knowledge, action skills trigger workflows; follows Agent Skills open standard (agentskills.io); many built-in skills (/batch, /debug, /simplify, /ultraplan, /schedule); enterprise deployment via managed settings
Extension Name Agent Skills
Vendor Terms agent skills, SKILL.md, .agents/skills
Scopes
Project / Repo RootUser / Home
Interfaces GitHub.com, VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Copilot SDK
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable workflows loaded on demand when relevant; can include scripts and resources
Notes Based on open Agent Skills standard (agentskills.io); cross-tool compatible paths; allowed-tools frontmatter pre-approves tool usage
Extension Name Skills
Vendor Terms agent skills, SKILL.md, .agents/skills
Scopes
Subdirectory / FolderProject / Repo RootUser / HomeMachine / Admin
Interfaces CLI, IDE extension, app
Availability current (explicit)
Trust Model Reusable workflows loaded progressively; skills are the authoring format, plugins are the distribution unit
Notes Six scope tiers from repo to system-bundled; explicit ($-mention) and implicit (auto-matched) invocation; based on open Agent Skills standard (agentskills.io); distributable via plugins