Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's CLI for coding with Claude. Shipables integrates with Claude Code's native skills system.

Detection

The CLI detects Claude Code by checking for:

• claude binary in PATH
• ~/.claude/ directory

File locations

Project-level (default)

Global (--global)

Install example

# Auto-detect (if Claude Code is installed)
shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits

# Explicitly target Claude Code
shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits --claude

# Global install
shipables install Chippers255/ai-commits --claude --global

MCP configuration

After installing a skill with MCP servers, your .claude/settings.json will include entries like:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postgres": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres"],
      "env": {
        "POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING": "postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/mydb"
      }
    }
  }
}

The key used is mcpServers.

How skills work in Claude Code

Claude Code natively supports skills through its .claude/skills/ directory. When Claude Code starts a conversation, it reads all SKILL.md files from the skills directory and includes them in its context.

This means:

• Skills are available automatically — no need to reference them
• The agent reads the full SKILL.md content
• MCP server tools become available for the agent to call

Verifying installation

After installing a skill, verify with:

# Check that skill files exist
ls .claude/skills/<name>/

# Check MCP config
cat .claude/settings.json

# Run doctor for full health check
shipables doctor