bzskills

v1.5.7

Published

a month ago

Skills Hub CLI for installing agent skills

bzskills

The Skills Hub CLI for installing and updating agent skills.

This project is based on the source repository vercel-labs/skills.

Supports OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 41 more.

Install a Skill

npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --skill my-skill

Source Formats

# Skills Hub shorthand (owner/repo)
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo

# Install a single Hub skill with shorthand filtering
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo@my-skill

# Use a custom Skills Hub
SKILLS_HUB_URL=https://hub.example.com npx bzskills add alice/repo --skill react-skill

# Non-GitHub git URLs use Hub by default with their source host
npx bzskills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill gitops-app-onboarding

# Force-refresh a Hub package before installing
npx bzskills add alice/repo --force

# Explicit GitHub shorthand (owner/repo)
npx bzskills add github:vercel-labs/agent-skills

# Bypass Hub and install directly from the source
npx bzskills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills --direct

# Full GitHub URL
npx bzskills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills

# Direct path to a skill in a repo
npx bzskills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/web-design-guidelines

# GitLab URL
npx bzskills add https://gitlab.com/org/repo

# Any git URL
npx bzskills add [email protected]:vercel-labs/agent-skills.git

# Local path
npx bzskills add ./my-local-skills

Options

| Option | Description | | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -g, --global | Install to user directory instead of project | | -a, --agent <agents...> | Target specific agents (e.g., claude-code, codex). See Available Agents | | -s, --skill <skills...> | Install specific skills by name (use '*' for all skills) | | -l, --list | List available skills without installing | | -f, --force | Force-refresh Hub-backed package metadata before installing | | -d, --direct | Install directly from the source instead of resolving through Skills Hub | | --debug | Print detailed skill discovery diagnostics when no skills are found | | --copy | Copy files instead of symlinking to agent directories | | -y, --yes | Skip all confirmation prompts | | --all | Install all skills to all agents without prompts |

Examples

# List skills in a repository
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --list

# Install specific skills
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --skill frontend-design --skill skill-creator

# Install a skill with spaces in the name (must be quoted)
npx bzskills add owner/repo --skill "Convex Best Practices"

# Install to specific agents
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo -a claude-code -a opencode

# Non-interactive installation (CI/CD friendly)
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --skill frontend-design -g -a claude-code -y

# Install all skills from a repo to all agents
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --all

# Install all skills to specific agents
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --skill '*' -a claude-code

# Install specific skills to all agents
npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --agent '*' --skill frontend-design

Installation Scope

| Scope | Flag | Location | Use Case | | ----------- | --------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | | Project | (default) | ./<agent>/skills/ | Committed with your project, shared with team | | Global | -g | ~/<agent>/skills/ | Available across all projects |

Installation Methods

When installing interactively, you can choose:

| Method | Description | | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Symlink (Recommended) | Creates symlinks from each agent to a canonical copy. Single source of truth, easy updates. | | Copy | Creates independent copies for each agent. Use when symlinks aren't supported. |

Other Commands

| Command | Description | | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | | npx bzskills list | List installed skills (alias: ls) | | npx bzskills find [query] | Search for skills interactively or by keyword | | npx bzskills remove [skills] | Remove installed skills from agents | | npx bzskills update [skills] | Update installed skills to latest versions | | npx bzskills init [name] | Create a new SKILL.md template |

`bzskills list`

List all installed skills. Similar to npm ls.

# List all installed skills (project and global)
npx bzskills list

# List only global skills
npx bzskills ls -g

# Filter by specific agents
npx bzskills ls -a claude-code -a cursor

`bzskills find`

Search for skills interactively or by keyword.

# Interactive search (fzf-style)
npx bzskills find

# Search by keyword
npx bzskills find typescript

`bzskills update`

# Update all skills (interactive scope prompt)
npx bzskills update

# Update a single skill by name
npx bzskills update my-skill

# Update multiple specific skills
npx bzskills update frontend-design web-design-guidelines

# Update only global or project skills
npx bzskills update -g
npx bzskills update -p

# Non-interactive (auto-detects scope: project if in a project, else global)
npx bzskills update -y

| Option | Description | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -g, --global | Only update global skills | | -p, --project | Only update project skills | | -y, --yes | Skip scope prompt (auto-detect: project if in a project dir, else global) | | [skills...] | Update specific skills by name instead of all |

`bzskills init`

# Create SKILL.md in current directory
npx bzskills init

# Create a new skill in a subdirectory
npx bzskills init my-skill

`bzskills remove`

Remove installed skills from agents.

