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Enable and check a Gemini CLI skill

Check skill discovery locations, installation provenance, and activation in a session.

Goal

Make a reviewed skill discoverable in the intended Gemini CLI workspace and check its matching behavior.

Steps

  1. Read the current Gemini CLI skill guide and note the precedence of built-in, extension, user, and workspace locations. [gemini-skill-guide]
  2. Inspect the repository's SKILL.md, scripts, and assets; place the reviewed files in the user-level or workspace-level skill directory. [gemini-skill-guide]
  3. If using gemini skills install, verify the URL and repository owner, then confirm the installation scope before running it. [gemini-skill-guide]
  4. In a CLI session, run /skills list and confirm the expected name appears; check precedence if names collide. [gemini-skill-guide]
  5. Try a request within the skill's scope and a neighboring request outside it to check activation boundaries. [gemini-skill-guide]
  6. Check the documentation for the target Gemini CLI version and confirm its discovery rules and duplicate-name precedence. Then use that product version’s documented list or reload command. Testing matching and non-matching requests is an extra product-behavior check, not a triggering rule guaranteed by the open format specification. [gemini-skill-guide] [gemini-config]

How to verify

The session list includes the expected skill, and matching/non-matching requests behave as intended; a listed name does not prove that bundled scripts are harmless.

Troubleshooting

Refresh discovery with `/skills reload`. If the skill is missing, check its directory, duplicate-name precedence, CLI version, and `skills.enabled` configuration.

Permissions

Prerequisites

Permissions

Limitations

Skills can access files and tools; behavior depends on the CLI version and workspace configuration.

Pinned upstream source

https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/51617c1bcbcb038291125b092501b4342f4e7f77/docs/cli/using-agent-skills.md

Repository
google-gemini/gemini-cli
File path
docs/cli/using-agent-skills.md
Pinned commit
51617c1bcbcb038291125b092501b4342f4e7f77
Source checked
2026-10-13 · Reviewed against the pinned upstream source

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License: Apache-2.0

Main topic

Take a coding Agent change from context to verification

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