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skills
Open CLI and ecosystem to discover and install AI agent capabilities
skills is an open-source CLI created by Vercel Labs that serves as a package manager for AI agent capabilities. It lets developers install, manage, and run skills across more than 75 coding assistants and agents using standard npx commands. It aims to create an open, agent-agnostic ecosystem analogous to npm for AI tools.
What it's for
- Install specialized toolpacks into coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenCode
- Discover reusable community skills via the skills.sh registry
- Run agent skills ad-hoc via npx without manual environment configuration
Features
- Simple command-line interface executable via npx
- Broad compatibility supporting over 75 different AI coding agents and assistants
- Direct skill installation using git repositories or package identifiers
- Ability to run skills on-demand without persistent installation
- Built-in search and update commands to keep installed agent skills current
Pricing
Open source
Details
- Type
- GitHub repo
- Category
- Development
- Topic
- Agent Tooling
- Open source
- Yes
- Platforms
- Command line, macOS, Linux, Windows
- For
- Developers using AI coding agents who want portable, pluggable capabilities.
- Alternative to
- Model Context Protocol
- Tags
- ai agents, cli, developer tools, npm, open source
Why it was saved
- @RhysSullivan: Lets you add capabilities to coding agents with one npx command, e.g. installing Vercel's own skill packs.
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