Is the Sync Desktop Skills skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from ShawhinT/non-coding-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Sync Desktop Skills SkillProof Score?

7.6/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 6/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Sync Desktop Skills?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Sync Desktop Skills with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Sync Desktop Skills

Syncs and PII-scrubs skills from a private canonical repo into a public one -- author-only.

by ShawhinT · ShawhinT/non-coding-skills

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 7.6/10
Tested: Jul 14, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 744cdfa

Running the bundled scrub.py for real confirms the tooling itself works (verify: clean, report-pii surfaced 500+ candidate names) -- but the actual sync hard-fails with 'source not found: ~/agents/skills', a private repo that exists only on the author's machine, so the skill's core function is unusable by anyone but Shaw.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 4/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 6/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Sync Desktop Skills does

A workflow plus a real, runnable scrub.py script for importing/updating skills from Shaw's private canonical skills repo (~/agents/skills) into this public repo, with PII scrubbing and README table maintenance. Triggers on phrasing like 'sync skills' or 'pull <skill> from canonical', but the sync itself only functions on the author's own machine -- the canonical source directory it depends on does not exist for anyone else.

How to install Sync Desktop Skills

git clone https://github.com/ShawhinT/non-coding-skills
cd non-coding-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r .claude/skills/sync-desktop-skills ~/.claude/skills/sync-desktop-skills

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Sync Desktop Skills

/sync-desktop-skills Syncs and PII-scrubs skills from a private canonical repo into a public one -- author-only.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Scan my skills folder for PII before I publish it
Sync my private skills repo into the public mirror
Check these skill files for secrets and personal paths

Frequently asked questions

Is the Sync Desktop Skills skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from ShawhinT/non-coding-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Sync Desktop Skills work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Running the bundled scrub.py for real confirms the tooling itself works (verify: clean, report-pii surfaced 500+ candidate names) -- but the actual sync hard-fails with 'source not found: ~/agents/skills', a private repo that exists only on the author's machine, so the skill's core function is unusable by anyone but Shaw.
What is the Sync Desktop Skills SkillProof Score?: 7.6/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 6/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Sync Desktop Skills?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Sync Desktop Skills with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.