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Skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex

A short summary of each coding tool, a side-by-side comparison, and the install command. Official docs stay the full reference. These pages help you pick a path and install a skill.

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Claude Code vs Cursor vs Codex

Each tool loads skills from its own folder. AIPM writes that folder for you. Pick a column, then open the matching page for the install command.

Claude Code vs Cursor vs Codex: where skills go, and how AIPM installs them.
	Claude Code	Cursor	Codex
What it is	Anthropic's coding agent in the terminal or an IDE	A code editor with a built-in coding agent	OpenAI's coding agent
Skills path	`.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`	`.cursor/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`	`.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`
How skills load	Name and description first. Full file when the task matches.	Name and description first. Full file when the task matches, or when you type /skill-name.	Name and description first. Full file when the task matches.
AIPM target flag	`--target claude`	`--target cursor`	`--target codex`
Install command	`aipm add @scope/name@version --target claude`	`aipm add @scope/name@version --target cursor`	`aipm add @scope/name@version --target codex`
Good for	Claude Code sessions in a repo	Day-to-day editing in Cursor	Codex sessions in a repo

claude

Skills for Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent. It runs in a terminal or an IDE and can follow a skill when a task matches that skill's description.

A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file. Claude Code reads project skills from .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md. Install one version with aipm add @scope/name@version --target claude, then review the files.

Open Claude Code

cursor

Skills for Cursor

Cursor is a code editor with a built-in agent. It follows short project rules while you work, and loads a skill when a task needs that workflow.

A Cursor skill is a folder with SKILL.md at .cursor/skills/<name>/SKILL.md. Install one version with aipm add @scope/name@version --target cursor, then review the files. Keep rules short, and put repeatable workflows in skills.

Open Cursor

codex

Skills for Codex

Codex is OpenAI's coding agent. It can follow a skill in the repo when a task matches that skill's description.

Codex reads project skills from .agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md. It does not read Claude's .claude/skills folder. Install the same SKILL.md with aipm add @scope/name@version --target codex, then review the files.

Open Codex