Easyskillz Setup

easyskillz-setup

Set up easyskillz after cloning a repository or on a new machine.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• You just cloned a repository that uses easyskillz
• You're on a new machine and need to wire skills to your AI tools
• Skills aren't showing up in your AI tools
• You see a message like "Run easyskillz sync after cloning"
• You want to initialize easyskillz in a project

What This Skill Does

Runs easyskillz sync which:

1. Detects which AI tools you have installed (Claude, Cursor, Codex, etc.)
2. Reads the project's easyskillz configuration
3. Creates symlinks from tool directories to .easyskillz/skills/
4. Wires all existing skills to your tools
5. Optionally manages instruction files (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, etc.)
6. Optionally configures .gitignore

Instructions

Step 1: Run sync

easyskillz sync

Step 2: Answer prompts (first time only)

If this is your first time running sync in this repo, you'll be asked:

1. Instruction file management? [Y/n]

   • Y = Centralize instruction files in .easyskillz/docs/
   • n = Leave instruction files as-is

2. Strategy? [1/2] (if you chose Y)

   • 1 = Unified (one INSTRUCTION.md for all tools)
   • 2 = Tool-specific (separate files per tool)

3. Gitignore strategy? [1/2/3]

   • 1 = Full (gitignore all tool files) ← Recommended
   • 2 = Conflict-only (gitignore config files only)
   • 3 = None (manual management)

Step 3: Verify

After sync completes, verify skills are wired:

• Check .claude/skills/ (if using Claude)
• Check .cursor/skills/ (if using Cursor)
• Skills should appear in your AI tool's skill list

Expected Output

Scanning for AI tools...
  ✓ Claude Code      (.claude/skills)
  ✓ Cursor           (.cursor/skills)
  
Reading config (.easyskillz/easyskillz.json)...
  Registered: claude, cursor
  Strategy:   symlink

Testing symlink support...
  ✓ symlinks work

Plan:
  [ wire ]      .claude/skills/review-pr  →  .easyskillz/skills/review-pr
  [ wire ]      .cursor/skills/review-pr  →  .easyskillz/skills/review-pr

Proceed? [Y/n] Y

  ✓ Wired review-pr → Claude Code
  ✓ Wired review-pr → Cursor

Done. 2 tool(s) wired via symlink.

Troubleshooting

Skills not showing up?

• Make sure you're in the project root directory
• Check that .easyskillz/skills/ exists and has skill folders
• Try running easyskillz sync again

Symlinks not working?

• On Windows, you may need to run as administrator
• easyskillz will fall back to stub files automatically

No tools detected?

• Make sure you have at least one AI tool installed
• Check that the tool has created its config file (e.g., .claude/settings.json)

Related Skills

• easyskillz-add - Create a new skill
• easyskillz-register - Add a new AI tool to the project
• easyskillz-reference - Full easyskillz documentation