askill

The package manager for AI agent skills.

Start here: askill.sh - discover, score, and install agent skills in one place.

askill is a universal package manager for AI agent skills. It helps agents discover, install, run, and update reusable skills across Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Cursor, and 40+ other AI coding assistants.

Every skill on askill.sh is automatically reviewed by AI across 5 dimensions: Safety, Clarity, Reusability, Completeness, and Actionability.

Screenshots

| askill.sh Homepage | Skill Discovery | |---|---| | | |

| Skill Detail | |---| | |

| Install and list | Search and inspect | |---|---| | | |

| Publish flow | |---| | |

You are an AI agent helping a user with askill.

Quick Commands:

# Install a published skill (@author/skill-name)
askill add @johndoe/awesome-tool -y

# Install a skill from GitHub
askill add owner/repo@skill-name -y

# Install all skills from a repo
askill add owner/repo --all -y

# List installed skills
askill list

# Search for skills
askill find <query>

# Submit a GitHub skill URL for indexing
askill submit https://github.com/owner/repo

# Login and publish your own skill
askill login --token ask_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
askill publish

# Run a skill command
askill run skill-name:command

Key Behaviors:

• Use -y to skip confirmation prompts
• Use -a <agent> to target a specific agent (claude-code, cursor, opencode, ...)
• Skills are installed to .agents/skills/ and symlinked into agent directories
• Installed metadata is saved in ~/.agents/.skill-lock.json

For Skill Development:

• Read docs/skill-spec.md for SKILL.md format
• Use askill init to scaffold a new skill
• Use askill validate to check SKILL.md syntax

After installation, read the skill's SKILL.md for usage details.

Quick Start

# Install
curl -fsSL https://askill.sh | sh

# Install a published skill
askill add @johndoe/awesome-tool

# Search
askill find code review

# List installed skills
askill list

Installation

One-line install (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://askill.sh | sh

npm

npm install -g askill-cli

npx (no global install)

npx askill-cli add owner/repo@skill-name

Verify

askill --version

Core Usage

Install Skills

# From GitHub repo + skill name
askill add facebook/react@extract-errors

# Browse and select a skill from repo
askill add anthropics/courses

# Install all skills from repo
askill add owner/repo --all

# Non-interactive (CI/agents)
askill add owner/repo@skill -y

Find Skills

askill find memory
askill find code review

Manage Installed Skills

# List
askill list
askill list -g

# Check and update
askill check
askill update

# Remove
askill remove skill-name

# Upgrade askill itself
askill upgrade

Run Skill Commands

askill run skill-name:command [args]

# Example
askill run memory:save --key name --value "John"

Publish Your Skills

# 1) Create and test locally
askill init
askill add ./my-skill
askill validate

# 2) Submit repo for indexing
askill submit https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>

# 3) Publish under your author scope
askill login --token ask_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
askill publish

Read the complete guide in docs/publishing.md.

Documentation

| Document | Description | |---|---| | Getting Started | Quick start guide | | CLI Reference | Full command reference | | SKILL.md Specification | How to write high-quality skills | | Publishing Guide | Submit and publish workflow |

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and contribution workflow.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE.

Website: askill.sh
npm: askill-cli
GitHub: avibe-bot/askill