How do I install the Ski skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add renekann/ski 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.

What does the Ski skill do?

Install, update, list, and remove Claude Code skills from GitHub with a single command. Use when managing Claude Code skills — installing from GitHub URLs, keeping skills up to date, or removing skills. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

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

Which AI agents work with Ski?

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.

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

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

Ski by renekann — Agent Skill

Name: Ski
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: renekann

File contents

ski — Claude Code Skill Installer

ski is a CLI tool that manages Claude Code skills from GitHub repositories. It clones repos locally, copies skill folders, tracks their origin in metadata, and can update all installed skills in one command.

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill when a user asks to:

Install a Claude Code skill from a GitHub URL
Update installed skills to their latest version
List, inspect, or remove installed skills
Manage the local skill cache

Commands

# Install a skill (supports blob, tree, and raw GitHub URLs)
ski https://github.com/owner/repo/blob/main/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md

# List all installed skills with their source repo
ski --list

# Show details (source URL, repo, ref, install date) for a skill
ski --info skill-name

# Update all installed skills to latest HEAD
ski -u

# Update a specific skill only
ski -u skill-name

# Remove an installed skill
ski --remove skill-name

# Clear the local git repo cache
ski --purge-cache

Setup

# Homebrew (recommended)
brew tap renekann/skill-installer
brew install skill-installer

# pipx
pipx install skill-installer

Configuration

Create ~/.skill-installer/config to set defaults:

SKILL_INSTALL_DIR=~/.claude/skills
SKILL_CACHE_DIR=~/.skill-installer/repos

Source: https://github.com/renekann/skill-installer

Frequently asked questions

Ski