# vercel-labs/skills

The open agent skills tool - npx skills

Repository: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vercel-labs-skills
Homepage: https://skills.sh
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-18T20:28:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 16
- inputs: {"age_days": 231, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 42}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 29730, forks 2542 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:53.643435+00:00)

## What it is
A TypeScript CLI (npx skills) for the open agent skills ecosystem, letting users discover, install, and run reusable 'skills' (procedural knowledge packages) for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and 70+ others. It supports installing from GitHub/GitLab/git URLs or local paths, private repo auth, and a public skills.sh leaderboard/directory.

## Use cases
- install reusable skills into my AI coding agent
- share a bundle of agent skills with one install command
- run a skill prompt without installing it
- find the most popular skills for Claude Code or Cursor
- install skills from a private GitHub repository
- add an install-count badge for my skill repo

## When to choose
- you use a supported AI coding agent and want to extend it with community skills
- you want a package-manager-like workflow for agent capabilities
- you need to distribute skills across public and private git sources

## When to avoid
- your agent is not among the supported list
- you need fully offline skill management without git/npm
- you require guaranteed vetting of third-party skill content

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, package-manager, agent-framework, prompt-engineering
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: agent-skills, skills-registry, ai-coding-agents, npx, skills-directory, claude-code, cursor, codex, ai-agents, command-line, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- vercel-labs/skills (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:53.643435+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:53.555412+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:53.643435+00:00, sha 739dcc95957e)
  - homepage: https://skills.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:15.576693+00:00, sha be7e629a1f07)
  - site_page: https://www.skills.sh/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:15.586658+00:00, sha 31de1ab39323)
  - site_page: https://www.skills.sh/mattpocock/skills/grill-with-docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:15.588683+00:00, sha f9470bf3f36f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/skills (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:15.590452+00:00, sha 44529f1d84d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.