Agent Skills Commands

Reference commands for listing, installing, and updating skills via npx skills. Keep the global set small and install task-specific skills in the relevant project.

This repository's own skills live in .agents/skills/: they are tracked in git and discovered automatically, so do not install, overwrite, or remove them with npx skills. The commands below are for external and global skills.

Inspect and update installed skills

# list all installed skills (project + global)
npx skills list

# list only global skills
npx skills ls -g

# check for updates
npx skills check

# update all installed skills
npx skills update

Discover skills from repositories

# list skills in a repository
npx skills add anthropics/skills --list

Global baseline

# structured planning, testing, debugging, review, and verification workflows
npx skills add -g obra/superpowers --skill '*'

# discover task-specific skills when needed
npx skills add -g vercel-labs/skills --skill 'find-skills'

find-docs is also installed globally from a local source, so it has no upstream install command.

Optional global skills

# rewrite prose to sound natural while preserving claims and technical meaning
npx skills add -g blader/humanizer --skill 'humanizer'

# review code for unnecessary abstractions and over-engineering
npx skills add -g DietrichGebert/ponytail --skill 'ponytail-review'

# enable a terse response mode when context or token usage matters
npx skills add -g JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill 'caveman'

# shape replies for an ADHD reader: next action first, numbered steps, restated state
npx skills add -g ayghri/i-have-adhd --skill 'i-have-adhd'

# inspect and control herdr panes, tabs, workspaces, agents, and commands from a herdr pane
npx skills add -g herdrdev/herdr --skill 'herdr'

Optional project skills

Run these commands from the project root. They intentionally omit -g, so the skills apply only to the current project. Check git status after installation and commit the generated files only when the whole team should use them.

# design distinctive UI and demo pages
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill 'frontend-design'

# test local web applications with Playwright
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill 'webapp-testing'

# read, create, edit, or validate PDF files
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill 'pdf'

# run CodeQL and Semgrep on repositories written in supported languages; not for pure Nix projects
npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill 'codeql' --skill 'semgrep'

Other agent tooling (npx)

# context7: up-to-date library docs and code examples for LLMs and agents
npx ctx7 setup

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