load-skill

CLI tool to discover, search, and install AI coding skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, and more.

load-skill aggregates skills from multiple sources into a single searchable registry, letting you install any skill with one command. No more cloning repos or manually copying files.

Quick Start

# Install a skill instantly (no install needed)
npx load-skill install react-expert

# Or install globally
npm install -g load-skill
load-skill install playwright-expert

Features

• 1,176 skills from official and community sources, pre-indexed and ready to install
• Multi-tool support — install skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Gemini CLI
• Fast search — find skills by name, description, or tags
• Auto-scraper — update the registry from GitHub sources with load-skill update
• Programmatic API — use as a library in your own tools

Commands

Install a skill

load-skill install <name>              # Install for Claude Code (default)
load-skill install <name> --tool cursor  # Install for Cursor
load-skill install <name> --global       # Install globally (~/.claude/skills/)
load-skill install <name> -o ./my-path   # Custom output path
load-skill <name>                        # Shorthand for install

Search & browse

load-skill list                    # List all skills
load-skill list --source anthropics  # Filter by source
load-skill list --tag testing        # Filter by tag
load-skill list --tool cursor        # Filter by compatible tool

load-skill search react              # Search by keyword
load-skill search "api design" --tag backend

load-skill info react-expert         # Detailed info about a skill
load-skill tags                      # Show all tags with counts
load-skill sources                   # Show all skill sources

Update registry

load-skill update                    # Fetch latest skills from GitHub
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx load-skill update  # Use token for higher rate limits

JSON output

load-skill list --json               # Machine-readable output
load-skill search react --json
load-skill info react-expert --json

Supported Tools

| Tool | Install Location (local) | Install Location (global) | |------|-------------------------|--------------------------| | Claude Code | .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md | ~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md | | Cursor | .cursor/rules/<name>.md | ~/.cursor/rules/<name>.md | | Codex | .codex/skills/<name>/SKILL.md | ~/.codex/skills/<name>/SKILL.md | | Gemini CLI | .gemini/skills/<name>/SKILL.md | ~/.gemini/skills/<name>/SKILL.md |

Skill Sources

| Source | Repository | Type | Skills | |--------|-----------|------|--------| | Antigravity | sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills | Community | 972 | | Jeff Allan | jeffallan/claude-skills | Community | 66 | | Softaworks | softaworks/agent-toolkit | Community | 42 | | Hoodini | hoodini/ai-agents-skills | Community | 24 | | Anthropic | anthropics/skills | Official | 17 | | Public API | Yuyz0112/public-api-skills | Community | 12 | | Useful Skills | fix2015/useful-skills | Community | 8 | | Microsoft | microsoft/skills | Official | 7 | | Composio | ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills | Curated | 6 | | Design System | dylantarre/design-system-skills | Community | 6 | | Callstack | callstackincubator/agent-skills | Community | 4 |

Programmatic API

const { findSkill, searchSkills, installSkill } = require('load-skill');

// Search
const results = searchSkills('react', { tag: 'frontend' });

// Get skill info
const skill = findSkill('react-expert');

// Install programmatically
await installSkill(skill, { tool: 'claude-code', global: true });

Rebuild the Registry

The scraper fetches skill metadata from all configured GitHub sources:

npm run scrape                          # Rebuild from GitHub
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx npm run scrape     # With auth for higher rate limits

Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Add skills to data/skills-registry.json or add a new source in src/scraper/index.js
3. Submit a PR

Adding a new skill source

Add an entry to the SOURCES array in src/scraper/index.js:

{
  id: 'your-source',
  repo: 'owner/repo',
  path: 'skills',
  type: 'community',
  url: 'https://github.com/owner/repo',
  compatible: ['claude-code', 'cursor'],
}

Related Tools

| Package | Description | Install | |---------|-------------|---------| | load-rules | AI coding rules for Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code | npx load-rules | | load-agents | AI agent definitions for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot | npx load-agents | | load-hooks | Hooks for Claude Code and AI coding tools | npx load-hooks | | load-mcp | MCP servers for Claude Code, Cursor, and more | npx load-mcp |

License

MIT