docs: add a no-install npx check for plain-clone skill discovery

Reviewers without the CLI on PATH can reproduce the plain-clone count with the
npm-distributed build. The 39 + 3 split is reported by 1.0.82 from npm and by
1.0.83 installed locally, so it is not specific to one build or install method.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Brian Swiger
2026-09-04 20:15:42 +01:00
co-authored by Copilot
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@@ -1888,6 +1888,18 @@ Copilot CLI 1.0.83 reports all 42 under `Project skills` with `source:
command files that Copilot surfaces as skills; they are reported with `path`
set to the `.claude/commands` directory rather than to a per-skill subdirectory.
To check this without installing anything, run the npm-distributed build
against a throwaway clone:
```bash
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git && cd ECC
npx -y @github/copilot@1.0.82 skill list --json | jq '[.[] | select(.source=="project")] | length'
# 42
```
The same 39 + 3 split is reported by 1.0.82 from npm and by 1.0.83 installed
locally, so the behaviour is not specific to one build or install method.
To expose the full catalog, place `skills/` where Copilot CLI looks:
```bash