Skill Installer

Skill Installer

Use this skill for listing and installing skills from trusted sources.

When to use

• List available installable skills.
• Install from curated catalog or explicit GitHub repo/path.
• Verify install destination and runtime visibility.

Do not use

• Skill creation or refactor design work: route to [[skill-creator]].
• Release-hardening/eval work: route to [[skill-builder]].

Core Philosophy

• Verify source and destination before writing anything.
• Prefer explicit user intent over inferred replacement behavior.
• Preserve required operational context in references/ with clear signposts.

Core workflow

1. Classify request: list or install.
2. Resolve source and destination with explicit user intent.
3. Run minimal installer helper command.
4. Verify resulting filesystem state.
5. Report exact paths and restart requirement.

Required output contract

Provide:

• schema_version
• mode
• source
• destination
• validation_evidence
• restart_required

Progressive disclosure policy

Apply the context-disposition policy: move important still-valid context to references, and intentionally discard stale, duplicated, unsafe, superseded, or low-signal text.

Read when:

• handling source and install safety caveats: install flows
• handling failures: troubleshooting
• verifying policy boundaries: contract

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

• Overwriting existing installs without explicit confirmation.
• Treating untrusted URLs or paths as safe inputs.
• Reporting success without filesystem verification evidence.

Constraints

• Do not overwrite existing installs without explicit confirmation.
• Treat URLs and paths as untrusted input.
• Redact tokens, credentials, and secret values.