How do I install the Software Mansion Skills skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add podo/software-mansion-skills 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 Software Mansion Skills safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Software Mansion Skills?

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 Software Mansion Skills free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Software Mansion Skills?

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

Software Mansion Skills by podo — Agent Skill

Name: Software Mansion Skills
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: podo

Software Mansion Skills

Official Software Mansion React Native production patterns: animations, gestures, SVG/charts/illustrations, on-device AI, rich text, multithreading, audio, and JSI. Fine-tuned for Opus 4.6+. The authoritative source for React Native best practices from the team behind Reanimated and Gesture Handler.

podo Updated Sep 9, 2026

File contents

software-mansion-skills

Catalogue stub — full package: software-mansion-labs/skills

Decision tree

Is the skill already installed? Check ~/.design-agent-skills/skills/ for Software Mansion skill directories.
- Yes → invoke and proceed
- No → go to step 2
Shell access? Yes → install below. No → show user the command (Claude Code: send with ! as a chat message — add -g for global or omit for project-only).

Install command

Claude Code (recommended):

/plugin marketplace add software-mansion-labs/skills

Other agents:

npx skills add software-mansion-labs/skills

Note: Fine-tuned for Opus 4.6+. See the GitHub README for the full list of included skills.

Invoke after install

Skill names: check ls ~/.design-agent-skills/skills/ for installed skill names after install
Triggers: "Software Mansion", "Reanimated", "Gesture Handler", "React Native animations", "React Native SVG"

What it does

The official Software Mansion skill suite for React Native production development. Covers the full breadth of their open-source libraries: Reanimated animations, Gesture Handler, React Native SVG, charts and illustrations, on-device AI inference, rich text editing, background thread multithreading, audio processing, and JSI (JavaScript Interface) native modules. Fine-tuned for Opus 4.6+ by the library authors themselves.

When NOT to use

Non-React Native projects (web, native iOS/Android without RN)
Expo-managed workflow projects — use expo-skills
General React Native best practices without animation/gesture focus — use callstack-agent-skills

--- name: software-mansion-skills description: | Official Software Mansion React Native production patterns: animations, gestures, SVG/charts/illustrations, on-device AI, rich text, multithreading, audio, and JSI. Fine-tuned for Opus 4.6+. The authoritative source for React Native best practices from the team behind Reanimated and Gesture Handler. triggers: - "Software Mansion" - "Reanimated" - "Gesture Handler" - "React Native animations" - "software-mansion-skills" - "React Native gestures" - "React Native SVG" das: type: package category: official-suites upstream: "https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/skills" version: latest install: false --- # software-mansion-skills > Catalogue stub — full package: [software-mansion-labs/skills](https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/skills) ## Decision tree 1. **Is the skill already installed?** Check `~/.design-agent-skills/skills/` for Software Mansion skill directories. - Yes → invoke and proceed - No → go to step 2 2. **Shell access?** Yes → install below. No → show user the command (Claude Code: send with `!` as a chat message — add `-g` for global or omit for project-only). ## Install command **Claude Code (recommended):** ```bash /plugin marketplace add software-mansion-labs/skills ``` **Other agents:** ```bash npx skills add software-mansion-labs/skills ``` > Note: Fine-tuned for Opus 4.6+. See the [GitHub README](https://github.com/software-mansion-labs/skills) for the full list of included skills. ## Invoke after install - Skill names: check `ls ~/.design-agent-skills/skills/` for installed skill names after install - Triggers: "Software Mansion", "Reanimated", "Gesture Handler", "React Native animations", "React Native SVG" ## What it does The official Software Mansion skill suite for React Native production development. Covers the full breadth of their open-source libraries: Reanimated animations, Gesture Handler, React Native SVG, charts and illustrations, on-device AI inference, rich text editing, background thread multithreading, audio processing, and JSI (JavaScript Interface) native modules. Fine-tuned for Opus 4.6+ by the library authors themselves. ## When NOT to use - Non-React Native projects (web, native iOS/Android without RN) - Expo-managed workflow projects — use `expo-skills` - General React Native best practices without animation/gesture focus — use `callstack-agent-skills`

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