Install and update skills

Install the Ranktide SEO skills in Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor, and keep them up to date.

Each skill downloads as a zip with the skill folder at its root, like seo-audit/SKILL.md. ranktide-skills.zip holds every skill folder. Download single skills from the skills page.

Connect Ranktide's MCP server before you install skills, because the skills call its tools. See agent setup.

Install the SEO report skill along with any others. The other skills use it to save their reports.

Where each agent reads skills

Agent	Where skills go	How to install
Claude: claude.ai, desktop app and Cowork	Customize → Skills	Upload each skill's zip
Claude Code	`~/.claude/skills`, or `.claude/skills` in a repository	Unzip `ranktide-skills.zip`
Codex	`~/.agents/skills`, or `.agents/skills` in a repository	Unzip `ranktide-skills.zip`
Cursor	`~/.cursor/skills`, or `.cursor/skills` in a project	Unzip `ranktide-skills.zip`
ChatGPT	Included in the Ranktide plugin	Install the plugin

Folders under your home folder (~) apply to every project. Folders inside a repository apply to that project only.

Claude

Turn on code execution in Settings → Capabilities. Skills need it.
Download the single-skill zips you want from the skills page.
Open Customize → Skills, select +, then Create skill, then Upload a skill.
Choose a zip. Repeat for each skill.

Claude's upload expects one skill folder per zip, so use the single-skill zips, not ranktide-skills.zip. The full steps are in Claude.

Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Download the zip and unzip it into your agent's skills folder:

curl -fL -o ranktide-skills.zip https://ranktide.io/skills/ranktide-skills.zip

# Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip -o ranktide-skills.zip -d ~/.claude/skills

# Codex
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && unzip -o ranktide-skills.zip -d ~/.agents/skills

# Cursor
mkdir -p ~/.cursor/skills && unzip -o ranktide-skills.zip -d ~/.cursor/skills

On Windows, use PowerShell:

Invoke-WebRequest https://ranktide.io/skills/ranktide-skills.zip -OutFile ranktide-skills.zip
Expand-Archive ranktide-skills.zip -DestinationPath "$HOME\.claude\skills" -Force

Cursor also reads ~/.claude/skills and ~/.agents/skills, so one copy there serves Cursor too. Install each skill in one folder only, or it shows up twice.

The agent guides have the details: Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

ChatGPT

The Ranktide plugin includes the skills. With a custom connection, Business, Enterprise, Healthcare and Edu workspaces can upload skills from Plugins → Skills. See add the skills.

Check the skills loaded

Ask your agent:

Which Ranktide skills can you use?

It should list the skills you installed. In Claude, Claude Code and Cursor, you can also type / to see them. In Codex, type $ or run /skills.

Update skills

Ranktide updates skills from time to time. Your installed copies don't change on their own, except in the ChatGPT plugin.

Agent	How to update
Claude Code, Codex and Cursor	Download `ranktide-skills.zip` again and run the same `unzip -o` command.
Claude: claude.ai, desktop app and Cowork	Delete the skill in Customize → Skills and upload the new zip.
ChatGPT plugin	Start a new chat.
ChatGPT with uploaded skills	Remove the old skill from Plugins → Skills and upload the new zip.

unzip -o and Expand-Archive -Force replace each SKILL.md without asking. If you edited a skill, copy your changes out first and add them back after the update. A skill that Ranktide removes stays in your folder until you delete it.

Your agent can do this for you: copy the update prompt from Agent setup in the app and paste it into your agent.

Remove skills

Delete the skill's folder from your agent's skills folder, or delete the skill in Customize → Skills in Claude. Removing a skill doesn't affect the MCP connection or your Ranktide data.