An open question about how AI agent skills should be distributed
The skill-indexer is a command-line tool designed to streamline the management of AI agent skills within npm packages. It scans for SKILL.md directories, validates them, and installs valid skills into specific folders for various AI assistants. This tool aims to prevent accidental inclusion of non-skill directories and simplifies the integration process for both library authors and consumers.
- ▪Skill-indexer scans npm dependencies for SKILL.md directories and validates them against the SKILL.md specification.
- ▪It allows consumers to import valid skills into their AI assistant folders with a single command.
- ▪The tool ensures that only valid skills are included, preventing pollution from irrelevant directories.
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skill-indexer English | 简体中文 Zero-config CLI that scans your npm dependencies for SKILL.md directories, validates them against the SKILL.md spec, and installs them into Cursor / Codex / Claude / Copilot / Amp / OpenCode / Goose skill folders. Library authors ship Agent Skills inside their npm packages. Consumers run one command to import every valid skill from their node_modules into the IDE-specific folders their AI assistant expects — with strict frontmatter validation so accidental skills/ folders that aren't real skills never leak through.
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