# Remove interactively (select from installed skills)
npx bzskills remove

# Remove specific skill by name
npx bzskills remove web-design-guidelines

# Remove multiple skills
npx bzskills remove frontend-design web-design-guidelines

# Remove from global scope
npx bzskills remove --global web-design-guidelines

# Remove from specific agents only
npx bzskills remove --agent claude-code cursor my-skill

# Remove all installed skills without confirmation
npx bzskills remove --all

# Remove all skills from a specific agent
npx bzskills remove --skill '*' -a cursor

# Remove a specific skill from all agents
npx bzskills remove my-skill --agent '*'

# Use 'rm' alias
npx bzskills rm my-skill

| Option | Description | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | | -g, --global | Remove from global scope (~/) instead of project | | -a, --agent | Remove from specific agents (use '*' for all) | | -s, --skill | Specify skills to remove (use '*' for all) | | -y, --yes | Skip confirmation prompts | | --all | Shorthand for --skill '*' --agent '*' -y |

What are Agent Skills?

Agent skills are reusable instruction sets that extend your coding agent's capabilities. They're defined in SKILL.md files with YAML frontmatter containing a name and description.

Skills let agents perform specialized tasks like:

Generating release notes from git history
Creating PRs following your team's conventions
Integrating with external tools (Linear, Notion, etc.)

Discover skills through your configured Skills Hub.

Supported Agents

Skills can be installed to any of these agents:

| Agent | --agent | ------------------------------------- | -------------------- | Amp, Kimi Code CLI, Replit, Universal | amp, | Antigravity | antigravity | Augment | augment | IBM Bob | bob | Claude Code | claude-code | OpenClaw | openclaw | Cline, Warp | cline, | CodeBuddy | codebuddy | Codex | codex | Command Code | command-code | Continue | continue | Cortex Code | cortex | Crush | crush | Cursor | cursor | Deep Agents | deepagents | Droid | droid | Firebender | firebender | Gemini CLI | gemini-cli | GitHub Copilot | github-copilot | Goose | goose | Junie | junie | iFlow CLI | iflow-cli | Kilo Code | kilo | Kiro CLI | kiro-cli | Kode | kode | MCPJam | mcpjam | Mistral Vibe | mistral-vibe | Mux | mux | OpenCode | opencode | OpenHands | openhands | Pi | pi | Qoder | qoder | Qwen Code | qwen-code | Roo Code | roo | Trae | trae | Trae CN | trae-cn | Windsurf | windsurf | Zencoder | zencoder | Neovate | neovate | Pochi | pochi | AdaL | adal | Project Path | Global Path | -------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------- | kimi-cli, replit, universal | .agents/skills/ | ~/.config/agents/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/ | | .augment/skills/ | ~/.augment/skills/ | | .bob/skills/ | ~/.bob/skills/ | | .claude/skills/ | ~/.claude/skills/ | | skills/ | ~/.openclaw/skills/ | warp | .agents/skills/ | ~/.agents/skills/ | | .codebuddy/skills/ | ~/.codebuddy/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.codex/skills/ | | .commandcode/skills/ | ~/.commandcode/skills/ | | .continue/skills/ | ~/.continue/skills/ | | .cortex/skills/ | ~/.snowflake/cortex/skills/ | | .crush/skills/ | ~/.config/crush/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.cursor/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.deepagents/agent/skills/ | | .factory/skills/ | ~/.factory/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.firebender/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.gemini/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.copilot/skills/ | | .goose/skills/ | ~/.config/goose/skills/ | | .junie/skills/ | ~/.junie/skills/ | | .iflow/skills/ | ~/.iflow/skills/ | | .kilocode/skills/ | ~/.kilocode/skills/ | | .kiro/skills/ | ~/.kiro/skills/ | | .kode/skills/ | ~/.kode/skills/ | | .mcpjam/skills/ | ~/.mcpjam/skills/ | | .vibe/skills/ | ~/.vibe/skills/ | | .mux/skills/ | ~/.mux/skills/ | | .agents/skills/ | ~/.config/opencode/skills/ | | .openhands/skills/ | ~/.openhands/skills/ | | .pi/skills/ | ~/.pi/agent/skills/ | | .qoder/skills/ | ~/.qoder/skills/ | | .qwen/skills/ | ~/.qwen/skills/ | | .roo/skills/ | ~/.roo/skills/ | | .trae/skills/ | ~/.trae/skills/ | | .trae/skills/ | ~/.trae-cn/skills/ | | .windsurf/skills/ | ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills/ | | .zencoder/skills/ | ~/.zencoder/skills/ | | .neovate/skills/ | ~/.neovate/skills/ | | .pochi/skills/ | ~/.pochi/skills/ | | .adal/skills/ | ~/.adal/skills/ |

[!NOTE] Kiro CLI users: After installing skills, manually add them to your custom agent's resources in .kiro/agents/<agent>.json:
{
  "resources": ["skill://.kiro/skills/**/SKILL.md"]
}

The CLI automatically detects which coding agents you have installed. If none are detected, you'll be prompted to select which agents to install to.

