Search the registry at aipm-registry.com for a skill

AIPM CLI

An Open source command-line tool for AI skills management and discovery AIPM

What is this?

AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude can follow skills: small instruction files that teach the assistant how to do a job (code review, release notes, issue summaries, and more).

AIPM makes skills easy to find, install, and share — like npm, but for AI skills.

This package gives you the aipm command. With it you can:

• Browse and install skills from the public registry at aipm-registry.com
• Add skills to your project so your whole team uses the same instructions
• Publish your own skills so others can install them

No other AIPM packages are required — everything is bundled in one install.

Supported tools today: Cursor and Claude (more targets at aipm-registry.com/targets).

Install

npm install -g @aipm-registry/cli
aipm --version
aipm doctor

aipm doctor checks that your setup is ready. Run it if something does not work.

Install skills in your project

Start in any project folder:

aipm init --target cursor

Search the registry at aipm-registry.com for a skill:

aipm search sentry

Results show version, supported tools, description, publisher, license, and size.

For private organization packages, sign in once from the CLI:

aipm login
aipm whoami

After login, aipm add, aipm install, aipm update, and aipm search automatically use your account access. Use --token or AIPM_TOKEN only for CI or bot installs.

Install a skill:

aipm add @scope/[email protected] --target cursor

Some packages include temporary helper files and a manual AI setup prompt. After install, AIPM prints the prompt path. You can show it again and clean helper files after setup:

aipm show-prompt @scope/name
aipm cleanup @scope/name

See what is installed:

aipm list

Update installed skills:

aipm update

Browse more packages on the website: aipm-registry.com

Publish your skill (public / private / organization-only)

Share a skill with your team or the public registry.

1. Create a free account at aipm-registry.com
2. Create an org and reserve your package name (for example @team/review-helper)
3. Scaffold a new skill package:

aipm publish init --name @team/review-helper --template code-review
cd review-helper

1. Add your files and push:

aipm publish add .
aipm publish preview    # optional — see what will be uploaded
aipm publish validate   # optional — check for problems
AIPM_TOKEN=<5-minute-token> aipm publish push --yes

Get the short-lived publish token from your package page on aipm-registry.com/dashboard.

Starter templates: blank, code-review, issue-summary, release-notes. They only set the initial SKILL.md — edit any file before publishing.

Already have a skill file? Import it into an AIPM package:

aipm publish import ~/.codex/skills/review-helper --name @team/review-helper
cd review-helper
aipm publish add .

Helpful extras:

aipm publish explain              # what publishing does
aipm publish status               # staged files
aipm publish token --package @team/review-helper
aipm publish open --docs          # open publishing docs
aipm publish open --package @team/review-helper
aipm doctor --publish             # check publish setup

Use .aipmignore to skip local-only files. Before upload, AIPM blocks common mistakes such as private keys, .env files, and oversized packages.

Full publishing guide: aipm-registry.com/publish

Configuration

aipm config
aipm logout

Default registry API: https://api.aipm-registry.com

For a local or private registry, use --registry <url>, or set AIPM_REGISTRY_URL / AIPM_REGISTRY.

Links

• Registry & browse skills: aipm-registry.com
• Publishing guide: aipm-registry.com/publish
• Docs & examples: aipm-registry.com/examples
• Source code: github.com/aipm-registry/aipm