# Better Skills

> Index and route better-skills vault operations from the CLI. Trigger when users ask to manage better-skills or a skill vault (create, edit, delete, remove, search, import, clone, link, sync, backup, onboard, enable/disable vaults, inspect available vaults, move a skill across vaults). Do not use when asked to use a skill.

- Skill: `leonardotrapani/better-skills` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 10 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add leonardotrapani/better-skills`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/leonardotrapani/better-skills/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: LeonardoTrapani (https://skillmd.com/u/leonardotrapani)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/leonardotrapani/better-skills

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# better-skills

## Flows

| Trigger                                                                                                                          | Flow                                              |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| GitHub URL, skills.sh link, npm URL, blog post, any external source, or pasted external install command meant for a vault import | [[resource:new:references/import-skill.md]]       |
| User wants to create/write a new skill from scratch                                                                              | [[resource:new:references/create-skill.md]]       |
| User wants to update/edit an existing vault skill                                                                                | [[resource:new:references/edit-skill.md]]         |
| Asked to onboard, Existing local skill folders not yet in the vault                                                              | [[resource:new:references/onboard-skills.md]]     |
| User wants to delete/remove a skill                                                                                              | [[resource:new:references/delete-skill.md]]       |
| "What skills do I have?", find related skills, linking requests                                                                  | [[resource:new:references/search-and-propose.md]] |
| Anything not included above                                                                                                      | [[resource:new:references/commands.md]]           |

## Shared references

- Authoring guidelines → [[resource:new:references/authoring.md]]
- Mention linking → [[resource:new:references/linking.md]]
- CLI command reference (load only when stuck with CLI syntax) → [[resource:new:references/commands.md]]

## Rules

1. Every resource file must have a `\[[resource:new:<path>]]` mention — either
   in SKILL.md or in another resource. Never run create/update until validate exits clean.
2. Never use bare markdown links for internal resource references.
3. Always read authoring guidelines before creating or editing a skill.
4. If the user wants something added to a better-skills vault and pastes a third-party install command (`npx skills add ...`, `skills add ...`, etc.), treat that command as source context only. Do not execute it; route to [[resource:new:references/import-skill.md]] and use the better-skills import workflow.
5. Only run third-party install CLIs when the user explicitly asks for local agent installation instead of vault management.