How do I deploy the skills?

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- Prerequisites
Script
Tested by
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For where the output lands and how the build script works, see CMake setup.

Question

How do I build the Claude Code skills bundle locally?

Answer

compass build --direct skills invokes Emacs in batch mode against projects/ores.lisp/src/ores-build-skills.el, which exports each skill under doc/llm/skills/ to the format Claude Code expects. It calls Emacs directly (no cmake, no vcpkg), so it works in a light environment:

./compass.sh build --direct skills

Output lands under build/output/ in the skills directory configured by CMakeLists.txt (ORES_SKILLS_DIRECTORY).

In a full environment the equivalent deploy_skills CMake target (cmake --build --preset <preset> --target deploy_skills) runs the same script; prefer the compass command above.

Prerequisites

Emacs on PATH. (No cmake configure step is required for --direct.)

Script

projects/ores.lisp/src/ores-build-skills.el is the Emacs script that compass build --direct skills runs. The equivalent deploy_skills CMake target definition lives in CMakeLists.txt near add_custom_target(deploy_skills ...) and invokes the same script.

Tested by

No dedicated CI workflow yet — the target is exercised by manual deployment when a skill is updated.