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- **Read more:** [SPAs Just Got Impenetrable: Mastering OIDC Auth in Angular and React](https://theaicatchup.com/article/integrating-openid-connect-oidc-authentication-in-angular-and-react/) - **Read more:** [Fed Up with LaTeX Bloat? This Zero-Config CLI Makes Markdown PDFs Look Pro](https://theaicatchup.com/article/i-got-tired-of-latex-so-i-built-a-zero-config-python-cli-to-turn-markdown-into-premium-pdfs/) Frequently Asked Questions What are Claude Code skills vs CLAUDE.md ? Skills are on-demand markdown prompts loaded via tool calls; CLAUDE.md is persistent context loaded every session. Skills fail invocation; CLAUDE.md always hits. Should I put best practices in Claude Code skills? No — use CLAUDE.md for always-on rules, skills for specific recipes. Invocation rates kill general advice. Why does Superpowers work in Claude Code? It bypasses skill invocation with direct prompt injection, mimicking CLAUDE.md reliability.

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Claude Code Skills: Great Recipes, Lousy Always-Ons

Skills in Claude Code promise smarts, but they flop because models ghost them. Time to shove best practices into CLAUDE.md where they actually stick.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 4 min read

Claude Code terminal showing SKILL.md files and invocation failures

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Skills match CLAUDE.md quality when invoked, but activation fails 34-94% of the time. 𝕏
Use CLAUDE.md for best practices; reserve skills for action-specific recipes. 𝕏
Vercel's single-shot evals mislead — multi-turn reality favors persistent context. 𝕏

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