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skills

The CLI for the open agent skills ecosystem.

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Supports OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 41 more.

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Install a Skill Copy Chapter

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

Source Formats Copy Section

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 [email protected]:vercel-labs/agent-skills.git
Local path

npx skills add ./my-local-skills

Options Copy Section

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

Examples Copy Section

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

Installation Scope Copy Section

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

Installation Methods Copy Section

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 Copy Chapter

| 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 update [skills] | Update 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.

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.

Interactive search (fzf-style)

npx skills find
Search by keyword

npx skills find typescript

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Update all skills (interactive scope prompt)

npx skills update
Update a single skill by name

npx skills update my-skill
Update multiple specific skills

npx skills update frontend-design web-design-guidelines
Update only global or project skills

npx skills update -g
npx skills update -p
Non-interactive (auto-detects scope: project if in a project, else global)

npx skills update -y

| Option | Description |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| -g, --global | Only update global skills |
| -p, --project | Only update project skills |
| -y, --yes | Skip scope prompt (auto-detect: project if in a project dir, else global) |
| [skills...] | Update specific skills by name instead of all |

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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.

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? Copy Chapter

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 Copy Chapter

Skills can be installed to any of these agents:

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| Agent | --agent | Project Path | Global Path |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| Amp, Kimi Code CLI, Replit, Universal | amp, kimi-cli, replit, universal | .agents/skills/ | ~/.config/agents/skills/ |
| Antigravity | antigravity | .agents/skills/ | ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/ |
| Augment | augment | .augment/skills/ | ~/.augment/skills/ |
| IBM Bob | bob | .bob/skills/ | ~/.bob/skills/ |
| Claude Code | claude-code | .claude/skills/ | ~/.claude/skills/ |
| OpenClaw | openclaw | skills/ | ~/.openclaw/skills/ |
| Cline, Warp | cline, warp | .agents/skills/ | ~/.agents/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/ |
| Cortex Code | cortex | .cortex/skills/ | ~/.snowflake/cortex/skills/ |
| Crush | crush | .crush/skills/ | ~/.config/crush/skills/ |
| Cursor | cursor | .agents/skills/ | ~/.cursor/skills/ |
| Deep Agents | deepagents | .agents/skills/ | ~/.deepagents/agent/skills/ |
| Droid | droid | .factory/skills/ | ~/.factory/skills/ |
| Firebender | firebender | .agents/skills/ | ~/.firebender/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/ |

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.kiro/agents/<agent>.json:

> ``json

`

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 Copy Chapter

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

---
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  Copy Chapter
Describe the scenarios where this skill should be used.
Steps  Copy Chapter
1. First, do this
2. Then, do that

Required Fields Copy Section

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

Optional Fields Copy Section

- 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.

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

Skill Discovery Copy Section

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

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- Root directory (if it contains SKILL.md)
- skills/
- skills/.curated/
- skills/.experimental/
- skills/.system/
- .agents/skills/
- .augment/skills/
- .bob/skills/
- .claude/skills/
- ./skills/
- .codebuddy/skills/
- .commandcode/skills/
- .continue/skills/
- .cortex/skills/
- .crush/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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Plugin Manifest Discovery Copy Section

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

// .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 Copy Chapter

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 | OpenClaw | 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 Copy Chapter

"No skills found" Copy Section

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

Skill not loading in agent Copy Section

- 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

Permission errors Copy Section

Ensure you have write access to the target directory.

Environment Variables Copy Chapter

| 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 |

Install internal skills

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

Telemetry Copy Chapter

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 Copy Chapter

- Agent Skills Specification
- Skills Directory
- Amp Skills Documentation
- Antigravity Skills Documentation
- Factory AI / Droid Skills Documentation
- Claude Code Skills Documentation
- OpenClaw Skills Documentation
- Cline Skills Documentation
- CodeBuddy Skills Documentation
- Codex Skills Documentation
- Command Code Skills Documentation
- Crush Skills Documentation
- Cursor Skills Documentation
- Firebender 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 Copy Chapter

MIT