Screenshot — the SkillForge Desktop dashboard
SkillForge Desktop is a lightweight Electron app that runs locally. It signs in to the marketplace via OAuth,
installs skills to your user directory, runs npm install for each one, writes them into your Claude
Code config, and keeps them up to date. Zero JSON editing.
Pick your platform
We detected Windows — highlighted below.
Before you install
SkillForge checks these on first launch and walks you through anything missing.
- Visual Studio Code Where Claude lives. Download →
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Claude Code extension
From the VS Code marketplace. Search
Claude Code. - Node.js 18+ SkillForge will offer to install it automatically via winget if missing.
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Git (recommended)
One-liner:
winget install Git.Git. Only needed if you use Claude's built-in Bash tool.
Need help installing? Read the step-by-step Get Started guide.