How do I install the Skills Management skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add bytedance/skills-management in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Skills Management safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: executes scripts. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Skills Management?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Skills Management free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free. This skill is licensed under Complete terms in LICENSE.

Who published Skills Management?

bytedance (@bytedance) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Skills Management by bytedance — Agent Skill

Name: Skills Management
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: bytedance

Skills Management

Manage AgentKit skills, SkillHub/skillhub, skill centers, and skill spaces. Use this skill whenever the user has a management intent for AgentKit skills, skill中心, skill 空间, skill space, or skill hub, including listing, inspecting, downloading, fetching, uploading, publishing, registering, or syncing skills between local directories and remote skill spaces.

bytedance Updated Sep 9, 2026

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AgentKit Skills Management

Use this skill to manage AgentKit skills between local directories and remote AgentKit skill spaces.

The bundled scripts support three workflows:

List skills in one or more skill spaces.
Download skills from a skill space to a local directory.
Register a local skill directory to one or more skill spaces.

Usage

List skills:

python3 scripts/skill_list.py

List skills as JSON:

python3 scripts/skill_list.py --json

Download all skills to ./my-skills:

python3 scripts/skills_download.py ./my-skills

Download only skill-a and skill-b:

python3 scripts/skills_download.py ./my-skills --skills skill-a skill-b

python3 scripts/skills_register.py ./my-new-skill

Arguments

`skill_list.py`

--space-id: Optional comma-separated skill space IDs. Defaults to SKILL_SPACE_ID.
--json: Print machine-readable JSON output.

`skills_download.py`

<download_path>: The local directory path where the skills will be saved.
--skills: Optional space-separated skill names to download. If omitted, all skills in the configured skill spaces are downloaded.

`skills_register.py`

<path_to_skill_directory>: Path to a local directory containing SKILL.md.
--space-id: Optional comma-separated skill space IDs. Defaults to SKILL_SPACE_ID.

Requirements

veadk Python package installed.
For registration, python-frontmatter installed.
Environment variables:
- SKILL_SPACE_ID required unless --space-id is provided.
- VOLCENGINE_ACCESS_KEY and VOLCENGINE_SECRET_KEY, unless VEFaaS IAM credentials are available.
- AGENTKIT_TOOL_REGION optional, defaults to cn-beijing.
- AGENTKIT_TOOL_SERVICE_CODE optional, defaults to agentkit.
- AGENTKIT_SKILL_HOST optional, defaults to open.volcengineapi.com.

The scripts also load /root/.skills_env when it exists, so persisted skill-space configuration can be reused in sandbox environments.

Error Handling

IF a script raises VOLCENGINE_ACCESS_KEY and VOLCENGINE_SECRET_KEY are not set in environment variables., inform the user that credentials are required unless VEFaaS IAM credentials are available. Write the values to the environment variable file in the workspace if the user provides them, make the environment effective, and retry the failed task.
IF a script raises SKILL_SPACE_ID environment variable is not set, inform the user that they need to provide SKILL_SPACE_ID or pass --space-id. Write it to the environment variable file in the workspace if the user provides it, make the environment effective, and retry the failed task.

---name: skills-managementdescription: Manage AgentKit skills, SkillHub/skillhub, skill centers, and skill spaces. Use this skill whenever the user has a management intent for AgentKit skills, skill中心, skill 空间, skill space, or skill hub, including listing, inspecting, downloading, fetching, uploading, publishing, registering, or syncing skills between local directories and remote skill spaces.license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt--- # AgentKit Skills Management Use this skill to manage AgentKit skills between local directories and remote AgentKit skill spaces. The bundled scripts support three workflows: - List skills in one or more skill spaces. - Download skills from a skill space to a local directory. - Register a local skill directory to one or more skill spaces. ## Usage List skills: ```bash python3 scripts/skill_list.py ``` List skills as JSON: ```bash python3 scripts/skill_list.py --json ``` Download all skills to `./my-skills`: ```bash python3 scripts/skills_download.py ./my-skills ``` Download only `skill-a` and `skill-b`: ```bash python3 scripts/skills_download.py ./my-skills --skills skill-a skill-b ``` Register a local skill: ```bash python3 scripts/skills_register.py ./my-new-skill ``` ## Arguments ### `skill_list.py` - `--space-id`: Optional comma-separated skill space IDs. Defaults to `SKILL_SPACE_ID`. - `--json`: Print machine-readable JSON output. ### `skills_download.py` - `<download_path>`: The local directory path where the skills will be saved. - `--skills`: Optional space-separated skill names to download. If omitted, all skills in the configured skill spaces are downloaded. ### `skills_register.py` - `<path_to_skill_directory>`: Path to a local directory containing `SKILL.md`. - `--space-id`: Optional comma-separated skill space IDs. Defaults to `SKILL_SPACE_ID`. ## Requirements - `veadk` Python package installed. - For registration, `python-frontmatter` installed. - Environment variables: - `SKILL_SPACE_ID` required unless `--space-id` is provided. - `VOLCENGINE_ACCESS_KEY` and `VOLCENGINE_SECRET_KEY`, unless VEFaaS IAM credentials are available. - `AGENTKIT_TOOL_REGION` optional, defaults to `cn-beijing`. - `AGENTKIT_TOOL_SERVICE_CODE` optional, defaults to `agentkit`. - `AGENTKIT_SKILL_HOST` optional, defaults to `open.volcengineapi.com`. The scripts also load `/root/.skills_env` when it exists, so persisted skill-space configuration can be reused in sandbox environments. ## Error Handling - IF a script raises `VOLCENGINE_ACCESS_KEY and VOLCENGINE_SECRET_KEY are not set in environment variables.`, inform the user that credentials are required unless VEFaaS IAM credentials are available. Write the values to the environment variable file in the workspace if the user provides them, make the environment effective, and retry the failed task. - IF a script raises `SKILL_SPACE_ID environment variable is not set`, inform the user that they need to provide `SKILL_SPACE_ID` or pass `--space-id`. Write it to the environment variable file in the workspace if the user provides it, make the environment effective, and retry the failed task.

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