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superpowers/skills/using-superpowers/references/claude-code-tools.md
Jesse Vincent 56bb8bc2df Phase B: config-file refs + per-platform tool refs + spec
Two structural changes:

1. Generalize CLAUDE.md-specific guidance:
   - "Project-specific conventions (put in CLAUDE.md)" → "(put in
     your instructions file)" in writing-skills/SKILL.md
   - "(explicit CLAUDE.md violation)" → "(explicit instruction-file
     violation)" in receiving-code-review/SKILL.md
   - The instruction-priority list in using-superpowers/SKILL.md
     stays inclusive (CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, AGENTS.md) — that's
     load-bearing, not a substitution opportunity.

2. Per-platform tool reference files at skills/using-superpowers/
   references/{claude-code,codex,copilot,gemini}-tools.md. Each ref
   documents:
   - The runtime's preferred instructions file (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md,
     GEMINI.md, etc.) and how it loads
   - The runtime's personal-skills directory + cross-runtime
     ~/.agents/skills/ path where applicable
   - Action-language → tool-name mapping table

Tool names and table content reflect the source-verified state from
direct inspection of openai/codex, google-gemini/gemini-cli,
sst/opencode, and the installed @github/copilot package. Filenames
and behaviors are sourced from each runtime's official docs.

Files in this commit also pick up later-phase changes that
accumulated on the same files (using-superpowers/SKILL.md "How to
Access Skills" overhaul, action-language flowchart, refs' final
table content). The bundled spec records original scope.
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# Claude Code Tool Mapping
Skills speak in actions ("dispatch a subagent", "create a todo", "read a file"). On Claude Code these resolve to the tools below.
## Tools
| Action skills request | Claude Code tool |
|----------------------|------------------|
| Read a file | `Read` |
| Create a new file | `Write` |
| Edit a file | `Edit` |
| Run a shell command | `Bash` |
| Search file contents | `Grep` |
| Find files by name | `Glob` |
| Fetch a URL | `WebFetch` |
| Search the web | `WebSearch` |
| Invoke a skill | `Skill` |
| Dispatch a subagent (`Subagent (general-purpose):` template) | `Agent` (older releases named this `Task`) |
| Multiple parallel dispatches | Multiple `Agent` calls in one response |
| Task tracking ("create a todo", "mark complete") | `TaskCreate`, `TaskUpdate`, `TaskList`, `TaskGet` (was a single tool named `TodoWrite` in older releases) |
| Background-process / subagent lifecycle (read output, cancel) | `TaskOutput`, `TaskStop` — these are distinct from the todo tools above and apply to running shells, agents, and remote sessions |
## Instructions file
When a skill mentions "your instructions file", on Claude Code this is **`CLAUDE.md`**. Claude Code walks up the directory tree from the current working directory and concatenates every `CLAUDE.md` and `CLAUDE.local.md` it finds along the way. Standard locations:
| Scope | Location |
|-------|----------|
| Project (team-shared) | `./CLAUDE.md` or `./.claude/CLAUDE.md` |
| User global | `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` |
| Local-private (gitignored) | `./CLAUDE.local.md` |
| Managed policy (org-wide) | `/Library/Application Support/ClaudeCode/CLAUDE.md` (macOS), `/etc/claude-code/CLAUDE.md` (Linux/WSL), `C:\Program Files\ClaudeCode\CLAUDE.md` (Windows) |
CLAUDE.md files can pull in additional content with `@path/to/file` imports (relative or absolute, max five hops deep). Subdirectory `CLAUDE.md` files are also discovered automatically and loaded on-demand when Claude Code reads files in those subdirectories.
Claude Code does **not** read `AGENTS.md` directly. If a project already maintains `AGENTS.md` for other agents, import it from `CLAUDE.md` so both runtimes share the same instructions:
```markdown
@AGENTS.md
## Claude Code
(Claude-Code-specific instructions go here.)
```
For path-scoped rules and larger-project organization, see `.claude/rules/` (rules can be scoped to specific files via `paths` frontmatter and load on demand).
## Personal skills directory
User-level skills live at **`~/.claude/skills/`**. Each skill is a subdirectory containing a `SKILL.md` (with `name` and `description` frontmatter) plus any supporting files. Claude Code does not currently recognize the cross-runtime `~/.agents/skills/` path that Codex, Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI read; if you're relying on cross-runtime support in the future, verify against the [official skills docs](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills).