skills

The CLI for the open agent skills ecosystem.

Supports OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 35 more.

Install a Skill

``bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills
`

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`bash


GitHub shorthand (owner/repo)

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

Full GitHub URL

npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills

Direct path to a skill in a repo

npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/web-design-guidelines

GitLab URL

npx skills add https://gitlab.com/org/repo

Any git URL

npx skills add git@github.com:vercel-labs/agent-skills.git

Local path

npx skills add ./my-local-skills
`

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| Option | Description |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| -g, --global | Install to user directory instead of project |
| -a, --agent | Target specific agents (e.g., claude-code, codex). See Available Agents |
| -s, --skill | Install specific skills by name (use '*' for all skills) |
| -l, --list | List available skills without installing |
| -y, --yes | Skip all confirmation prompts |
| --all | Install all skills to all agents without prompts |

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`bash


List skills in a repository

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --list

Install specific skills

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill frontend-design --skill skill-creator

Install a skill with spaces in the name (must be quoted)

npx skills add owner/repo --skill "Convex Best Practices"

Install to specific agents

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills -a claude-code -a opencode

Non-interactive installation (CI/CD friendly)

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill frontend-design -g -a claude-code -y

Install all skills from a repo to all agents

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --all

Install all skills to specific agents

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill '*' -a claude-code

Install specific skills to all agents

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --agent '*' --skill frontend-design
`

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| Scope | Flag | Location | Use Case |
| ----------- | --------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Project | (default) | .//skills/ | Committed with your project, shared with team |
| Global | -g | ~//skills/ | Available across all projects |

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When installing interactively, you can choose:

| Method | Description |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Symlink (Recommended) | Creates symlinks from each agent to a canonical copy. Single source of truth, easy updates. |
| Copy | Creates independent copies for each agent. Use when symlinks aren't supported. |

Other Commands

| Command | Description |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| npx skills list | List installed skills (alias: ls) |
| npx skills find [query] | Search for skills interactively or by keyword |
| npx skills remove [skills] | Remove installed skills from agents |
| npx skills check | Check for available skill updates |
| npx skills update | Update all installed skills to latest versions |
| npx skills init [name] | Create a new SKILL.md template |

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List all installed skills. Similar to npm ls.

`bash


List all installed skills (project and global)

npx skills list

List only global skills

npx skills ls -g

Filter by specific agents

npx skills ls -a claude-code -a cursor
`

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Search for skills interactively or by keyword.

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Interactive search (fzf-style)

npx skills find

Search by keyword

npx skills find typescript
`

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`bash


Check if any installed skills have updates

npx skills check

Update all skills to latest versions

npx skills update
`

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`bash


Create SKILL.md in current directory

npx skills init

Create a new skill in a subdirectory

npx skills init my-skill
`

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Remove installed skills from agents.

`bash


Remove interactively (select from installed skills)

npx skills remove

Remove specific skill by name

npx skills remove web-design-guidelines

Remove multiple skills

npx skills remove frontend-design web-design-guidelines

Remove from global scope

npx skills remove --global web-design-guidelines

Remove from specific agents only

npx skills remove --agent claude-code cursor my-skill

Remove all installed skills without confirmation

npx skills remove --all

Remove all skills from a specific agent

npx skills remove --skill '*' -a cursor

Remove a specific skill from all agents

npx skills remove my-skill --agent '*'

Use 'rm' alias

npx skills rm my-skill
`

| Option | Description |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| -g, --global | Remove from global scope (~/) instead of project |
| -a, --agent | Remove from specific agents (use '*' for all) |
| -s, --skill | Specify skills to remove (use '*' for all) |
| -y, --yes | Skip confirmation prompts |
| --all | Shorthand for --skill '' --agent '' -y |

What are Agent Skills?

Agent skills are reusable instruction sets that extend your coding agent's capabilities. They're defined in SKILL.md
files with YAML frontmatter containing a name and description.

Skills let agents perform specialized tasks like:

- Generating release notes from git history
- Creating PRs following your team's conventions
- Integrating with external tools (Linear, Notion, etc.)

Discover skills at skills.sh

Supported Agents

Skills can be installed to any of these agents:


| Agent | --agent | Project Path | Global Path |
|-------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
| Amp, Kimi Code CLI, Replit | amp, kimi-cli, replit | .agents/skills/ | ~/.config/agents/skills/ |
| Antigravity | antigravity | .agent/skills/ | ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/ |
| Augment | augment | .augment/skills/ | ~/.augment/skills/ |
| Claude Code | claude-code | .claude/skills/ | ~/.claude/skills/ |
| OpenClaw | openclaw | skills/ | ~/.moltbot/skills/ |
| Cline | cline | .cline/skills/ | ~/.cline/skills/ |
| CodeBuddy | codebuddy | .codebuddy/skills/ | ~/.codebuddy/skills/ |
| Codex | codex | .agents/skills/ | ~/.codex/skills/ |
| Command Code | command-code | .commandcode/skills/ | ~/.commandcode/skills/ |
| Continue | continue | .continue/skills/ | ~/.continue/skills/ |
| Crush | crush | .crush/skills/ | ~/.config/crush/skills/ |
| Cursor | cursor | .cursor/skills/ | ~/.cursor/skills/ |
| Droid | droid | .factory/skills/ | ~/.factory/skills/ |
| Gemini CLI | gemini-cli | .agents/skills/ | ~/.gemini/skills/ |
| GitHub Copilot | github-copilot | .agents/skills/ | ~/.copilot/skills/ |
| Goose | goose | .goose/skills/ | ~/.config/goose/skills/ |
| Junie | junie | .junie/skills/ | ~/.junie/skills/ |
| iFlow CLI | iflow-cli | .iflow/skills/ | ~/.iflow/skills/ |
| Kilo Code | kilo | .kilocode/skills/ | ~/.kilocode/skills/ |
| Kiro CLI | kiro-cli | .kiro/skills/ | ~/.kiro/skills/ |
| Kode | kode | .kode/skills/ | ~/.kode/skills/ |
| MCPJam | mcpjam | .mcpjam/skills/ | ~/.mcpjam/skills/ |
| Mistral Vibe | mistral-vibe | .vibe/skills/ | ~/.vibe/skills/ |
| Mux | mux | .mux/skills/ | ~/.mux/skills/ |
| OpenCode | opencode | .agents/skills/ | ~/.config/opencode/skills/ |
| OpenHands | openhands | .openhands/skills/ | ~/.openhands/skills/ |
| Pi | pi | .pi/skills/ | ~/.pi/agent/skills/ |
| Qoder | qoder | .qoder/skills/ | ~/.qoder/skills/ |
| Qwen Code | qwen-code | .qwen/skills/ | ~/.qwen/skills/ |
| Roo Code | roo | .roo/skills/ | ~/.roo/skills/ |
| Trae | trae | .trae/skills/ | ~/.trae/skills/ |
| Trae CN | trae-cn | .trae/skills/ | ~/.trae-cn/skills/ |
| Windsurf | windsurf | .windsurf/skills/ | ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills/ |
| Zencoder | zencoder | .zencoder/skills/ | ~/.zencoder/skills/ |
| Neovate | neovate | .neovate/skills/ | ~/.neovate/skills/ |
| Pochi | pochi | .pochi/skills/ | ~/.pochi/skills/ |
| AdaL | adal | .adal/skills/ | ~/.adal/skills/ |


> [!NOTE]
> Kiro CLI users: After installing skills, manually add them to your custom agent's resources in
> .kiro/agents/.json:
>
> `json
> {
> "resources": ["skill://.kiro/skills/**/SKILL.md"]
> }
> `

The CLI automatically detects which coding agents you have installed. If none are detected, you'll be prompted to select
which agents to install to.

Creating Skills

Skills are directories containing a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter:

`markdown
---
name: my-skill
description: What this skill does and when to use it
---

My Skill

Instructions for the agent to follow when this skill is activated.

When to Use

Describe the scenarios where this skill should be used.

Steps

1. First, do this
2. Then, do that
`

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- name: Unique identifier (lowercase, hyphens allowed)
- description: Brief explanation of what the skill does

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- metadata.internal: Set to true to hide the skill from normal discovery. Internal skills are only visible and
installable when INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS=1 is set. Useful for work-in-progress skills or skills meant only for
internal tooling.

`markdown
---
name: my-internal-skill
description: An internal skill not shown by default
metadata:
internal: true
---
`

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The CLI searches for skills in these locations within a repository:


- Root directory (if it contains SKILL.md)
- skills/
- skills/.curated/
- skills/.experimental/
- skills/.system/
- .agents/skills/
- .agent/skills/
- .augment/skills/
- .claude/skills/
- ./skills/
- .cline/skills/
- .codebuddy/skills/
- .commandcode/skills/
- .continue/skills/
- .crush/skills/
- .cursor/skills/
- .factory/skills/
- .goose/skills/
- .junie/skills/
- .iflow/skills/
- .kilocode/skills/
- .kiro/skills/
- .kode/skills/
- .mcpjam/skills/
- .vibe/skills/
- .mux/skills/
- .openhands/skills/
- .pi/skills/
- .qoder/skills/
- .qwen/skills/
- .roo/skills/
- .trae/skills/
- .windsurf/skills/
- .zencoder/skills/
- .neovate/skills/
- .pochi/skills/
- .adal/skills/


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If .claude-plugin/marketplace.json or .claude-plugin/plugin.json exists, skills declared in those files are also discovered:

`json
// .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
{
"metadata": { "pluginRoot": "./plugins" },
"plugins": [{
"name": "my-plugin",
"source": "my-plugin",
"skills": ["./skills/review", "./skills/test"]
}]
}
`

This enables compatibility with the Claude Code plugin marketplace ecosystem.

If no skills are found in standard locations, a recursive search is performed.

Compatibility

Skills are generally compatible across agents since they follow a
shared Agent Skills specification. However, some features may be agent-specific:

| Feature | OpenCode | OpenHands | Claude Code | Cline | CodeBuddy | Codex | Command Code | Kiro CLI | Cursor | Antigravity | Roo Code | Github Copilot | Amp | Clawdbot | Neovate | Pi | Qoder | Zencoder |
| --------------- | -------- | --------- | ----------- | ----- | --------- | ----- | ------------ | -------- | ------ | ----------- | -------- | -------------- | --- | -------- | ------- | --- | ----- | -------- |
| Basic skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| allowed-tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| context: fork | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Hooks | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |

Troubleshooting

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Ensure the repository contains valid SKILL.md files with both name and description in the frontmatter.

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- Verify the skill was installed to the correct path
- Check the agent's documentation for skill loading requirements
- Ensure the SKILL.md frontmatter is valid YAML

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Ensure you have write access to the target directory.

Environment Variables

| Variable | Description |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS | Set to 1 or true to show and install skills marked as internal: true |
| DISABLE_TELEMETRY | Set to disable anonymous usage telemetry |
| DO_NOT_TRACK | Alternative way to disable telemetry |

`bash


Install internal skills


INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS=1 npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --list
``

Telemetry

This CLI collects anonymous usage data to help improve the tool. No personal information is collected.

Telemetry is automatically disabled in CI environments.

Related Links

- Agent Skills Specification
- Skills Directory
- Amp Skills Documentation
- Antigravity Skills Documentation
- Factory AI / Droid Skills Documentation
- Claude Code Skills Documentation
- Clawdbot Skills Documentation
- Cline Skills Documentation
- CodeBuddy Skills Documentation
- Codex Skills Documentation
- Command Code Skills Documentation
- Crush Skills Documentation
- Cursor Skills Documentation
- Gemini CLI Skills Documentation
- GitHub Copilot Agent Skills
- iFlow CLI Skills Documentation
- Kimi Code CLI Skills Documentation
- Kiro CLI Skills Documentation
- Kode Skills Documentation
- OpenCode Skills Documentation
- Qwen Code Skills Documentation
- OpenHands Skills Documentation
- Pi Skills Documentation
- Qoder Skills Documentation
- Replit Skills Documentation
- Roo Code Skills Documentation
- Trae Skills Documentation
- Vercel Agent Skills Repository

License

MIT