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agent-skills-cli

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Universal CLI for agent skills — browse 40,000+ skills from SkillsMP and sync to Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, and Antigravity.

agent-skills-cli is the universal package manager for agent skills: browse a 40k+ skill catalog (SkillsMP), install to any supported agent, and keep versions consistent across tools. Think npm for skills. Great if you work across Cursor + Claude Code + Codex and don't want to manage three separate skill folders manually.

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Why use it

Key features

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use agent-skills-cli

How to install a skill once and have it work in Claude Code + Cursor

👤 Developers using multiple AI-coding tools ⏱ ~10 min beginner

When to use: You want the same skill available wherever you code.

Prerequisites
  • CLI installed — npm i -g agent-skills-cli (or per repo docs)
Flow
  1. Search
    agent-skills search 'ga4 event tracking'✓ Copied
    → Ranked list from SkillsMP
  2. Install
    agent-skills install event-tracking-skill --targets claude-code,cursor✓ Copied
    → Skill files placed in each tool's skills dir
  3. Verify
    agent-skills list --targets all✓ Copied
    → Table showing skill installed in both

Outcome: One install, two (or more) tools.

Pitfalls
  • Some skills are tool-specific — CLI flags incompatibilities during install

Pin skill versions across a team

👤 Teams wanting reproducible skill setups ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

When to use: You want every teammate running the same skill versions.

Flow
  1. Generate lockfile
    agent-skills lock --scope workspace✓ Copied
    → skills.lock file
  2. Install from lockfile
    agent-skills install --frozen-lockfile✓ Copied
    → Versions match lockfile exactly

Outcome: Deterministic skill setup per repo.

Clean up a messy ~/.claude/skills folder

👤 Developers with accreted skills from random git clones ⏱ ~30 min intermediate

When to use: You have 30+ skill folders and no idea what's in use.

Flow
  1. Replace with managed equivalents
    For each skill that has a SkillsMP equivalent, re-install via the CLI so it's managed.✓ Copied
    → Migration log

Outcome: A managed skills folder with consistent provenance.

Combine with: marketplace-skill

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

agent-skills-cli-skill + marketplace-skill

Discover vetted skills via marketplace, install via CLI

Find a vetted ga4 skill in marketplace, install with agent-skills install to both Claude Code and Cursor.✓ Copied
agent-skills-cli-skill + awesome-llm-skill

Install individual skills from awesome-llm without cloning the whole repo

Use agent-skills to install just 'lead-research' from the awesome-llm-skills catalog.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

ToolInputsWhen to callCost
search query Finding a skill 0
install skill, targets? Adding a skill 0
upgrade skill?, targets? Refreshing versions 0
list / inventory scope? Auditing 0
lock scope Team reproducibility 0
remove skill, targets? Cleanup 0

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota
None
Tokens per call
0 (CLI runs outside Claude context)
Monetary
Free
Tip
Pin versions — chasing latest across 30 skills creates churn.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: No credentials. Optional: SkillsMP token for private catalog access.
Data egress: CLI fetches from SkillsMP registry

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

install fails with 'unknown target'

Tool identifiers: claude-code, cursor, copilot, codex, antigravity. Check agent-skills targets for current list.

Verify: agent-skills targets
version conflict between tools

Pin explicit version in skills.lock; don't let each tool drift to latest

Alternatives

agent-skills-cli vs others

AlternativeWhen to use it insteadTradeoff
marketplace-skillYou want vetted skills rather than the full catalogFewer choices
Manual git cloneYou only use one tool and one skillDoesn't scale

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