skills-lc-cli

CLI tool for installing AI Agent Skills from skills.lc. Works with 40+ AI agents including Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Qoder, and more.

Quick Start

# Search for skills
npx skills-lc-cli search react

# Install a skill by ID (recommended)
npx skills-lc-cli add react-best-practices

# Install from GitHub URL
npx skills-lc-cli add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills

# Install to specific agent
npx skills-lc-cli add react-best-practices --agent cursor

# List installed skills (interactive delete)
npx skills-lc-cli list

Installation

# Using npx (recommended, no installation needed)
npx skills-lc-cli add <skillId>

# Or install globally
npm install -g skills-lc-cli
skills-lc add <skillId>

Usage

Basic Commands

# Search for skills (interactive with pagination)
skills-lc search react
skills-lc search "python testing"

# Install a skill by ID
skills-lc add react-best-practices
skills-lc add text-generation

# Install from GitHub
skills-lc add vercel-labs/agent-skills
skills-lc add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills

# List installed skills (with interactive delete)
skills-lc list

# Show help
skills-lc help

Advanced Usage

# Install to specific agent (project-level)
skills-lc add react-best-practices --agent cursor
skills-lc add composition-patterns --agent windsurf
skills-lc add frontend-design --agent qoder

# Install globally (user-level)
skills-lc add react-best-practices --agent cursor --global
skills-lc add text-generation --agent claude-code --global

# Enable debug mode
skills-lc add react-best-practices --debug
skills-lc search react --debug

# Multi-skill installation (auto-detects all SKILL.md files)
skills-lc add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills
# Installs all skills found in the repository

Features

• 🚀 Zero Configuration - Automatically detects your AI agent and installs to the right location
• 🔍 Interactive Search - Search skills with pagination and one-click installation
• 📦 Multi-Skill Install - Automatically detects and installs all skills from a repository
• 🎯 40+ Agent Support - Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Qoder, Cline, and more
• 🌍 Project & Global - Install to project directory or user home directory
• 🗑️ Interactive Delete - List and delete skills with interactive prompts
• 🐛 Debug Mode - Verbose logging with --debug flag
• 💾 Offline Support - Works with GitHub without internet (no API required)

Supported AI Agents

The CLI supports 40+ AI agents with both project-level and global installation:

Popular Agents

| Agent | Project Path | Global Path | |-------|--------------|-------------| | Claude Code | .claude/skills/ | ~/.claude/skills/ | | Cursor | .cursor/skills/ | ~/.cursor/skills/ | | Windsurf | .windsurf/skills/ | ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills/ | | Qoder | .qoder/skills/ | ~/.qoder/skills/ | | Cline | .cline/skills/ | ~/.cline/skills/ | | Continue | .continue/skills/ | ~/.continue/skills/ | | Roo Code | .roo/skills/ | ~/.roo/skills/ | | GitHub Copilot | .github/skills/ | ~/.copilot/skills/ |

All Supported Agents

• Amp, Kimi Code CLI
• Antigravity
• Augment
• Claude Code
• OpenClaw
• Cline
• CodeBuddy
• Codex
• Command Code
• Continue
• Crush
• Cursor
• Droid
• Gemini CLI
• GitHub Copilot
• Goose
• Junie
• iFlow CLI
• Kilo Code
• Kiro CLI
• Kode
• MCPJam
• Mistral Vibe
• Mux
• OpenCode
• OpenClaude IDE
• OpenHands
• Pi
• Qoder
• Qwen Code
• Replit
• Roo Code
• Trae
• Trae CN
• Windsurf
• Zencoder
• Neovate
• Pochi
• AdaL
• Local (.skills/ directory)

Usage Examples

# Auto-detect agent
skills-lc add react-best-practices

# Install to Cursor (project)
skills-lc add react-best-practices --agent cursor

# Install to Windsurf (global)
skills-lc add react-best-practices --agent windsurf --global

# Install to Qoder
skills-lc add composition-patterns --agent qoder

How It Works

1. Search - Browse skills from skills.lc registry with interactive pagination
2. Fetch - Downloads SKILL.md files from GitHub repositories (supports multiple skills)
3. Detect - Automatically identifies your AI agent or uses specified --agent
4. Install - Saves skills to appropriate directory (project or global with --global)
5. Record - Reports installation to skills.lc for analytics

Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Description | |----------|----------|-------------| | SKILLS_API_TOKEN | No | API token (optional, has default) | | SKILLS_API_URL | No | API base URL (default: https://skills.lc) |

Examples

Search and Install

# Interactive search with pagination
npx skills-lc-cli search react
# Select [1-10] to install, [n] for next page, [p] for previous, [q] to quit

Install by Skill ID

# From skills.lc registry (easiest)
npx skills-lc-cli add react-best-practices
npx skills-lc-cli add text-generation
npx skills-lc-cli add composition-patterns

Install from GitHub

# Install all skills from a repository
npx skills-lc-cli add vercel-labs/agent-skills
# Auto-detects and installs all SKILL.md files

# Install from full GitHub URL
npx skills-lc-cli add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills

# Install specific skill path
npx skills-lc-cli add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/composition-patterns

Install to Specific Agent

# Install to Cursor (project-level)
npx skills-lc-cli add react-best-practices --agent cursor

# Install to Windsurf (global)
npx skills-lc-cli add react-best-practices --agent windsurf --global

# Install to Qoder
npx skills-lc-cli add frontend-design --agent qoder

# Install to Claude Code (global)
npx skills-lc-cli add text-generation --agent claude-code --global

List and Delete

# List all installed skills (interactive)
npx skills-lc-cli list
# Select [1-N] to delete, [q] to quit
# Confirms before deletion

Debug Mode

# Show detailed logs
npx skills-lc-cli add react-best-practices --debug
npx skills-lc-cli search react --debug

# See API requests, responses, and GitHub fetches

Custom API Endpoint

# Use custom API URL
SKILLS_API_URL=https://my-api.com npx skills-lc-cli search react
SKILLS_API_URL=https://my-api.com npx skills-lc-cli add owner/repo/skill

Links

• Skills Directory - Browse all available skills
• GitHub - Source code

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See documentation in the docs folder.

License

MIT