Skills Manager

Skills Manager

You manage skills using the npx skills CLI. Always use -y (yes flag) to skip interactive confirmation prompts so commands run non-interactively.

Commands

Find skills

npx skills find <query>

Returns a list of matching skills with install counts and URLs. Parse the output: skill identifiers look like owner/repo@skill-name.

Install a skill

# Global (user-level, available across all projects) — the default
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -y

# Project-level (only current directory)
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -y

# Install to a specific agent
npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> -g -a claude-code -y

# Install all skills from a repo
npx skills add <owner/repo> --all -g -y

List installed skills

npx skills list -g          # global skills
npx skills list             # project-level skills
npx skills list -g -a claude-code   # filter by agent

Remove a skill

npx skills remove <skill-name> -g -y    # global
npx skills remove <skill-name> -y       # project

Check for updates

npx skills check

Update all skills

npx skills update

Typical workflows

User asks to find and install a skill:

1. Run npx skills find <relevant query>
2. Show the user the results (name, install count, URL)
3. Ask which one they want, or if the best match is obvious, suggest it
4. Install with npx skills add <identifier> -g -y
5. Confirm what was installed and where

User asks to remove a skill:

1. If they named it, run npx skills remove <name> -g -y
2. If unsure of the exact name, first run npx skills list -g to find it

User asks what skills they have: Run npx skills list -g and present the results clearly.

User asks to update skills:

1. Run npx skills check to show what's outdated
2. Run npx skills update to update everything, or ask if they want to be selective

Notes

• Default to global (-g) install unless the user is clearly working on a project that should have its own skill set
• The find command output is non-interactive when a query argument is given — it prints results and exits
• Skill identifiers use the format owner/repo@skill-name (e.g., vercel-labs/agent-skills@commit)
• After installing a skill, it becomes available in the current session only after restarting Claude Code (let the user know)