Start from Use Agent Skills in VS Code.
Read code.visualstudio.com/docs/agent-customization/agent-skills. Type /skills in chat to open Configure Skills. The name in frontmatter must match the parent folder or the skill fails to load.
Project and personal locations.
On that page:
- Project:
.github/skills/,.claude/skills/,.agents/skills/ - Personal:
~/.copilot/skills/,~/.claude/skills/,~/.agents/skills/
Additional project folders can be set with chat.agentSkillsLocations. Create a skill from Configure Chat → Skills → New Skill (Workspace or User).
Add a Tiny Design Shop skill.
Copy the pack folder from a companion or GitHub into .github/skills/ (or a personal location above). Shared-skill instructions on that page say to copy into .github/skills/ and review SKILL.md.
Confirm it loaded.
Type / in chat and select the skill, or open Chat: Open Customizations. Default skills appear as slash commands and can also load automatically from the description.