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OpenSkill (osk)

Agent-agnostic skill manager for AI coding assistants

OpenSkill is a lightweight CLI tool for managing skills across multiple AI coding agents. Install, update, and share skills seamlessly between Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, and Antigravity.

Features

• Multi-agent support - Works with Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, and Antigravity
• Unified skill format - SKILL.md format compatible across all agents
• Project & global scopes - Install skills per-project or globally
• Repository management - Browse, search, and sync skill repositories
• Interactive installation - Searchable multi-select for easy skill discovery

Installation

npm install -g openskill-cli

Quick Start

# Browse available skills
osk browse

# Search for a skill
osk search pdf

# Install a skill (interactive)
osk install anthropics/skills

# Install specific skill to specific agent
osk install anthropics/skills pdf -t claude

# Install globally (available in all projects)
osk install anthropics/skills pdf -g

# List installed skills
osk ls

# Update skills
osk update

Commands

Command	Alias	Description
install <source> [skill]	i	Install skills from a repository
uninstall <skill>	rm	Remove installed skills
list	ls	List installed skills
update	up	Check and apply skill updates
search <query>	s	Search for skills in repositories
browse	b	Browse available skills
repo add <source>		Add a skill repository
repo ls		List configured repositories
repo rm <name>		Remove a repository
repo sync [name]		Sync repositories (fetch latest)
repo info <name>		Show repository details
config		Manage configuration
init		Create a new skill
validate		Validate skill format
convert		Convert skills between formats
which		Show installation path for a skill
man		Show detailed help
completion		Generate shell completion script

Supported Agents

Agent	Project Path	Global Path
Claude Code	.claude/skills/	~/.claude/skills/
Cursor	.cursor/skills/	~/.cursor/skills/
OpenAI Codex	.codex/skills/	~/.codex/skills/
Antigravity	.antigravity/skills/	~/.antigravity/skills/

Skill Format

Skills use the SKILL.md format with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: my-skill
description: A short description of what this skill does
license: MIT
---

# Instructions

Your skill instructions go here in markdown format.

Configuration

Configuration is stored at ~/.openskill/config.json.

# Show current config
osk config

# Set default agent
osk config set defaultAgent cursor

# Set default scope (project or global)
osk config set defaultScope global

Repository Management

# List configured repositories
osk repo ls

# Add a repository (GitHub shorthand)
osk repo add owner/repo

# Add from GitLab
osk repo add https://gitlab.com/user/repo

# Add via SSH
osk repo add [e-mail]:user/repo.git --name my-skills

# Sync all repositories
osk repo sync

# Show repository details
osk repo info anthropic-official

# Remove a repository
osk repo rm my-skills

Shell Completion

Generate shell completion scripts for your shell:

# Bash
osk completion bash >> ~/.bashrc

# Zsh
osk completion zsh >> ~/.zshrc

# Fish
osk completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/osk.fish

Default Repositories

OpenSkill comes pre-configured with official skill repositories:

• anthropic-official - https://github.com/anthropics/skills
• openai-official - https://github.com/openai/skills

You can add any Git repository (GitHub, GitLab, self-hosted, SSH) using osk repo add.

Documentation

Full documentation is available in the docs/ directory:

• Getting Started - Installation and first steps
• Commands - Complete command reference
• Agents - Supported agents and configuration
• Skills - Skill format and creation guide
• Repositories - Managing skill repositories
• Architecture - Project structure and internals

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

License

MIT