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`; `TodoWrite` in `claude -p` / Agent SDK unless `CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TASKS=1` is set
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