CLI Reference

The skills CLI is the primary way to install and manage skills for your AI agents.

Installation

The CLI can be run directly with npx—no installation required:

npx skills add <skill-name>

Basic Usage

Install a skill by specifying the owner and skill name:

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

This downloads the skill and configures it for use with your AI agent.

Examples

Install the agent skills collection:

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

Telemetry

By default, the CLI collects anonymous telemetry data to help rank skills on the leaderboard. This data includes only the skill name and a timestamp—no personal or device information is collected.

To opt out, set the SKILLS_NO_TELEMETRY=1 environment variable.