[FEATURE] Support project-specific local skills (not committed to repo)

[lucaslim]

Preflight Checklist

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• This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

Claude Code supports global skills (~/.claude/skills/) and project skills (.claude/skills/, committed to repo), but there's no way to define skills that are project-specific yet local to the developer — not checked into version control.

Today, CLAUDE.local.md fills this role for instructions, but those don't appear as invocable /skill-name commands. I have project-specific workflows (custom code generation patterns, local environment tooling, personal deployment shortcuts) that I want as proper skills but shouldn't be shared with the team.

Proposed Solution

Support a local skills directory that is project-scoped but not committed, for example:

• .claude/local-skills/ (gitignored by default or by convention)
• Skills placed there would be discoverable and invocable via /skill-name only when working in that project
• This mirrors the CLAUDE.local.md / CLAUDE.md relationship but for skills

Alternative Solutions

• Embedding skill-like prompts in CLAUDE.local.md — works for instructions but no /skill-name invocation or discoverability
• Global skills with project-directory guards — hacky, pollutes global namespace, breaks if you move the project
• Creating .claude/local-skills/ and adding it to .gitignore manually — not auto-discovered by Claude Code

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

1. I'm working on a React + GraphQL monorepo
2. I have a custom skill that generates mock GraphQL schemas from Jira tickets — specific to this project's conventions and tooling
3. I put it in .claude/local-skills/mock-schema.md
4. I can invoke it with /mock-schema only when working in this project
5. My teammates don't see it in the repo, and it doesn't clutter my global skills for other projects

Additional Context

The CLAUDE.md / CLAUDE.local.md split already establishes the pattern of "shared project config" vs "personal project config." Extending this to skills would be a natural addition.

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