Claude Code - gaal

Claude Code is Anthropic’s terminal-native coding agent. gaal manages its skills directories and its MCP server config.

Paths

Resource	Path
Project skills	`.claude/skills`
Global skills	`~/.claude/skills`
MCP config	`~/.claude.json`
Audit search (project)	`.claude/skills`, `.agents/skills`, `.github/skills`
Audit search (global)	`~/.claude/skills`, `~/.agents/skills`, `~/.copilot/skills`
Package-manager search	`~/.claude/plugins/cache`

Skills example

gaal.yaml

skills:
  - source: anthropics/skills
    agents: [claude-code]
    select: [frontend-design, skill-creator]
    global: false

After gaal sync:

.claude/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md
.claude/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md

MCP example

gaal.yaml

mcps:
  - name: filesystem
    agents: [claude-code]
    global: true
    inline:
      command: uvx
      args: [mcp-server-filesystem, ~/projects]

The entry is upserted under mcpServers in ~/.claude.json. Other keys in the file are preserved.

Detecting installation

$ gaal agents claude-code
claude-code (installed)
  project skills:  .claude/skills
  global skills:   ~/.claude/skills
  mcp config:      ~/.claude.json (exists)
  pm cache:        ~/.claude/plugins/cache

Configure skills

Configure MCP servers