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Getting Started with askill

Get up and running with askill in 5 minutes.

Installation

One-line install (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://askill.sh | sh

Using npm

npm install -g askill-cli

Using npx (no install)

npx askill-cli add gh:anthropic/courses@prompt-eng

Verify Installation

askill --version

Your First Skill

1. Search for Skills

# Browse popular skills
askill find

# Search by keyword
askill find memory

# Search by tag
askill find --tag git

2. View Skill Details

askill info @anthropic/memory

Output:

@anthropic/memory

  Persistent memory management for AI agents

  Author:      anthropic
  Version:     1.2.0
  Stars:       1,234
  AI Score:    95/100
  Tags:        memory, context, persistence

  Install:     askill add @anthropic/memory

You can also browse skills on askill.sh, where each skill shows its AI Quality Score across 5 dimensions (Safety, Clarity, Reusability, Completeness, Actionability). This strict screening helps filter risky skills and push excellent ones higher in the rankings.

3. Install a Skill

askill add @anthropic/memory

The CLI will:

  1. Download the skill
  2. Detect installed agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Cursor, etc.)
  3. Ask which agents to configure
  4. Install and configure automatically
◆ askill add

  Installing @anthropic/memory...

  Found 2 agent(s):
  ✓ Claude Code
  ✓ Cursor

  ? Install to which agents?
  › [x] Claude Code
    [x] Cursor

  ✓ Installed to 2 agent(s)

  Done!

4. Use the Skill

Now your agent knows about the skill! Just ask:

"Use the memory skill to remember that I prefer TypeScript"

The agent will read the skill's instructions and act accordingly.

Installing from GitHub

You can also install skills directly from GitHub repositories:

# Install from a specific path in a repo
askill add gh:facebook/react/scripts/error-codes

# The gh: prefix indicates an indexed (non-published) skill

Running Skill Commands

Some skills provide commands:

askill run <skill>:<command> [args]

# Examples
askill run @anthropic/memory:save --key preferences --value "likes TypeScript"
askill run @anthropic/memory:recall --key preferences

Managing Skills

List Installed Skills

askill list

# Output:
# Installed skills:
#   @anthropic/memory (v1.2.0) - Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Cursor
#   gh:facebook/react/scripts/error-codes - Claude Code

Update Skills

# Update a specific skill
askill update @anthropic/memory

# Update all skills
askill update

Remove a Skill

askill remove @anthropic/memory

Configuration

Global vs Project Skills

# Install globally (available everywhere)
askill add -g @anthropic/memory

# Install for current project only (default)
askill add @anthropic/memory

Specify Agents

# Install only for specific agents
askill add @anthropic/memory --agent claude-code cursor

Next Steps

Submit and Publish

# Submit a GitHub URL for indexing
askill submit https://github.com/owner/repo

# Login with account token and publish a local skill
askill login
askill publish