skill4agent CLI

🚀 The easiest way to install and manage Agent Skills for AI coding assistants

By skill4agent.com - A command-line tool for installing Agent Skills.

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🌟 Why skill4agent?

• 🎯 Curated Skills: Access a vast collection of high-quality skills from skill4agent.com
• 🌐 Bilingual Support: Every skill includes both English and Chinese translations, breaking language barriers
• ✅ Quality Assurance: Automated script detection ensures all skills are safe and reliable
• 🏷️ Smart Categorization: Fine-grained categories and tags help you quickly find the right skill
• 🤖 AI-Optimized: Tags are embedded in SKILL.md, enabling AI Agents to match your needs more accurately
• ⚡ One-Command Install: Install any skill to multiple IDEs with a single command
• 🔧 Multi-IDE Support: Works with Trae, Cursor, Claude, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and more
• 🌍 Global & Project Installation: Install globally or per-project
• 📦 Smart Management: List and uninstall skills easily

Installation

# Using npx (recommended - no installation required)
npx skill4agent <command>

# Or install globally
npm install -g @skill4agent/cli

💡 Find available skills at skill4agent.com

• <source>: The source repository (e.g., anthropics/skills)
• <skill>: The skill name (e.g., frontend-design)

# Interactive installation (recommended for beginners)
npx skill4agent add <source> <skill>

# Non-interactive installation (for scripts and AI automation)
npx skill4agent install <source> <skill> [options]

# List installed skills
npx skill4agent list

# Uninstall a skill
npx skill4agent uninstall <skill>

Commands

add - Interactive Installation

Interactive installation with prompts for configuration options.

npx skill4agent add <source> <skill>

install - Non-interactive Installation

For scripts and AI automation with explicit options.

npx skill4agent install <source> <skill> [options]

| Option | Description | Default | |--------|-------------|---------| | --type | original or translated | original | | --global | Install globally (available to all projects) | project dir | | --dirs | Installation directories (comma-separated): .trae,.cursor | .agents only | | --method | symlink or copy | symlink |

list - List Installed Skills

Display all installed skills with their installation details.

npx skill4agent list

Output columns:

• Name: Skill name
• Source: Repository source (e.g., anthropics/skills)
• Scope: Installation scope (Global, Project, or Global,Project)
• Installed: Installation date

uninstall - Uninstall a Skill

Remove an installed skill.

# Uninstall from all scopes (global and all projects)
npx skill4agent uninstall <skill>

# Uninstall from global only
npx skill4agent uninstall <skill> --global

# Uninstall from all projects only (non-global installations)
npx skill4agent uninstall <skill> --project

Examples

Installation Examples

# Minimal: install with all defaults
npx skill4agent install anthropics/skills frontend-design

# Install to specific directories (comma-separated)
npx skill4agent install anthropics/skills frontend-design --dirs ".trae,.cursor"

# Global installation (available to all projects)
npx skill4agent install anthropics/skills frontend-design --global

# Full options
npx skill4agent install anthropics/skills frontend-design \
  --type original \
  --global \
  --dirs ".trae,.cursor" \
  --method symlink

List Example

$ npx skill4agent list

📦 Installed Skills (3 skills, 5 installs)
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Name                      Source                    Scope           Installed
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
frontend-design           anthropics/skills         Global,Project  2026/02/08
agent-tools               inferencesh/skills        Global          2026/02/07
web-search                custom/skills             Project         2026/02/06
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Total: 3 skills (5 installs)

Uninstall Examples

# Uninstall completely (all scopes)
npx skill4agent uninstall frontend-design

# Uninstall from global only
npx skill4agent uninstall frontend-design --global

# Uninstall from all projects only
npx skill4agent uninstall frontend-design --project

🔗 Useful Links

• 🌐 Website: skill4agent.com - Discover and browse all available skills
• 📦 npm Package: npmjs.com/package/@skill4agent/cli
• 💻 GitHub Repository: github.com/osulivan/skill4agent-cli