aispm

AI Skills Package Manager — install AI skill packages from the terminal.

Like npm, but for AI skills. One command to install verified, community-built skills for Claude, GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Kiro, and more.

Quick Start

npx aispm add readme-writer

That's it. The skill is fetched from the registry and placed in the correct folder for its AI model.

Install globally

npm install -g aispm

Commands

| Command | Description | | --- | --- | | aispm add <name> | Install a skill | | aispm remove <name> | Remove a skill | | aispm list | List installed skills | | aispm search [query] | Search the registry | | aispm info <name> | Show skill details | | aispm update [name] | Update installed skill(s) |

Examples

# Install a Claude skill
aispm add code-reviewer

# Search for testing skills
aispm search testing

# Search for Claude-specific skills
aispm search --model claude

# Show details
aispm info readme-writer

# Update all installed skills
aispm update

# Remove a skill
aispm remove code-reviewer

Where skills go

Skills are installed to the correct directory based on which AI model they target:

| Model | Install path | | --- | --- | | Claude | .claude/commands/<name>.md | | GitHub Copilot | .github/instructions/<name>.instructions.md | | Amazon Q | .amazonq/rules/<name>.md | | Kiro | .kiro/rules/<name>.md | | Others | .aispm/skills/<name>.md |

Manifest

Installed skills are tracked in aispm.json at your project root:

{
  "skills": {
    "readme-writer": {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "model": "claude",
      "path": ".claude/commands/readme-writer.md",
      "installedAt": "2026-04-05T12:00:00.000Z"
    }
  }
}

Custom registry

Point to a different registry with the AISPM_REGISTRY environment variable:

AISPM_REGISTRY=http://localhost:3001 aispm search

License

MIT