gaia-skills

v1.2.0

Published

12 days ago

Gaia internal skills CLI for AI agents

gaia-skills

The CLI for Gaia internal skills ecosystem - manage and install skills for AI coding agents.

Supports Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, and 35 more.

Install a Skill

Install from Gaia Internal Repository

# Install by skill name (simple and direct)
npx gaia-skills add data-processor
npx gaia-skills add gaia-jira-issue-analysis

Install from GitHub (Preserved Functionality)

npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

Source Formats

# Gaia internal skill (simple name)
npx gaia-skills add data-processor
npx gaia-skills add my-skill-v2

# GitHub shorthand (owner/repo)
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

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

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

# GitLab URL
npx gaia-skills add https://gitlab.com/org/repo

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

# Local path
npx gaia-skills 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 | | -y, --yes | Skip all confirmation prompts | | --all | Install all skills to all agents without prompts |

Examples

# Install a Gaia internal skill
npx gaia-skills add data-processor

# List skills in a repository
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --list

# Install specific skills
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill frontend-design --skill skill-creator

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

# Install to specific agents
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills -a claude-code -a opencode

# Non-interactive installation (CI/CD friendly)
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill frontend-design -g -a claude-code -y

# Install all skills from a repo to all agents
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --all

# Install all skills to specific agents
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill '*' -a claude-code

# Install specific skills to all agents
npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --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 gaia-skills list | List installed skills (alias: ls) | | npx gaia-skills find [query] | Search for Gaia internal skills | | npx gaia-skills remove [skills] | Remove installed skills from agents | | npx gaia-skills check | Check for available skill updates | | npx gaia-skills update | Update all installed skills to latest versions | | npx gaia-skills init [name] | Create a new SKILL.md template |

`gaia-skills list`

List all installed skills. Similar to npm ls.

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

# List only global skills
npx gaia-skills ls -g

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

`gaia-skills find`

Search for Gaia internal skills interactively or by keyword.

# Interactive search (fzf-style)
npx gaia-skills find

# Search by keyword
npx gaia-skills find "数据处理"
npx gaia-skills find jira

`gaia-skills check` / `gaia-skills update`

# Check if any installed skills have updates
npx gaia-skills check

# Update all skills to latest versions
npx gaia-skills update

`gaia-skills init`

# Create SKILL.md in current directory
npx gaia-skills init

# Create a new skill in a subdirectory
npx gaia-skills init my-skill

`gaia-skills remove`

Remove installed skills from agents.

# Remove interactively (select from installed skills)
npx gaia-skills remove

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

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

# Remove from global scope
npx gaia-skills remove --global web-design-guidelines

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

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

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

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

# Use 'rm' alias
npx gaia-skills 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, Jira, etc.)
Analyzing Jira issues with context-aware workflows
Processing and transforming various data formats

Gaia Internal Skills

Gaia Skills CLI provides seamless access to your company's internal skills repository:

Simple Installation: Just use the skill name, no need for URLs or paths
Multi-File Support: Skills can include dependencies like MCP server configurations
Auto-Discovery: Search and install skills with simple keywords
MCP Integration: Skills can automatically configure required MCP services

Supported Agents

Skills can be installed to any of these agents:

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

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 | | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | GAIA_API_URL | Gaia API base URL (default: https://skills.gaiaworks.cn) | | 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 |

# Configure custom Gaia API URL
GAIA_API_URL=https://custom-api.example.com npx gaia-skills find "数据"

# Install internal skills
INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS=1 npx gaia-skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --list

Telemetry

This CLI collects anonymous usage data to help improve the tool. No personal information is collected.

Telemetry is automatically disabled in CI environments.

License

MIT

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Vulnerabilities

Links

Maintainers

Keywords

Readme

gaia-skills

Install a Skill

Install from Gaia Internal Repository

Install from GitHub (Preserved Functionality)

Source Formats

Options

Examples

Installation Scope

Installation Methods

Other Commands

gaia-skills list

gaia-skills find

gaia-skills check / gaia-skills update

gaia-skills init

gaia-skills remove

What are Agent Skills?

Gaia Internal 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

Telemetry

Related Links

License

`gaia-skills list`

`gaia-skills find`

`gaia-skills check` / `gaia-skills update`

`gaia-skills init`

`gaia-skills remove`