Creating Skills

Skills are directories containing a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: my-skill
description: What this skill does and when to use it
---

# My Skill

Instructions for the agent to follow when this skill is activated.

## When to Use

Describe the scenarios where this skill should be used.

## Steps

1. First, do this
2. Then, do that

Required Fields

name: Unique identifier (lowercase, hyphens allowed)
description: Brief explanation of what the skill does

Optional Fields

metadata.internal: Set to true to hide the skill from normal discovery. Internal skills are only visible and installable when INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS=1 is set. Useful for work-in-progress skills or skills meant only for internal tooling.

---
name: my-internal-skill
description: An internal skill not shown by default
metadata:
  internal: true
---

Skill Discovery

The CLI searches for skills in these locations within a repository:

Root directory (if it contains SKILL.md)
skills/
skills/.curated/
skills/.experimental/
skills/.system/
.agents/skills/
.augment/skills/
.bob/skills/
.claude/skills/
./skills/
.codebuddy/skills/
.commandcode/skills/
.continue/skills/
.cortex/skills/
.crush/skills/
.factory/skills/
.goose/skills/
.junie/skills/
.iflow/skills/
.kilocode/skills/
.kiro/skills/
.kode/skills/
.mcpjam/skills/
.vibe/skills/
.mux/skills/
.openhands/skills/
.pi/skills/
.qoder/skills/
.qwen/skills/
.roo/skills/
.trae/skills/
.windsurf/skills/
.zencoder/skills/
.neovate/skills/
.pochi/skills/
.adal/skills/

Plugin Manifest Discovery

If .claude-plugin/marketplace.json or .claude-plugin/plugin.json exists, skills declared in those files are also discovered:

// .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
{
  "metadata": { "pluginRoot": "./plugins" },
  "plugins": [
    {
      "name": "my-plugin",
      "source": "my-plugin",
      "skills": ["./skills/review", "./skills/test"]
    }
  ]
}

This enables compatibility with the Claude Code plugin marketplace ecosystem.

If no skills are found in standard locations, a recursive search is performed.

Compatibility

Skills are generally compatible across agents since they follow a shared Agent Skills specification. However, some features may be agent-specific:

| Feature | OpenCode | OpenHands | Claude Code | Cline | CodeBuddy | Codex | Command Code | Kiro CLI | Cursor | Antigravity | Roo Code | Github Copilot | Amp | OpenClaw | Neovate | Pi | Qoder | Zencoder | | --------------- | -------- | --------- | ----------- | ----- | --------- | ----- | ------------ | -------- | ------ | ----------- | -------- | -------------- | --- | -------- | ------- | --- | ----- | -------- | | Basic skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | allowed-tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | context: fork | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | | Hooks | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |

Troubleshooting

"No skills found"

Ensure the repository contains valid SKILL.md files with both name and description in the frontmatter.

Run with --debug to print detailed discovery diagnostics:

npx bzskills add owner/repo --debug
npx bzskills add ./my-local-skills --debug

Debug output can show whether SKILL.md files were missing, invalid, hidden as internal skills, or filtered by the requested path/source.

Skill not loading in agent

Verify the skill was installed to the correct path
Check the agent's documentation for skill loading requirements
Ensure the SKILL.md frontmatter is valid YAML

Permission errors

Ensure you have write access to the target directory.

Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | SKILLS_HUB_URL | Override the default Skills Hub used for bare owner/repo sources | | SKILLS_API_URL | Override the Hub search API used by bzskills find | | INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS | Set to 1 or true to show and install skills marked as internal: true | | DISABLE_TELEMETRY | Set to disable anonymous usage telemetry | | DO_NOT_TRACK | Alternative way to disable telemetry |

# Install internal skills
INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS=1 npx bzskills add baizhicloud/foo --list

# Use a non-default Hub
SKILLS_HUB_URL=https://hub.example.com npx bzskills add alice/repo@react-skill

Install Reports

Legacy anonymous telemetry and audit lookups are disabled. When SKILLS_HUB_URL points to a non-default Hub, successful Hub installs report anonymized install metadata back to that Hub's /openapi/install-reports endpoint so the Hub can cache and rank installed skills.

License

MIT

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Readme

bzskills

Install a Skill

Source Formats

Options

Examples

Installation Scope

Installation Methods

Other Commands

bzskills list

bzskills find

bzskills update

bzskills init

bzskills remove

What are Agent Skills?

Supported Agents

Creating Skills

Required Fields

Optional Fields

Skill Discovery

Plugin Manifest Discovery

Compatibility

Troubleshooting

"No skills found"

Skill not loading in agent

Permission errors

Environment Variables

Install Reports

Related Links

License

`bzskills list`

`bzskills find`

`bzskills update`

`bzskills init`

`bzskills remove`